My feet have hardly touched the ground lately, between guiding at the Roque, cruise ship excursions, translations and an article for Turismo Canarias. (Yes, I’ll let you know when it’s published.) Today I’m showing an English Travel agent around for the local tourist board, which should be fun. Tomorrow morning it’s the observatory again, and on Wednesday I have an appointment in Tenerife. I’m rather looking forward to Thursdsay when…
Lately I seem to be busy all the time and achieving not a lot. But when I stop and think about it, I am making progress. The huge backlog of laundry from my bout of flu has finally been conquered. I got my friends’ car through its ITV (the Spanish equivalent of the MOT) when they couldn’t do it themselves. The house is very slowly getting tidier. Once a week…
I slept badly on Wednesday night, so I wasn’t in the mood for a long excursion on Thursday, but I really enjoyed it. As we ate our picnic lunch we could see the snow on the peaks. Sure enough, there was pletny of snow still up there, although it was really warm, about 15 ºC. We stopped first beside the MAGIC telescope for a photo opportunity, and I couldn’t resist…
It’s been freakishly warm for months, but winter suddenly arrived on Thursday. I pretty much spent the day hibernating, apart form German class. Yesterday morning I went into town. It was raining but that usually means very short queues everywhere. I didn’t take an umbrella because of the gusty wind, just a cagoule. I got everything done, with gaps of waiting around in shops for the heavy showers, then headed…
Well the flu itself has gone, but I still get tired almost before I start. I hope I get my energy back soon.
I’ve been going to German class since October. It’s quite demanding, since it’s 4 1/2 hours a week and (inevitably) heavy on the grammar. I did a year of German in High School, but that was back in the Cretaceous. Since I’m English, I have a head start on the vocabulary and accent, but all the (many) grammatical explanations are in Spanish! So yeah, I’m feeling pleased with myself.