The ties between Icod de Los Vinos and Latin America is strong. In the middle of the Christmas preparations here, people from all over the town gathered and celebrated Venezuela. A chilly Sunday of December suddenly became warm and people danced spontaneously to the music. It is nice with breaks in the daily routines and a […]
Author: Gracela Einarson
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Free wine for everyone and an old tradition of steep street racing make the festival of San Andres in Icod de los Vinos something very special. Local youth with small sledges race down the steepest streets in town while the new wine flows. Wow! What a fiesta! The wineries of Icod de los Vinos are […]
Something very unusual happened today. My husband and I walked from Icod de Los Vinos to Garachico. Thirsty after two hours of walking, we looked for refreshments and suddenly we were participating in a Korean reality TV show. The weather was warm and nice today and my husband and I decided to take a long walk. […]
The rugged volcanic coast of Northern Tenerife can be tough. There are only a few places for the local fishermen to secure their boats during bad weather. In the old days, they pulled the boats up on the beach. But when the tourists arrived, the beaches became more valuable as playgrounds and the fishermen had […]
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Our Bold Move to Tenerife
My husband and I had a good life in La Herradura. We rented a very quiet and central flat close to the beach, and I was happy with it. But the winter months can be a little cold and the summers too hot, so why not make it perfect by moving to a place with […]
Love has many beautiful manifestations all over the world. If you are so lucky to be in Barcelona you will find the strongest love appearance man has ever built: The Basílica of La Sagrada Familia—a colorful temple of faith, hope, and love. This mind-blowing cathedral that is still under construction is the life’s work of Antoni Gaudi (1852 – 1926), a […]