This is our last full day here in Lanzarote . It’s been a fabulous holiday. Great villa, lovely area. Weather has been hot. The intensity of the sun is amazing. We’re just 60miles off the coast of Africa here. We decided, as the market is on today in Marina Rubicon, that we would pop along … Continue reading Day 14-Wednesday 7th August 2013
Another pool day today enjoying the sun. Adam went to swim and I joined him after lunch. Still a very cold pool. Laura did join me in the hot tub, which was warm up until the point where you get out and the wind cools you down very quickly. I cooked Lasagne today, which was lovely, … Continue reading Day 13-Tuesday 6th August 2013
Today we went to Mirador Del Rio and César Manrique Cactus Gardens. It was a long drive to the other end of the island but held promises of a floating island and spectacular views. Mirador Del Rio So it’s cloudy… and we’re high up into the mountains and, unfortunately, the top of the mountain we’re … Continue reading Day 12–Monday 5th August 2013
Well they say Sunday is a day of rest, so we spent the day by the pool. It was rather empty as Sunday is Teguise Market day and we assume most people went there. Laura did manage to take a couple of photos of a flower she kept seeing. In the morning it was there, … Continue reading Day 11–Sunday 4th August 2013
Today we went to Marina Rubicon which is near Playa Blanca and went to the market. We’d seen the market on Wednesday during the “Blanket Tour” but hadn’t had enough time to have a good look round. We had lunch in a restaurant called “Blue Note” and the resident blues guitarist was playing. A guy … Continue reading Day 10–Saturday 3rd August 2013
Today we went to Timanfaya National Park on the other side (west) of the island. Laura woke up with a headache and took ibuprofen and was determined to come and not miss out. There were two main things to do when going to Timanfaya National Park, 1 is to go on a camel ride and … Continue reading Day 9–Friday 2nd August 2013
Laura was still not feeling very well today, so we decided to have a day around the pool. Still very hot and the sun is so much more intense than at at, even if the temperature is around 30°C you can burn so much more easily here. So we smothered ourselves in lotion, found some … Continue reading Day 8–Thursday 1st August 2013
The Blanket Tour Today is the day we were due to go on our free coach tour around Lanzarote. Except at 3am Laura was VERY unwell with her migraine. She was in a lot of pain. She took some more pain killers before losing them again about 30minutes later. After around an hour she finally … Continue reading Day 7–Wednesday 31st July 2013
Today was a funny day. We popped to the supermarket to get some more food for dinner, DWF Custom Pizza. But the funny thing was that we were upstairs watching a pair of collar doves whilst Laura was on the look out for Parrots, and these two doves flew onto the patio table. Dad asked … Continue reading Day 6–Tuesday 30th July 2013
We had a lazy day today, keeping out of the sun to try and recover from the sun burn. There is a sun care rep that comes around every day (except Thursdays) and sells sun care products that are especially designed for the Lanzrote (and Canarian) climate. We bought some recovery gel which is Aloe … Continue reading Day 5–Monday 29th July 2013