Blogs from Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 4

Well I went to Lanzarote for the weekend got back at 2.30 am today. The reason i went was to celebrate my Mum's 60th Birthday. Generally i hate this kind of holiday i get bored so easily and British people generally annoy the shit out of me when they are on holiday. Its all lets see how drunk and annoying we can get and see if we can make an even worse name for ourselves in such little time. I went for my Mum because im a good kid and i love my Mummy. To be fair 3 days there was a perfect amount of time. I didn't get that bored i had a laugh with the family. We caused mayhem at the karaoke. I nearly got into a fight with a 60 year old Peter ... read more

Lanzarote Sunday 25th November After spending the morning tidying and ensuring our bag was packed we were ready when Colin picked us up at 11.30am. We had no problems checking in at Stansted and security was well organised and efficient. We killed a little time in the duty free before making our way to the lounge at the gate where we read the novels we had brought until it was time to board. A very bumpy landing ended our flight into a windy, rainy Lanzarote. On the way to the luggage Judy bumped into an old friend Ros Keep who had lived for several years in Perth before returning to England where she now manages a pub near Cambridge. They talked fourteen to the dozen but unfortunately Ros and her friend Mike were booked into an ... read more

Hello my fellow travelers! This is the first of six posts I'll make about a trip to the Canary Islands, Morocco and Madeira in 2004 together with my parents and my uncle Anders. This post covers my time on Lanzarote. Our ship, the M/S Carousel, is an impressive feat of engineering built in 1971. She had several restaurants and bars, gyms, cinema theaters and lounges. We were allowed to eat and drink without limits while we were on boards and there was always entertainment running in the theaters, there were concerts, stand up comedy shows, cinema movies and casinos, all at our pleasure. This is what living a luxurious life looks like. The first of these stops was at Lanzarote, it was a fairly brief stop and in my opinion there wasn't really much to see ... read more