I can’t believe it is a week ago since the Sol Bar in Los Cristianos held their roof top opening BBQ! It was a great afternoon with some brilliant live music, hosted by Shanty but with a lot of guest singers and musicians. Here are just a few photos from last Sunday, why not pop…
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Burning of the Sardine
Last night was the ‘Burning of the Sardine’ here in Los Cristianos and Elinor took the camera out to record the event. Here is a video clip, apologies for the quality, but I hope you will be able to see the action OK! According to the Arona website, the event is: … a grotesque funeral…
Los Cristianos Carnaval Parade 2011
These parades come around very quickly don’t they? Due to start at 17:00hrs yesterday from in front of the Paloma Beach complex, we set off from home to walk down to our chosen spot at about 16:30hrs. There are crowds and crowds of people already lining the route, many having brought their own chairs, some…
Carnaval Publicity
Happy Sunday to you all! We were woken up this morning with loud Carnaval Music and Police blowing their whistles (to control the traffic). Looked out from Al’s Corner to see the traffic stopped and a dance troupe on the roundabout being filmed – not sure exactly what it is for but on this beautiful…
Tenerife Carnaval 2011
Yay! It is that time of year again, how quickly has that come around (must be getting old!)? We have a load of festivals here in the Canary Islands, but probably the best know of all is the Carnaval season, its a time of absolute mayhem, terrific hilarity and so many opportunities for dressing up…
Simply Mo and Celtic Confusion
Simply Mo is now performing 3 nights a week with Derek and Mark, better known as Celtic con Fusion at Dreamers Bar in Los Cristianos – he suggested that they should be known as Simply con Fusion on those nights! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXnGYhAoD8Q] Mark and Derek are, of course, there 7 nights a week and have a…
Snow in Tenerife
… and the talk in Tenerife this week … is all about the cold and the snow! Certainly not as cold as some places but Tenerife seems to be having a bit of a cold spell at the moment, especially over night. Here are a couple of photos taken this morning showing how low the…
Entertainer in Tenerife
We had heard about this Leapy Lee character being in Tenerife at the moment and so decided to go and check him out on Thursday night. Like most people, (well those that remember his name), we could only think of one song, that’s right, ‘Little Arrows’ and so have to admit we were not sure…
Birthday Surprise
Well, after weeks of planning and trying to keep it quiet Elinor’s surprise for her 15th birthday worked a treat. Eli had hoped her eldest brother, Chris could visit from the UK for her birthday however he had explained that it would not be possible as he had recently visited and couldn’t get the time…
