Tenerife
Robert and I picked Jun and Rose up from the Jerez airport. Their flight arrived on time but since their itinerary got rearranged due to the JFK flight cancellation, they were told their luggage went ahead of them. When they checked at the Jerez counter, they didn´t have their luggage. So we told them to deliver them instead to Tenerife in the morning.
Tenerife is one of the seven islands of the Canary Islands group. Early in the morning Robert took the four of us to the Jerez airport on our way to Madrid, and then on to our final destination, Tenerife. We arrived at Tenerife without a glitch. We took the bus from the airport to our hotel.
We´re getting by with Rose and Donna´s abbreviated Spanish. Rose called the airlines to follow up on their luggage and she was told it got shipped from Madrid to Jerez to be delivered to Robert and Mary´s house! So they bought a couple of pieces of clothing and washed their laundry here in the hotel.
We had our first lunch close to our hotel. After we checked in I was going to check whether there´s a Wifi signal when I noticed my laptop was nowhere to be found. I immediately realized forgot it at the restaurant! Jun and I quickly ran back to the restaurant. The moment the waitress saw us, she smiled and said, ¨Si¨ and proceeded to hand me my laptop!
This place is similar to Hawaii, although it´s several degrees cooler here. We´ve been to several sites.
Jardin de Botanico, which is basically a botanical garden where they have trees and plants from practically all over the world.
La Orotava is the oldest city in Tenerife with the typical Spanish architecture, narrow winding roads, and several old churches.
Casas de Balcones are a couple of really old and huge houses that got preserved as museums.
El Teide has been declared a national park. It was originally a volcano and it´s basically the highest peak in Tenerife.
We´ve been having our meals in various restaurants in the area. Just like Rota and Jerez, people have their dinner here late at night and stores close for their mid afternoon siesta.
Tenerife is one of the seven islands of the Canary Islands group. Early in the morning Robert took the four of us to the Jerez airport on our way to Madrid, and then on to our final destination, Tenerife. We arrived at Tenerife without a glitch. We took the bus from the airport to our hotel.
We´re getting by with Rose and Donna´s abbreviated Spanish. Rose called the airlines to follow up on their luggage and she was told it got shipped from Madrid to Jerez to be delivered to Robert and Mary´s house! So they bought a couple of pieces of clothing and washed their laundry here in the hotel.We had our first lunch close to our hotel. After we checked in I was going to check whether there´s a Wifi signal when I noticed my laptop was nowhere to be found. I immediately realized forgot it at the restaurant! Jun and I quickly ran back to the restaurant. The moment the waitress saw us, she smiled and said, ¨Si¨ and proceeded to hand me my laptop!
This place is similar to Hawaii, although it´s several degrees cooler here. We´ve been to several sites.
Jardin de Botanico, which is basically a botanical garden where they have trees and plants from practically all over the world.
La Orotava is the oldest city in Tenerife with the typical Spanish architecture, narrow winding roads, and several old churches.
Casas de Balcones are a couple of really old and huge houses that got preserved as museums.
El Teide has been declared a national park. It was originally a volcano and it´s basically the highest peak in Tenerife.
We´ve been having our meals in various restaurants in the area. Just like Rota and Jerez, people have their dinner here late at night and stores close for their mid afternoon siesta.
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