Tag: Spain

Adios Spain

May 11, 2016

We’d been in Tenerife since late March. Sadly, all good things come to an end: It was fun and a learning experience. I knew little about Tenerife besides its “reputation.” And, yes, you can spend your entire time drunk in a British-themed pub if that’s what you want. But it’s not just a “party” island. … More Adios Spain

Make Your Own “Friends”

May 9, 2016

The road we all travel…. And why do I say that? My eighteen year old English niece loves a certain American TV program. I detect based on what I see around me that she is hardly alone in that. It seems to have quite a following in her age group and slightly older.

One Writer’s “Romance” Genre Dilemma

May 7, 2016

We ventured yesterday to La Caleta. It’s a village here in Tenerife above Los Cristianos, and it has some pleasant restaurants. It was well-worth an afternoon: While we were eating, a twenty-something guy and (presumably) his girlfriend (they didn’t seem like husband and wife) caught our attention when they stopped along that fencing briefly. He … More One Writer’s “Romance” Genre Dilemma

Those Italian Sweets

May 3, 2016

Of my 8 great-grandparents, 5 were Italians, including several Sicilians. My wife likes to joke when we’ve been in Italy that Italians don’t seem to know what to make of me. “You look like you belong,” she says, “and they talk to you like you do.” I’ve run into something similar here in Tenerife. Some … More Those Italian Sweets