Taking comfort in the Unfairness of the Universe
Our last day on Tenerife began pleasantly: we enjoyed the breakfast buffet, calmly packed our belongings and checked out in time. As we had a few hours left before we had to get to the airport we drove to El Medano, a small city on the south coast. After a walk along the beach and [...]
Today was the day my wife Silke and I tried to climb the top of the Teide. Doing that was one of the main reasons that my wife wanted to visit Tenerife in the first place. After driving for about one and a half hours through the mountains on a road with a lot of [...]
Yesterday we set off to Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife. We had to visit the administration of the Parque Nacional del Teide to get permits for climbing to the top of the Teide. Our original plan was to visit the Teide today but the administration told us that it is full which probably meant [...]