Mobile again!
Yay! We got the Yaris back. It’s so nice to be mobile again. And it doesn’t hurt to have transport with a working CD player, and which doesn’t smell of petrol.
Month: April 2013
Santa Cruz Tourist Office
When I first came to La Palma, the tourist office was in temporary accommodation in the third floor of an office building, with absolutely nothing at street-level to indicate where it was. Basically, you had to ask a local to find it. Obviously this left something to be desired, so they put up two signs: one at the south end of town pointing north, and one at the north end,…
Stuck!
And now the Berlingo’s bust. We have no working cars at all. [Update: it’s the water pump.] We’re going to try to manage without a hire car for a few days, but if the Yaris isn’t back by the weekend, I’ll need one to go to work on Saturday.
Cake and a view
Working hard Holy week was busy. After months of very little guiding work, I had three days work at the Roque in a week, plus a trip to the dentist, plus starting work on my next book. I was also running around the island distributing books. It made for long days, but there are compensations. Like when I visited the viewpoint at El Time to see whether the shop would…
The Art of Fire
Artefuego glassblowing studio is at the back of Plaza Sotomayor, where they hold the Argual flea market every Sunday. It’s a good idea to combine the two, because they hold public demonstrations on Sundays between 10 am and 2 pm. They combine fragments of lava into their creations, and to the best of their knowledge, they’re the only people in the world to do so. This makes every piece unique….
Where to buy the guide books to the observatory
This guide book is now on sale from the Dragon Tree Publishing website, or from the following shops: Santa Cruz de La Palma Libreria Trasera La Molina Artesania Best of La Palma Papiro Libros Casa Fideo San Pedro Museo del Puro Libreria la Estrella Los Cancajos Artesania Las Nieves Bazar Costa Souvenir (beside Costa Salinas) Mazo El Molino Casa Roja/Belmaco Los Llanos Maria Luisa (Just below the church) Tijarafe El…