We were sitting at the kitchen table after dinner awaiting our son-in-law's arrival. We were all looking forward to celebrating New Year's Eve at the cottage. The grand kids were going to view their first firework display at the lake. This was all well and fine, except the weather kept us in frigid record lows.
This was proving too much for Al who had just shoveled the show off the roof for the fourth time in December and the weather was calling for more snow. Al started to look at warmer options and said "Heidie, what do you think about this? Should we go for it?"
I looked at pictures of a blue ocean and white bungalow, and thought what is there not to like? By the end of the evening, he had booked the bungalow for the month of February and by the end of two weeks he managed to book the flights, hotels and travel insurance, we were going to Lanzarote!!
We had heard about this island through an English couple living in Scotland, who we met while cycling in India. David and Val spent a couple of weeks a year during the winter months each year. Dave enjoyed the cycling and Val enjoyed the water.
Lanzarote is the easternmost of the Canary Islands and is about 125 km off the coast of Africa. Its climate is very pleasant in February with daytime highs of about 21C. Because of its volcanic past it has a rugged and dramatic coastline. It is a great place for hiking, cycling, swimming and on and on. We, however, for the first time are enjoying leisurely walks each morning, a swim in the ocean late morning, and then lying in the shade on our patio in the afternoon with a light lunch of bread cheese and wine.
We did have thoughts of trekking or cycling, but perhaps next year.
Al still likes to get up early in the morning, does his exercise outside on the patio, takes his head lamp and goes for a walk through the town and then watches the sun rise around 8:30.
I on the other hand wake up with the sun and am greeted by a fresh cup of coffee in bed. Don't get me wrong, I do my share of the chores....like cooking dinner.
We only have a stove top and microwave, so no oven proves no great difficulty for me. I had plenty of practice cooking like this in Korea.
We frequently see cruise ships, sailing ships and fishing vessels passing by.
Here is the view of the street from our little bungalow. There is little vegetation other than cacti, and no lawns. Black lava stones are used to landscape and pave the roads. The landscape is barren, at times looking like a lunar scape.
We have gone to a small town down the coast shopping and I will give you a peek of this in the next post.
Cheers, until next time!
This was proving too much for Al who had just shoveled the show off the roof for the fourth time in December and the weather was calling for more snow. Al started to look at warmer options and said "Heidie, what do you think about this? Should we go for it?"
I looked at pictures of a blue ocean and white bungalow, and thought what is there not to like? By the end of the evening, he had booked the bungalow for the month of February and by the end of two weeks he managed to book the flights, hotels and travel insurance, we were going to Lanzarote!!
We had heard about this island through an English couple living in Scotland, who we met while cycling in India. David and Val spent a couple of weeks a year during the winter months each year. Dave enjoyed the cycling and Val enjoyed the water.
Lanzarote is the easternmost of the Canary Islands and is about 125 km off the coast of Africa. Its climate is very pleasant in February with daytime highs of about 21C. Because of its volcanic past it has a rugged and dramatic coastline. It is a great place for hiking, cycling, swimming and on and on. We, however, for the first time are enjoying leisurely walks each morning, a swim in the ocean late morning, and then lying in the shade on our patio in the afternoon with a light lunch of bread cheese and wine.
We did have thoughts of trekking or cycling, but perhaps next year.
I on the other hand wake up with the sun and am greeted by a fresh cup of coffee in bed. Don't get me wrong, I do my share of the chores....like cooking dinner.
We only have a stove top and microwave, so no oven proves no great difficulty for me. I had plenty of practice cooking like this in Korea.
We frequently see cruise ships, sailing ships and fishing vessels passing by.
Here is the view of the street from our little bungalow. There is little vegetation other than cacti, and no lawns. Black lava stones are used to landscape and pave the roads. The landscape is barren, at times looking like a lunar scape.We have gone to a small town down the coast shopping and I will give you a peek of this in the next post.
Cheers, until next time!
