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Canary Islands Spain 2023 Travel

La Palma

We arrived at the beginning of October, and the first two weeks were spent in a blur, in a serious heatwave.  All the folks here said they have never experienced such an event. The hot trade wind air over Africa was blowing over the island, which is something that does happen, but usually in the […]

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Gran Canaria

This is the first time we have travelled to this Canary Island. We’re quite familiar with Tenerife, and La Palma, of course, so we thought we would take the opportunity to spend a bit of time here. First impressions – it’s a huge island, with lots of traffic. The island is volcanic and steep, and […]

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Overheating on La Isla Bonita

We’ve been on La Palma for more than two weeks, and the duration entirely, we have spent in an unprecedented heatwave. Temperatures here in Tazacorte have averaged 30 during the days, at the beginning, it was as hot at night! Now, nights drop down to 25! There was night early on, where the winds were […]

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Sixty in Spain!

One of us is on deck for a milestone birthday, so, we decided on a little trip abroad to celebrate! Ok, it’s me, the author, and the birthday has already happened. I’m just getting around to making a post, for anyone who is interested. i won’t bore with all the travel details, but, instead, give […]