Blogs from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 3

Fuerteventura 12th - 15th January A special girly weekend for me and Katie, to chill out and enjoy some special "girly" time together. We stayed at the Suite Hotel Atlantis Fuerteventura Resort, in Corralejo. It was a really lovely hotel the pools were heated so we even squeezed in a couple of relaxing swims!! The weather was perfect, lovely and sunny and warm. We had alittle rain on the 2nd afternoon, but it was still warm, so we went for a walk on the beach, and paddled in the sea. The sand dunes nearby to Corralejo, made the beach area really nice with pale blue sea and white sand! It was lovely and quite, so we just chilled, chatted, gossiped and chilled some more. We made some final arrangements for our departure to Oz and managed ... read more

Denise had a 3 week break between leaving her old job and starting her new one, so we took the opportunity to head for the sun for a week. We found a cheap holiday in a self catering apartment in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, just off the coast of Morocco in Africa. The Canary Islands are actually Spanish, and made from volcanoes. The volcanoes came first and then, in the 1400's, the Spanish. As is the custom, the natives, called 'Guanches' were wiped out. Very little evidence is left of their existence. It is thought they came from North Africa and were polygamous with a difference, in that each woman had on average three husbands! Our apartment was in a British council estate with the addition of a swimming pool to give it that ... read more