Blogs from Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 5

If you live in Europe and you fancy a cheeky bit of winter sun, without going long-haul, then the Canary Islands are an obvious choice. Many would give their right arm for a trip to Tenerife; Horatio Nelson* certainly gave his! Cue the guffaws from the historians… Recently flight prices have gone up so much such that a week in the Red Sea costs about the same price as the Canaries, so we have been to Egypt the last two years. This year cheap flights were back on the menu, so off we went. The week cost us £400 excluding spending money; spank me. There are seven main islands and I’ve been to Tenerife, Fuerteventura, and La Gomera once each but about five times to Lanzarote. What draws me back I hear you ask? Well, ... read more

Birthday weekend in the mountains for Hayden. We rented a cabin on Mountain Negro. About a 30min drive into the center of the island. After some road closures and a nail-biting turn around on a very steep mountain hillside, we finally made it to Teror for lunch. A quaint little city with tons of character ..pretty much every city on the island. We had a snack at one of the restaurants and some Pappas arrugadas (Canarian potatoes) before taking a tour of the town and looking for some groceries for the weekend. We found a great little waffle shop our way out that we decided to celebrate with candles and all for Hayden, as we were not able to find the groceries we had hoped to find for his birthday dessert and breakfast. Back on the ... read more

07 mars 2019 : La Gomera. Une des autres îles des Canaries. Elle est une des plus petites et la plus proche de Tenerife. On y accède avec le ferry en un peu plus d'une heure depuis Santa Cruz de Tenerife jusqu'à San Sebastian de la Gomera Certains l'adorent car elle est plus sauvage. Elle est surtout plus humides. A certains endroits, les paysages ressemblent aux paysages des Vosges, avec beaucoup de végétation, des fougères, etc... Pour ma part je suis un peu déçu.... read more

05 mars 2019 : Nous partons visiter El Puerto de la Cruz, magnifique avec ses jets d'eau et piscines en bord de mer. Nous mangeons dans un restaurant spécialisé dans le poisson, que nous indique un autre couple de retraités du programme imserso et avec qui nous avons sympathisé. Nous faisons un excellent repas, puis nous assistons au carnaval de Santa Cruz de Ténérife qui est le point le plus important de notre voyage (près de trois heures de défilés et plus de 250 photos). Le soir, nous dînons à l'hôtel et nous couchons un peu fatigués.... read more

It has been a while since my last post, SORRY, I will do my best to remember our journey since last. Another week just filled with work, sun and play. My coworking space is great, Rafael (the owner) has been very helpful and given me a space in the office area with him (I think he likes to have company). He has 2 kids, 15 & 18 (the oldest is in London at College) He has tried to help me find things for Sarah to do. Not much luck, but the fact he tried was so nice. He knows a lot of English and likes to speak to me in English. I try to speak in Spanish, but usually, make a ton of mistakes. He would like to come to Canada some day, but needs to ... read more