Posted in Party, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, fiestas, tagged Barcelona, Boho, Canary Islands, Carnaval, Castillo San Felipe, Corpse Bride, fancy dress, fear, Folies Bergère, Halloween, mosquito net, Paris in the 1920s, Plaza Charco, Puerto de la Cruz, Rome, Spain, Tenerife on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s the clothes crisis to end all clothes crises; the one where my anguished cry of “I’ve got nothing to wear!” is more founded that at any other time of the year.
It’s the clothes crisis that has me eyeing up the bedroom curtains sideways while my mind concocts some vision of me looking like Cleopatra [...]
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Posted in Food, Friends, Life, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged Tenerife, Canary Islands, Puerto de la Cruz, Mil Sabores, Mount Teide, Spain, volcano, crater, Plaza Charco, Sri Lanka, VSO, bocadillos, El Portillo, Arenas Negras, Siete Cañadas, Marines, hiking, Parador, mojitos, Elements on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“I’ll mix us a small aperitif” shouts Sarah above the din of the steady disco beat emanating from the speakers and the constant whirr of my hairdryer.
It’s Thursday night, Sarah’s last with us before she returns to Doncaster and makes final preparations before leaving for Sri Lanka and 2 years as a project worker with [...]
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Posted in Food, Life, Party, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, fiestas, tagged cava, dancing, fireworks, good luck, grapes, knickers, La Villa shopping centre, live band, music, New Year's Eve, Party, Puerto de la Cruz, red, Spain, Tenerife, underwear on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Cava’s chilling in the fridge; the grapes have been de-seeded and wrapped in small foil bundles; the picnic cool bag has been rescued from the garden shed and its plastic wine glasses rinsed and, most importantly of all, I’m wearing my new red knickers.
New Year’s Eve is a complicated business in this part of [...]
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