We recently visited the Canary Island of Tenerife. As with many other southern European countries, I didn’t think I would ever have the confidence to drive in Spain. Then you start to consider that Tenerife is an island, and I had already driven on both Madeira and Kefalonia. How big […]
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On Tenerife, we rented a car for three days. The first day we drove across the eastern tip and the Anaga Rural Park. On the second day, we went across the island, via Mount Teide. And on the third and last day, we planned to drive across the western tip. […]
Little A really loves sharks, so when are traveling we usually try to find somewhere where she can see them. Well, at least something that a 2-year-old would think is a shark. Tenerife was no exception. After our visit to Mount Teide, we continued down to the northern side of […]
The most distinctive feature of Tenerife is the centerpiece volcano. In fact, Mount Teide is overlooking most of the life on the island. With its 3.718 meters, its summit is the highest point in Spain. Measured from the ocean floor it is even more impressive with around 7.500 meters. This […]
On the eastern tip of Tenerife, you will find the Anaga Rural Park (Parque Rural de Anaga). The park is filled with hills, steep cliffs, amazing views, and serpentine roads. For us, it was a first day traveling on the narrow roads of the Tenerife mountains. Anaga Rural Park The […]
The last outpost before the tourist areas of Tenerife is the small fishing village Los Abrigos. It is just a short drive from El Médano and it was the starting point for an Eco Walking Tour that we decided to join. The tour was organized as a school project by […]
Right outside of El Médano is the Reserva natural especial de Montaña Roja, or the Special Nature Reserve Red Mountain in English. The main sight within the reserve is the cone volcano – the Montaña Roja. Rising 171 meters above the sea it does not only pose as an impressive […]
We had never really considered the Canary Island as a travel destination. With the risk of sounding smug, we thought that it was a place for charter tourists, staying on the same beach and drinking alcoholic drinks for a week. We are more than happy to confess that we were […]
We visited Bergamo for the first time in 2015. At that time, we traveled down to the Italian city after our wedding. That trip was quite an adventure with some unexpected turns of events. When we returned in September 2018 it marked the end of our short return trip to […]
Our second trip to Italy in 2018 continued from Florence to Milan. The capital of the Lombardy region and Italy’s second biggest city with a population of 1.3 million. Milan was our third city in three days, after Pisa and Florence. Arriving from Florence We took the morning train from […]
Our second trip to Italy during 2018 started in Pisa and it eventually took us to the city of Florence. This is the capital of the famous region of Tuscany and is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance. We really looked forward to exploring the city. After all, […]
It only took us a few days after our return from Rome before we had a new trip to Italy planned. As you might recall, we visited the Italian capital in June after a month in Athens. A few months later, in September, we were once more on Italian soil, […]