Monthly Archives: January 2011

Cash or Card?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

I feel like having a bit of a rant, I am getting very cross and it seems that nobody can solve this problem easily. When I go shopping I don´t always take cash with me and rely mainly on my … Continue reading →

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Maxine’s Wine Bar – Palm Mar – Tenerife

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

On Monday evening after collecting my dog from the vets, we decided to take a walk along the waterfront at Palm Mar before returning home where I had a meal already prepared. As we drove down we spotted that Maxine’s … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert AGAIN!! – Tenerife

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Not yet out of January and we seem to have had a long winter here on the island.  I don´t normally think we will get our few days of rain until roughly February so to have had several weather warnings … Continue reading →

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Monkey Park Zoo – Los Cristianos – Tenerife

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

I first visited the Monkey Park Zoo with my granddaughters in 2005.  I had seen the garish painted entrance many times, as I had driven down the TF1 but did not know anything about it as at that time none … Continue reading →

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Paraiso Restaurant – Valle San Lorenzo – Tenerife

Posted on January 22, 2011 by

The Paraiso was the first non-resort restaurant we went to when we arrived on the island. In our ignorance, we thought it was typically Canarian, probably because it was away from the resorts in Valle San Lorenzo and the staff … Continue reading →

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Lo Nuestro – Buzanada – Tenerife

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

It is a couple of years since we first visited Lo Nuestro a typical Canarian restaurant specialising in meat and fish dishes up a tiny unmade path off the main street in Buzanada. Like the last time we went, it … Continue reading →

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Tales of several Tails

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

I have always been a dog lover ever since my father rescued a German Shepherd cross from a man who had her tied up in an outside lavatory and the only water she had was from the old toilet bowl.  … Continue reading →

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Habibi – San Telmo – Tenerife

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

We collected our friends Alan and Erika at 7.30pm last night from the Bouganville Hotel where they were taking a last minute break to get away from the cold Yorkshire weather.  We have been meeting up with them for the … Continue reading →

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The Clubhouse – That Was The Week That Was

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

I wrote a few days ago about how quickly the Clubhouse was acquired and the speed at which the new owner, Whiskey, wanted it up and running.  Lots of people, particularly on the Tenerife Forum are already rooting for it … Continue reading →

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Baby 1960 – Tenerife

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

OH and I had to visit Lloyds bank this morning, as we banked with them in the UK, it seemed to make sense we transfer to them when they opened a bank in Tenerife, but they have recently moved from … Continue reading →

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