Panchita, my friend’s neighbour My trip to El Hierro was great. I didn’t feel a bit sick on the way there. Lugging my stuff around Gomera coming and going was hard work, but San Sebastian is a nice little town, and I got quite a bit of work done on my laptop. More importantly, once I got to El Hierro, I had a great time with my friend. It was…
Traditional embroidery, Casa Lujan, Puntallana, La Palma There’s a shop of crafts from La Palma beside the museum at Casa Lujan in Puntallana. It sells things like traditional embroidery and ceramics. In the centre of the room, there’s a traditional loom, although they didn’t have any rugs for sale when I was there. (Palmeran rugs are made with a linen warp, and rag weft. If you order one, you generally…
I’ve been wanting to visit my friend on El Hierro for a while. Now that my son’s recovered from his fight with the pavement and there’s a long weekend coming up, I thought it was a good time to go. My friend has Friday’s free, so I hoped to fly out on Friday morning, come back Monday afternoon. So on Monday, my husband asked for Friday off. They finally said,…
I’ve been doing a little research into the Franco years, as background for a possible novel. It was worse than I expected. I knew divorce was forbidden under Franco, and that a woman who ran away from a violent husband would be brought back by the police, who, like as not, would tell the husband to give her a good hiding to teach her not to run off again. I…
I’ve been rushed off my feet and enjoying it. Yesterday I had some rubbish to take to the recycle point in Puntallana, so I visited a local museum while I was there. Casa Lujan is an 18th century house, restored to show how well-to-do people lived between about 1920 and 1960, and it’s very good. My husband burst out layghing when he saw this photo, because I used to have…
Cubo de la Galga, Puntallana La Palma has a wonderful network of hiking trails, providing a great variety of landscapes and levels of difficulty. And this weekend, the island’s hosting an outdoor and walking festival. You can go on a guided walk for free, but you have to register in advance: see http://www.senderosdelapalma.com/walkingfestival/actividades.php although places are filling up fast. I’m probably going to miss it because you have to meet…