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Tag: Canary Islands

Terra Firma in Tenerife

Posted on January 9, 2013April 28, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we got up this morning the Arcadia had just about docked and we looked over our balcony at the familiar sight of the port in Santa Cruz. This is the fourth time we’ve arrived in Tenerife by ship; the other times were Queen Mary 2 (2004), Black Prince (2008) and Queen Elizabeth (2010). No…

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Santa Cruz de La Palma

Posted on October 20, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

The Queen Elizabeth arrived in La Palma at 8.00am.  This is the only port of call that we hadn’t been to previously, so we were looking forward to exploring this island.  La Palma is the fifth largest of the seven Canary Islands.  We had booked an excursion this afternoon to see some volcanoes and also…

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Wine Sampling in Tenerife

Posted on October 19, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

This morning we woke up in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the largest of the seven main Canary Islands.  We had been here last two years ago, on the Black Prince.  Interestingly, whilst most British people pronounce it ‘ten-er-reef’ its actual pronunciation is four syllables long, i.e. ‘ten-er-reef-ay’. We spent the morning just doing our own…

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En Route to the Canaries

Posted on October 17, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Today was another long, leisurely day at sea.  Once we leave the cold British shores for warmer climes, we tend to leave our balcony door propped open overnight, as I hate the artificial air-conditioning – it’s so drying for the skin. So it’s lovely to wake up in the morning to the “ssssshhhhhhhh” sounds of…

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