Before You Die: Fado to Make You Cry by Nancy Lyon

Madeira, Portugal. Hiking on top of the world through a perpetual blooming springtime - intoxicated with light - drunk on opiate breezes laced with oleander and roses and a fruity reverie of pomegranates and mangos, loquats and quince. Enjoying scenic mountain highs along 1,350 miles of "levadas" - narrow aqueducts built five centuries ago by Moorish slaves. And in the evenings, Madeiran wine to make you laugh and Fado music to make you cry. Nancy Lyon