Finally, a photo or two from the Barbours ! We've been on the island of Tenerife (pronounced ten-e-reef-eh?) now for about a month. We have a nice one-bedroom apartment below the garage of the main house we are looking after for the next few months. There is probably no other garage in the world with a better view each day! The photo here shows the view off our garden balcony (all of about twelve feet wide).....a great view of the city of Puerto de la Cruz with majestic and dormant (we hope!) 3700+ metre volcano Mt. Teide in the background. We are about 200 metres above the Atlantic, yet the sound of the waves crashing onto the volcanic rocks below is constant. For those who can come to visit, there is a hiking trail down to the black-sand beach....about 20 min. down and 35 min back up if you're reasonably fit. (Double those times for Cam!)
The weather has been consistently in the mid to high 20's (C) since we arrived, although we did hit 30 a couple of times. Our Spanish is improving by a word or two each day....enough that we can order tea or coffee and ask for the bill. Our local town, Santa Ursula, is a few minutes' drive from the tourist spots, so English or German is not commonly spoken. So...we'll try to learn Spanish. If you want to speak English, you can always drive to the south end of the island where there are tourist beaches and hotels everywhere.
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