I’m back in the course, which is demanding but fun. Yesterday was meteorology, accident prevention and first aid, and today was astronomical distances and the sun. A lot of the others are finding the astronomy bit hard going, while I know most of the content, but I still have to learn all the vocabulary in Spanish. Mind you, taking notes in Spanish is getting easier, thank goodness. I’m also trying…
That last post turned out to be tempting fate. I had a short course on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, about how to start a tourism business. I was sniffling on Tuesday evening and worse on Wednesday. I scaled back my planned walk on Thursday, but by Friday afternoon I was downright ill. I spent pretty much the whole weekend in bed, and still felt wobbly on Monday. I cancelled Tuesday’s…
Continuing my plan to get fitter, I took the bus into Santa Cruz this morning,and walked home. The hard way – up the steep hill to Buenavista at the back of Concepción, and then through San Pedro and down the hill to home. All this walking is working. After 6 km it was nice to sit down, but I wasn’t collapsing.
Just had TV Canarias on the phone. They say I’ll be on TV tonight at 10:30 pm in “Canarias, Mi Mundo.” With a bit of luck, they’re right this time.
I’ve been burning the candle both ends lately, and not for fun. I’m on a course to become a tour guide, specializing in astronomy. Of course I’ve been working as a tour guide at the observatory for a couple of years, and I love it, so the course is just what I want. The tricky part is making the time. It’s three separate weeks (on in March, one in April…
Here are some photos of tonight’s carnival parade in Los Cancajos.