Hotel Principe Paz Santa Cruz de Tenerife

This past weekend was rather relaxing. I spent time reading and watching a movie on Sunday. I have fully enjoyed working and getting to know everyone, but it was also really nice to be able to relax. I think I have manged to walk into town every evening, if only for the walk. One day I was even able to enjoy a nice run on the dock. I am hoping t...

Halle erstmal... leider war die letze Nacht wirklich unruhiger als alle anderen zuvor. Der Atlantik hat weit höhere Wellen als das Mittelmeer. Wollten heute eigentlich länger schlafen, konnte aber durch das stängige hin und her, rauf und runter nicht länger im Bett liegen bleiben. So machten wir uns um halb 9 auf den Weg zum Frühstück.

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My first week of work is over, and I have had a marvelous weekend. I spent Friday night on call, so I could not leave the ship. However, I watched "Dead Poet's Society" with a friend, and got to babysit for a Dutch couple. He is the most adorable 6-month-old boy with big blue eyes. His name is Nije (Nice as pronounced), and it was fun! Yesterday...

It has been a few days since my last post, so I do apologize. I have been fairly busy adjusting to my new life aboard the Africa Mercy.

I started work on Monday. My job description is hospitality hostess, and I work 5 days a week. Those days are typically Monday-Friday (8-5), but I am on "duty" certain days and on call of the evenings. It...

Hello all, so I am not really sure where to start this entry.

We went into the town last night and had this amazing ice cream. Tenerife is very safe and very beautiful. It reminded me a lot of Spain, which makes sense considering Spain owns it. There we large fountains, wading pools, parks, and privately owned cafe's and shops. It was nic...

Yesterday was an exhausting, yet expected, adventure. After leaving Roanoke Airport,I flew into DC. Even though I had a layover, I was right on time–after finding my way to the other side of the airport and grabbing some food (a must). Very soon, I was on my very long flight to Frankfurt, Germany. The plane was fairly large (sitting 9 peop...

Our wake up call had us up at 06:00 hours - plenty of time to get up, ready and off to Tenerife Norte aeropuerto (you see, we are on the south-western side - so a long journey for us). Anyhow, back to the story ... we made good time getting ready, packing and loading up the rental car. We left Pearly Grey by 07:00 hours - perfect - couldn´t time...

The island of Tenerife is the largest of the Canary archipelago - 2,053 square kilometres - and it has the shape characteristic of a triangle. The island of eternal spring because of its peerless climate is full of huge contrasts and has a great variety of scenery in the different regions. A mountain chain runs through its centre fro Anaga to Te...

I had a wicked nightmare last night. I couldn't move - I wasn't paralyzed; but being held in place. It was almost like a force field was erected over my body - I struggled as hard as I could, but all I could do was ... absolutely nothing ...

I couldn't move my arms, nor my legs. I couldn't lift my head to sit up. I desperately tried to ...

Once we've left Arafo, we discover that Candelaria is actually only 5km away! So that large place we can see in the distance must be Santa Cruz. After a quick easy descent we are in Candelaria, which is a very cutesy town between steep hills and a rocky exposed coast. We settle down in the town square with our stuff, people watching and having c...