Nomad Things

The real story of digital nomading as a family

Category: The world according to Alfie

What a young teen thinks of it all

Getting round Madeira

Very steep roads and old lady knees

Madeira – expectations

Madeira is full of pleasant and delicious things

Buses in Madeira

Madeiran buses are worth every minute

A boy at a local Madeiran market is tucking into a feast of local goodies

Santo da Serra Market

Trying not to blow the budget

A mum and a dad are snoozing with their heads on their arms on a table with a jug of poncha adn some glasses. A boy looks dismayed.

What is poncha?

Discovering Mum and Dad’s favourite drink

A boy stands on the glass floor of a lookout 500m above the sea below. He's smiling.

Cabo Girão

Getting scared at Europe’s highest cliff

A boy is setting off with purpose on a hike by the coast

Ponta de São Lourenço

Walking the famous PR8 coastal path

A boy enjoying hightea on a balcony overlooking a town below

Levada dos Tornos

Trying to walk our first levada

A boy dressed as a professor orating the definition of a levada

What are levadas?

The history, culture and function of levadas