Blogs from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 15

Yesterday Theresa’s sister and her family arrived for a week long visit. This morning we caught the bus into Las Americas and showed them the tourist sites and what Tenerife has to offer in that area. The weather was warm for the day at a comfortable 28 degrees. We walked for two or three miles and our visitors bought a rubber ring and ball to use in our swimming pool. After lunch we caught the bus home and our guests enjoyed an unusually quiet swimming pool. Visited our favourite Chinese restaurant in Las Galletas for an enjoyable family meal. ... read more

Here in Tenerife, today is the longest day. It has been 33 degress for the past two days. We had been informed of many celebrations that were to take part on the local beaches, and had thought we would get a view of the fireworks from our balcony. What happened though took us totally by surprise. As the light was fading at about 8.30pm we notices too very large fires, one in the waste land next to the unfinished shopping centre next to our complex. We watched as these were joined by many smaller fires all around the area. There appeared to be a lack of any fire engines to put out these fires. By 9pm, we could actually see the flames of the fire nearest to us so we decided to take a short walk ... read more

Our guests enjoyed the market on Sunday so much they asked to go to another one, so this morning we are heading to Torviscas market. We drove to the market area and managed to get a small space for the car. We had breakfast in a café across from the market followed by a leisurely walk around the market. Our guests have bought a few more items to take back to Dallas with them. We then walked to San Eugenio which was only a couple of miles along the beach. There we took our guests to a good value shop to buy their alcohol to take home and also to a typical Spanish Mercadona supermarket. We then took a bus back to where we had parked the car. This was a much more relaxing experience that ... read more

Got to los Gigantes at about 7.30 to collect our friends and head off for Mount Teide. We have never driven the road from here, so have no idea what it will be like. Although it was, like most of the roads in Tenerife, bendy and windy, the journey this morning was a good one. We got a view of the volcanic mountain that we have not had before. Driving in this area is like a lunar landscape. There are many many banana plantations on the Island which you regularly drive past. Stopped in a small village on route for breakfast and coffee in a typical Spanish café. We took the cable car nearly to the top of the mountain. Luckily, we had our NIE forms with us this time so we able to take advantage ... read more

Decided that it was safer to drive today after yesterdays experience on the bus. Got to Los Gigantes at about 8am this morning and joined our friends for breakfast in their hotel. Then we drove back to Los Cristianos to the market there. Our friends brought many items that they could easily take back to Dallas with them. Whilst there, we also managed to negotiate a good price for George the Giant wood carved Giraffe. We have been waiting for an opportunity like this to purchase the 4 foot high model and had already named it before getting it home. Bartering provided a handsome discount. Went for lunch in our local Chinese restaurant in Costa del Silencio then drove back to Los Gigantes to drop off our friends. Had a little confusion with the landlord of ... read more