Posted in Life, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, fiestas, tagged Brotherhood, Canary Islands, chains, Chinese lantern, dark, Dickensian, Easter, full moon, Good Friday, hooded, hoods, La Concepcion, La Laguna, Magna Procession, religion, silence, Silent Procession, Spain, Tenerife, torch bearers on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I kept wishing I’d worn the scarf Aunty Barbara bought me for Christmas.
Less than a week ago I’d been stretched out on Playa Jardín, turning intermittently like a chicken on a spit. Now I had my collar turned as high as it would go and my ears hadn’t been this cold since I spent an [...]
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Posted in Life, People, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, spanish, garden, seasons, jasmine, freesia, perfume, smell, scent, sandals, spring, Playa Jardin, sunbeds, swallows, German, British, Easter, unbrellas, Canarios, Scarborough, spring tides, lifeguard, Daniel Craig, Lee Evans, Yankee Doodle Dandy on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
As a visitor to Tenerife, you’re likely to discern only minor differences between your January and your June holiday. In January the backless dress you’ve been saving for your last Saturday night when the tan would be optimum may have to stay in the suitcase, or you may decide to wear it anyway and go [...]
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Posted in Life, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, Carnaval, Patricia Rodriguez, Miss Spain 2008, Gulliver, Lilliput, Al Campo, La Orotava, Tinerfeños, Dutch, Trannie, M&S Santa Cruz, Zara, La Villa, beauty queen, Miss Espana 2008, Marks & Spencer, swimsuit on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This weekend Patricia Rodríguez, a girl from Granadilla de Abona in the south of Tenerife, won the Miss Spain 2008 title.
Like Pamela, once I get past the whole ‘women seen solely as articles of ornament and objects of sexual desire’ bit, I can confess to a politically incorrect twinge of pride on behalf of Tenerife.
What [...]
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