Archive for June, 2008

Tales of Scottish Hills and No French Chocolate

Thursday, 19th of June 2008

Silke and I are back in Edinburgh. We had a great time during our last visit and there was just not enough time to visit all the interesting spots. After wandering through Old Town and visiting Mary King’s Close yesterday we decided to go to Holyrood park and climb up on Arthur’s Seat today. During [...]

Pinar de Tamadaba

Saturday, 14th of June 2008

As we didn’t get to the Pinar de Tamadaba on Thursday Silke and I made another attempt today. We drove over the island’s motorways almost to Agaete at the north coast of the island. Then we took a road south through the mountains. After cruising over the usual serpentines for an hour we reached a [...]

The Roque Nublo

Thursday, 12th of June 2008

After exploring the surroundings of the Hotel during our first day on Gran Canaria Silke and I went to have a look at the rest of the island yesterday. We decided to visit the Pinar de Tamadaba, a large pine forrest in the nothern part of the island. After two hours of driving over mountain [...]