Archive for the 'Gran Canaria' Category

spanish wines

April 29th, 2008

Spanish people, and of course also the canarians, used to drink wine very often. Especially to dinner, which is the main dish during the day. And very big too. Many restaurants have many different kind of wines in their wine bars or wine cellar. Here’s the example of one of it.
And I must admit that […]

Canary emblem

April 24th, 2008

This is an emblem of Canary Islands. As you can see: two dogs - characteristic for canarias, and in the middle part an image of all seven islands. One of them you can find in Las Palmas, on the government building.

Need some air?

April 19th, 2008

As I wrote before, on a Canary Islands is rather hot. The temperatures are high, most of the year it’s approximate 25-30 degrees. So mejority of people buy to their houses air condition. Of course most of shops, restaurants, etc. have also air condition to encourage people to come in.

And, as you can see above […]

Calima

April 3rd, 2008

The first day and it’s veeeery hot - it was about 32 degrees to late hours. As we heared - we got Calima!

We was told that calima is a specyfic atmospheric phenomenon taking place on the Canary Islands. The temperatures are growing up and the air is full of a little parts of sand, flowing […]

Welcome!

April 2nd, 2008

So, we are finally here, on a Gran Canary island. It’s 2nd April and it’s really hot.  And this is great!
Since tomorrow we’re going to start our little trip accross this island. Mountains, beaches, valleys and of course cities. We’d like to see as much as possible!
So Join us if you’d like to :)