There are at least two art exhibitions well worth a visit in Santa Cruz de La Palma at the moment. Jorge Beda and Merche Martin Morillo have a retrospective exhibition a the College of Architects (on the Calle real or the sea front, just north of the Placeta). Amazingly, some of the paintings are just 30€. They’re open from Monday to Frieday, 10:30am – 1 pm and 6 pm-8:30 pm…
Canadian Stargazers
I got a couple of day’s work looking after some Canadian visitors to the island. (Actually they’re Americans who’ve lived in Canada for a long time.) Nice people. They run a hotel called Trout Point Lodge in Nova Scotia, and they’re hoping to start astrotourism over there. They were staying in a hotel I wasn’t previously aware of, the Hacienda de Abajo in Tazacorte. It’s gorgeous – it’s a converted…
Una espectacular ventana al universo is on sale
The Spanish version of my guide to the observatory, “Una espectacular ventana al universo: guía del observatorio astrofisico del Roque de los Muchachos” has arrived. You can buy it from this page and bookshops and tourist shops on the island. “Una espectacular ventana al universo: guía del observatorio astrofisico del Roque de los Muchachos” por Sheila M Crosby ha llegado y está a la venta desde esta página y algunos…
The Spanish books have arrived!
At last! After literally missing the boat at Cadiz, 300 copies of the Spanish edition of my guide book to the observatory have arrived. Just when I’m really busy with guiding work at last. So distributing it will be a bit of a challenge, but I’m delighted, obviously.
Car update.
The car is seriously ill and needs an engine transplant. This is going to be slow and expensive. Thank goodness we’ve got the van! It’s a bit slower, noisier and smellier, but it goes, and that’s the main thing.
The Cloud Waterfall
Because the island sits in the trade winds, damp air hits the northeast of the island and has to rise, where it turns into clouds. Because La Palma has a north-south spine called the Cumbre Nueva, the cloud quite often reaches up to the ridge and then tumbles over as the cloud waterfall. This is extremely pretty, and best viewed from around the western side of the tunnel. You can…