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Leaving on New Years Day
... long, soon finding our bus to the aeropuerto, where, as before, the kindness of a policeman allowed us through to the departure lounges even though our flight was not till the following morning.
This airport was nowhere near as comfy as Barcelona airport had been though, for there was only hard seating with immovable dividers...... not really so easy, and then as early morning dawned we set off in darkness on our flight to Spain.
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Tenerife. Insula Eternei Primaveri.
Insula vulcanica Tenerife ofera posibilitati variate de petrecere a timpului liber: locuri interesante, atractii si divertisment si cateva orase si sate foarte frumoase. De la plajele cu nisip auriu din partea sudica, pana la peisajul dramatic al muntelui Teide, aceasta insula scaldata de soare este cea mai mare dintre insulele Canare, fiind binecuvantata cu un etern climat primavaratic. Daca doriti sa evadati intr-un loc cu cer albastru, plaje minunate, soare, ...
Barcelona to La Gomera
... then a little ferry to the smaller town of Santiago. There were a few interesting looking people making the same journey, one being a tall European in a turban, but they stayed on the smaller ferry when we got off, carrying on to the traditionally better known hippy resort known as Valle Grand Rey. That could be a good place to stay, but Anna preferred a quieter scene in the abandonment of nature, not the party ...
Tootling Around Tenerife
... volcanic cone rising 3718m. Once again the luna type landscape, wind eroded rocks with stunning views was well worth it. Winding back down the narrow road with glimpses of the sea through swirling cloud with tortured rocky ravines was quite breathtaking.
We continued down to the coast to a place called Los Gigantes, a tourist town at sea level surrounded by gigantic towering cliffs. Hence the name. There was a ...
Tenerifian Tidbits
Blog 4 Thursday Nov 17/11
Weather: sunny, hot about 23 degrees C (at 10 am); minor clouds
Today's Spanish stat: Apparently, it a misconception that these islands were named after canaries, the songbird found all over the area. It seems that in 1 AD, after Juba II of Mauretania discovered packs of wild dogs on the islands during an expedition, he dubbed the area Canaries, after the ...


