The Christmas decorations are up in Santa Cruz, and most of the villages too. I particularly liked this Christmas “tree” outside a shop on the main street in Santa Cruz. It’s made from the dead flower stalk of an agarve plant.
Today is a national holiday – Constiution Day, which is something like July4th for Americans, only with a lot less pazazz. We’ll be meeting the extended family at the bodega for a meal. But you know, I think the constitution is something to celebrate. I don’t want to sound pompous here, but real democracy makes such a huge difference – just ask a Zimbabwean. It’s so nice to say what…
Bodegon Tamanca, El Paso Is your feller the caveman type? Here’s somewhere he’ll feel right at home. It’s a bar in a cave. Bodegon Tamanca is on the main road from Fuencaliente to El Paso. The first thing you’ll spot is the large car park, right beside the road.View Larger Map A cave man wouldn’t really feel at home inside, though. No smoke, no mammoth bones on the floor, just…
According to wikipedia, a rainbow gathering is “a temporary intentional community, typically held in an outdoor setting, espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, consumerism, capitalism and mass media.” And we have one on a beach in Garafia about now. “The dates are from new moon of November to the new moon of December.” I believe that…
The Palmeran group, Ojalá Muchá, have just won a competition in Argentina. The prize is to have their music played on over 100 radio stations in Argentina and Chile. You can hear their music on their myspace page.
The annual car rally is today, with 59 cars going along the route three times. This is quite a big event in the national rally calendar, because racing along La Palma’s twisty roads is not at all like racing round a track. Today’s route goes through the Breñas and Mazo. The road will be shut at 11:10, 14:14, and 18:10. It opens again when all the cars have gone…