Aparthotel Club Bonanza Playa de las Americas

I first visited Tenerife in 1970 with my parents, it was our second holiday abroad. I have been returning ever since. First with my young children, and now just my wife and I. Although the children, now adults in there 20s still ask, 'when can we come'.

A couple of years ago, we bought a second home just outside Puerto de la Cruz, with a view of spending the winter months here in our retirement. In the meantime we come out two or three times a year 'on holiday'.

... Ersten-Erdnussflips-Seit-8-Monaten" genossen...und auch die naechsten Tage lassen wir es uns einfach nur gutgehen!
Ausschlafen, stundenlang Fruehstuecken, Baden, am Strand liegen, gut Essengehen, kleine Spaziergaege und wirklich tagelang ununterbrochen quatschen...

So laesst sich das warten auf die eigentliche Heimkehr und die aufkommende Spannung auch ganz gut aushalten...alleine waeren mir die Tage vermutlich noch einmal wie Wochen vorgekommen...

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... cabin mate had a guest, thus he asked me if he could stay here for a little while. Sure. While I was taking a shower, I heard a phone ringing and he picked it up. I thought: "Why is he so stupid? Picking up the phone from MY cabin? Doesn`t he know how fast gossips spread out around the ship? Before you finish brushing your teeth the whole 700 crew members will know who was staying in my cabin". But when I got off the shower, Ronnie decided we`d go to ...

... wifi access I was using. Our condo unit was just out of range of a neighboring wifi shop so to get proper signal strength I had to sit on the tile floor behind the wall of the outdoor cafe - not very comfortable.... For the evening, we watched our final sunset with our favourite glass of wine - Jaume Serra Cabinet Sauvignon - Roble 2005 from Spain. ($4.40 E - I'll have to check back home if it's available). John, Dale and I went to Corinto, a restaurant we had visited ...

... the sea salt onto them giving them their unquie taste. We finally arrived and had about an hour and half to explore. At the base of the mountain, it was about 13-15 C and an altitude of 2300 m. The cable car ($25E) takes 8 minutes to travel the 1200 meters to the lookout.The views were fantastic. The temperature was -4 C at the top of the mountain but it was sunny and not too windy. Still, we only stayed about 16 minutes at the top (2 ...

Today was all about suntanning and homemade tapas. First we decided to walk to the cliff just to the west of our condo and try finding a secluded suntanning spot along with a little exploration. We walked along the beach and then across a rocky patch until we were at some cliffs with gigantic boulders beneath them. It was very quiet where all you could hear were the waves crashing against the shore and rocks. It was ...

Today we just walked around the beaches and shopping areas of Los Cristianos and Los Americanos - the 2 resort areas of the southern tip of Tenerife. It looked like it was going to rain in the early afternoon but it again cleared up and was a beautiful 20 degrees. Andy and I had a wonderful pistachio ice cream cone on sitting on a bench by the beach. We also had a lousy burger ...

... around in shorts and a t-shirt. We had lunch on the boardwalk at Chuoky's - half chicken and fries for $4.50E. For dinner, Andy (mostly) and I (helped) made dinner - cous cous with vegetable and chicken on a bed of rocket lettuce. It as very good. After dinner, it was a time for a couple games of Kaiser - Dale and I against John and Andy. We usually lose but I have to note (since this is my journal) that we won the 2nd game 52 to 10 - a crushing win for a change.

... sz csúszdázás. Na de ami utána következett!!! :-) Mikor anyám leért a vízba, s utána felállt, csak két fennakadt szemeket és levegőért kapkodó szájat láttam, akinek hang nem jött ki a torkán! Hát, megijedtem. Hogy nincs semmi baja, azt láttam, de tudtam, hogy biztos megijedt, vagy legalábbis nem tetszett neki a dolog. Én is féltem, attól, hogy olyan leszúrást kapok, amit vagy 10 éve kaptam utoljára, kisgyerekként, hogy hogy csinálhattam én ezt meg velük, normális vagyok-e, hogy sz ...