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I found a grocery store and picked up some pastries. There was a croissant stuffed with meat on offer, but they gave me a plain one by accident. I also asked for a cream-filled croissant. The cream tasted a little like the pastry cream you might find in a Chinese bakery. How often you can say you've eaten a crunchy croissant? Because that's how they were, and that's not a good thing! It's a good thing I didn't order a sausage croissant - I probably couldn't bear to eat it after witnessing the sausage party on the previous beach! I ended up eating at another beach where there was less sausage on display, I'm happy to say.
Good from far, but far from good

January 6th 2008
Geo: 28.115, -17.2317Up for the early ferry to the island of La Gomera - I was pretty happy to be escaping the tourist hordes here. While I didn't really care for Los Cristianos, staying here was necessary in order to catch the ferry to La Gomera. I was tired this morning. My calves were burning pretty badly as I walked. My feet were killing me. My knee hurt. Every step was agony! ... read more
Europe » Spain

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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