“Oh knight thou lackest a cup of canary: when did I see thee so put down?” ~William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night I was convinced Juan Carlos was a stand-up comedian. From his opening monologue, to the irreverent jokes he made with the utmost of reverence, to his crazy sing-along at the end of the tour, this was … Read More
La Palma may hold the record as the most nicknamed island in the Canaries. While reading about La Palma before we left home, I ran across three – La Isla Bonita (the pretty island), La Isla Verde (the green island) and The Fair Isle. Although the adjectives were a little different, they all conveyed the … Read More
The spirit of Christopher Columbus seems to be everywhere you look on the Canary Island of La Gomera. Even the island’s nickname, Isla Colombina, forever links the Spanish explorer to this part of the archipelago. La Gomera’s capital city, San Sebastián, was Columbus’ final stop in Europe, the place where he prepared his infamous ships – … Read More
Lanzarote is a lonely-looking landscape. Grey ashy volcanic soil stretches for miles along the roads outside Arrecife, its capital city. Hilly mounds rise up like pyramids, a backdrop to the unforgiving land. It’s a bleak environment, brightened only by houses that are painted the required shade of white. The northernmost and easternmost of Spain’s seven … Read More