Photos of the carnival parade in Los Cancajos,
Here are some photos of tonight’s carnival parade in Los Cancajos.
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Carnival programme for Wednesday to Friday: Santa Cruz and Los Llanos
Wednesday 9th March The Sardine’s funeral This is probably the second biggest event in Carnival. As the name suggests, it’s a funeral for a gigantic sardine, and downright Pythonesque too. Wear black and/or drag, and be prepared to wail with fake grief. Wednesday in Santa Cruz, Friday in Los Llanos, Saturday 19th in Los Sauces (a particularly good one) Santa Cruz de la Palma 18:00h. Reception and Wake for the…
A Carnival costume
My son fancied a Ghostbusters costume for Carnival. We borrowed a backpack sulphur duster, which I cleaned out on Thursday, and I bought white overalls (which my husband can use later). On Thursday evening, my husband and son sprayed the backpack black, while I got a Ghostbusters logo off the internet and ironed two copies of it onto the overalls, and printed another two onto sticky labels to go on…
Filming, part 3: The road to the Roque
Wednesday was the last day of filming, but would be the first to be broadcast. I set off a little early, so I’d have time for a relaxing coffee at the residencia, the observatory’s private hotel, before meeting the film crew. In Velhoco, I had to swerve around a dog lying on the road. I ahd a bad feeling about it, so I parked, and went back to look. The…
Me, the TV star
I’m going to be in TV! Only local, Canarian TV, mind you, and after 11 pm, but still TV. The have a programme about foreigners who’ve made their home in the Canaries, and they were looking for someone connected with the observatory. Luckily, someone suggested me. The TV crew are going to follow me around filming for hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, of which about 15 minutes will be broadcast….
The end of a rather ugly “Friendship”
Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I’ve unfriended someone on Facebook. Disagreeing with me is fine. Using phrases like, “Arrogance and superiority in attitude and LOCKSTEP DOGMATISM AND CLOSEMINDEDNESS” is not fine, and I told her so. And she replied, “Too bad you find things that disagree with you to be ‘rude’. I’m sorry you’re also so closeminded.” Which I think rather confirms my point of view. Her…