Blogs from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 19

Had a lazy morning. Went to Iceland to pick up some items we forgot from the supermarket yesterday, then took the car back to the airport. Got the bus back and then had the half mile walk back to the apartment Sorted the apartment out to put our stamp on it. Hung up all the clothes and ironed those that needed it. Went to Las Americas for dinner. Realised that the bus we caught here stops running at 7.45pm and it is now 8.30pm. Had to get a bus to Los Christianos and then the airport bus from there. Then we had to do the half mile walk up hill to get home. Our legs are starting to show signs of all this walking. ... read more

Ich weiss, ist ja erst eine Woche her seit dem letzten Eintrag. Aber, wohl weil ich dauernd unterwegs war, ist in dieser Zeit ziemlich viel passiert. Zuerst mal hab ich in Tanger dank Couchsurfing zwei gemuetliche Naechte bei Jamil und seinen Freunden verbracht. Der Tag dazwischen war etwas stressig, mit Waschen, Faehre-Ticket kaufen und leider nicht so erfolgreichem Feilschen auf dem Markt. Sogar nach 3 Monaten hier in Marokko krieg ich noch nicht immer nen guten Preis. Dafuer hab ich jetzt ne schoene neue Jacke. Danach gings mit der Faehre die paar km rueber nach Algeciras in Spanien. Ist eine schoene kleine Stadt, und Gibraltar auf der anderen Seite der Bucht waere sicher auch noch interessant, hat auf jeden Fall viele Sehenswuerdigkeiten. Und das mit dem Spanisch sollte glaub ich nicht so ein Problem sein, bis ... read more

British detectives in Tenerife looking for the exiled British divorcee Steve Dennis from Cheshire have reported a major breakthrough in this case. Despite surrounding the apartment Mr Dennis is believed to be occupying on several previous occassions, only to find it vacant, acting on information provided by his 17 year old son James, they forcibly entered the premises at around 12.20pm last Saturday to find Mr Dennis de-bearding a 1kg bag of fresh mussells whilst watching Football Focus on BBC1 with a glass of white wine. There was no struggle and after cooking a nice lunch on the terrace for the detectives, Mr Dennis was led away for questionning. During a subsequent search of the premises no illegal substances were found although the official report makes reference to a large supply of PG Tips tea bags ... read more

For something completely different, some friends and I decided to take up scuba diving. Lukcily, the Canary Islands are the perfect location for beginners, so far we've seen innumerable fish, rays, octopi and sea turtles... and we've only been twice! My favourite spot was Puertito, which has a friendly colony of sea turtles. They came right up to us, incredibly inquisitive, and played with the bubbles from our oxygen tanks. You could even see the turtles when just going snorkelling, if you're lucky! ... read more

So, to get a feel for the native culture, we went to watch the procession outside the Conception Church in La Laguna. It was an impressive event, hundreds of canarian people, huge floats and a warm family feeling. What I liked most was the fact that there were people of all ages watching and participating. Everybody took time off work and studying and came out onto the streets. Well worth seeing, if you get a chance! ... read more