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Romantic crane

It was a beautiful, pleasant, gently breezy night Lanzorote, and I was on my own. Went to a sea side restaurent for some seafood. I was lost in my thoughts when this fellow alighted on the shore. He went to the very edge of the shore rocks to take position. And there he stood waiting patiently. I sat there even more patiently with camera in hand. After a while, he started to recede backwards along the rocks and taking position at various points along the way. I watched him for 2 hours - in that time, he caught nothing !!!, and he retreated ever so gently along the rocks. I was fascinated and bit amused by the crane for not catching anything. I pointed out to the friendly waiter about the crane's patience and retreat. He said, "Sir, this is a romantic crane". He only comes on a night like today - beautiful and romantic nights. He never comes on a bad windy night. He always starts at the same point and start to recede back along the shore just like today. Then after few hours he is gone. We do not know where he goes. But he always appears on a day like this. He is realy ROMANTIC". !!!! What a lovely story. When he finished the story I turned arround - to find the rock empty. Yes, he was GONE.
Volcanic Lanzorote

March 24th 2005
Lanzorote is a Spainish Island off the west coast of Africa, just adjastent to Moroco. Takes about 5 hours flight from London. Lanzorote is a one of the 5 major island of the Canaries island group. The others are Tenirief, Grand canaria, Fortventura and La Palma islands. When the flight approached the Island, my heart simply sank - all I could see was one big mass of charred and blackened ... read more
Europe » Spain » Canary Islands

Spanish Flag Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more
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