We’re Here

Gran Canarias is the round island near the bottom just right of center.

We’re here! Here, by the way, is Gran Canarias, Spain. It is one of the Canary Islands owned by Spain. 

 

 

We arrived after about 22 hours of travel – about 3 PM local time.  No screaming babies, everything on schedule, so all-in-all it was a pretty easy trip but still long. 

This is a table top at the McDonalds in the Madrid Airport where we had a 4 hour layover. They have video games projected onto the table tops. Tom and I played Shark Attack - fun.
This is a table top at the McDonalds in the Madrid Airport where we had a 4 hour layover. They have video games projected onto the table tops. Tom and I played Shark Attack – fun.

Neither Tom nor I sleep well, or at all really, on planes so we were pretty much toast by the time we arrived. 

We have a kitchen so we went grocery shopping and then explored the grounds a bit. After sipping rum punch on the balcony, we ate an early dinner and were out for the night by 7:30.  

Our balcony view
Our balcony view
Our balcony
Our balcony
Picture from our balcony 2
Picture from our balcony

It’s amazing what 12 hours of sleep will do. We’re off to explore and possibly do some hiking today.

 

 

Our European Adventures!

The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania Old Town in Lilnius, Lithuania  Catherine Palace in Pushkin, RussiaThe Triton Fountain at Peterhof

We’re on our way again. This time we’re headed to Europe – Spain, France, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia, and Russia. A lot more places to check off on our “Exploring the World” bucket list. I hope you’ll join us. Our first stop is Gran Canarias, Spain and we leave on Friday. By the way, I love to know that you’re there, so say “hello”, comment, tell me what you like and what you don’t like. It makes it so much better when we have company along the way. So let’s go!