Blogs from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 17

We went to Loro Park in Puerto de la Cruz today. In all the years we have been coming to Tenerife, we have never been there before. Loro Park is on the North side of the Island. There are 2 ways to get there. Across the mountains or around the East and North side of the Island on the motorway. We took the mountain road from home that took us past Mount Teide. We stopped a couple of times to take in the views and photographs. Just as we got past the entrance to the cable car up the mountain, we were met by a coach reversing along the road. We made the decision with others to overtake it. Found out that he was reversing to block the road as a coach and a lorry had ... read more

George’s sister and her husband arrived today for a five day visit. They will be our first visitors to our new home. This is also their first time to the island. Got the apartment looking all clean and tidy for their arrival. We are very proud of where we are living. It lives up to our expectations. In the afternoon we walked down the hill to the village for coffee, and to see if they would be alright walking it the following day. Looks like they will be ok. We went to the Bahamas II steak restaurant in the evening to celebrate George’s Birthday. We saw a beautiful sun set on the horizon over a relaxed dinner. ... read more

Rose this morning to sunshine which makes a nice change from the recent dreary weather we have had. Took the bus to Los Cristianos market and the weather there was even nicer. Was about 24 degrees. Thankfully we had applied sun cream before leaving home. Bought a couple of small items from the market for the apartment and picked up the local free paper. Walked via the port to Las Americas and took in the good weather. We both got home a little browner than when we left in the morning. Sitting in the restaurant having lunch we noticed that Mount Teide had quite a thick layer of snow on the top of it. This is the crazy weather of Tenerife. As the weather was so good, we decided to walk back to Los Cristianos to ... read more

Since Sunday, the weather here has not been as good as you would expect for this time of year. Looks like the UK weather is better at the moment. This morning we woke to a clear blue sky all around. Went by local Titsa bus to Torviscas market this morning and managed to get the bath towels that we have been looking for and saved ourselves 7 Euros off the normal tourist price. It’s completely normal to barter for the best deal. When we left England, Michael and Carol bought us some Giraffe ornaments for the new apartment. They stand about 13 inches tall. A couple of weeks ago, we spotted a matching Giraffe that stands about 4 foot tall. We could obviously not get it home on the bus. George has already named it ‘George’ ... read more

We returned home to Tenerife today after a quick 2 day visit back to the UK. We had a few mundane things gathering up that needed sorting. Managed to collect our abandoned belongings from the old neighbours and sort out some other UK bits and pieces. We even purchased 2 new left hand drive head lamps for our new car and a universal bulb kit. This means we have absolutely everything now for legal driving in Tenerife. In spring, driving laws change over here. All British cars will be required to have their insurance details recorded on the Motor Insurers Database, even those on English plates with Insurance from mainland Spain. The majority are not as most drive over here without proper insurance cover. Saw George’s Mum who looks to have recovered well from her recent ... read more