Whale watching

Wow- so yesterday we had a great time- we went on a whale watch from 9am-1pm. It was on a really nice catamaran and was arranged via folks from IWC. There were some of the top whale observers on board within the crowd, so it was pretty neat. We saw Bryde's whales and sperm whales on the trip. Gage was really good on the boat-- seemed like he had a nice time :) Skipped his nap and started to fall asleep on Uncle Sid (whom he has taken a serious liking to...Aunt Carol too!) but then there were several sperm whales sighted, some very close to the boat. Gage really go to check them out. We then came into Funchal, checked out the market, had some gelatto, went home and... (see the next blog entry :) )