The simple, magic combination of palm tree silhouettes in the sunset and a gelato cone. Need I say more? Honestly, though, if you’re looking for another good sunset spot, other than Tazacote, Puerto Naos is super. It feels a bit more finished, or fancy, because of the investment that was put into the beachfront area. It […]
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Cats of La Palma
It’s a wonderful thing for cat lovers, the amount of beautiful cats on the island of La Palma. It seems they’re a favourite pet and there are many strays as well. There’s a woman down at the Port of Tazacote who feeds the wild furballs every day. She doesn’t speak English and I don’t speak Spanish […]
Santa Cruz, La Palma
Spanish speaking places can be confusing geographically in that there are many different places with the same names. There’s Las Palmas, and then there’s La Palma. There’s Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then there’s Santa Cruz de la Palma. Just to be clear, the latter is the capital city of the island of […]
Fuencaliente, la Palma
If your Spanish is just about ok, you might guess that caliente the name Fuencaliente alludes to some sort of heat, and you’d be right! There used to be hot springs in this area, along the southern tip of La Palma, the most western of Canary Islands. The springs were destroyed by lava in the 18th […]
Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma
While the highest point of Spain is Mount Teide, the highest point of the island of La Palma is this strange rock formation that looks like three dudes, called Roque de los Muchachos. There’s a parking area there and a few short, beautiful walks to look out points. It’s also part of many a hiking route. […]
El Teide National Park, Tenerife
What’s the highest point in Spain? It’s Mount Teide, the volcanic mountain towering Tenerife. It is visible from most of the other Canary Islands as well with a summit of 3,718 metres. The mountain is an active volcano that last erupted in 1909. The surrounding planes, desolate rock landscape and weird formations make up the Teide […]
Summery Dublin
Two of our kick-ass friends, MJ & Ash, travelled all the way from South Africa for a bit of exploration in the North last summer (yes, this blog post is way overdue!) and we look the liberty to spend a few days in Dublin with them. I really enjoyed this visit to Dublin way more than […]
FAQ: Moving to Ireland
Before moving to another country you would naturally have a lot of questions. And if you don’t you should. The weird thing is that no matter how many questions you ask yourself or try to get answers to beforehand, you kind of just uncover more questions and more answers as you go. For example, one technicality I […]
Budgeting for The Big Move
Immigrating can be expensive. It is quite obvious that it’s costly, but sometimes it can be difficult to imagine how to go about budgeting for the big move. Financially this most likely means you’re going to need to dip into your savings or plan to save up. Apart from the monetary cost, uprooting an established […]
Winter in Amsterdam
During our stay in Amsterdam, we walked around the city as much as we could. Here are a few pictures from those walks. We saw the Stedelijk Museum, Het Rembrandt Museum, Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Nieuwendijk, took a walk to the Amstel, through the Vondelpark and then saw Zevenlandenhuizen (Houses of Seven Countries) and returned to Centraal Station to catch the tram back […]