Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Holiday...

So the last week in June, Rob and I headed to the Canary Islands for a week. We headed down to London Saturday afternoon, because our flight was super early on Sunday morning and none of the trains run that early so we had to head down on Saturday. We stayed at a hotel right by the airport so we could just take a cab there and have it only cost a us a few pounds. Sunday morning was hectic and slow all at once, we woke up at around 3 something and headed to the airport at 4. Well we had to wait in line forever until they opened the check-in counters. Then once we checked in, we had to wait for a while till they announced a gate. None of the restaurants in the airport were open that early so we couldn’t get food. Once we found our gate you couldn’t leave the area, so once you went in there the only food option was vending machine snacks. The flight wasn’t bad, Rob slept for most of the time and it was only 2 hours to Madrid, this is where I got my first passport stamp.

From Madrid the flight was another 2 ½ hours but still it was broken up nicely so they seemed to go by really fast. Once we landed we found a cab and got on the road to the hotel. We were expecting the islands to be a lot like Hawaii, but they weren’t. The scenery of the inland is a lot like Vegas, so a desert.

We were ok with this since we were going to spend most of our time on the beach or at our hotel pool anyways. Once at the hotel we changed into our bathing suits and went to the pool. We had to get our pool chairs because once we had seats they were ours and no one could use them. We got drinks at the pool bar since they were free and just got some sun till we went up and got ready for dinner. After dinner we went for a walk along the boardwalk and then along the beach on the way back to the hotel.

The next day we spent the morning laying on the beach and playing in the ocean and after lunch we lay by the pool area.

On Tuesday we went for a walk after breakfast to see some of the area around us.

And then we lay by the pool all day. For dinner we were celebrating our anniversary and we were going to go to a nice local place but they were closed so we ended up going to the Hard Rock Café.

Wednesday we went to a water park just to have some fun and not just lay by the pool or on the beach. After lunch we took pictures with Sea Lions, which was the highlight of my day.

We headed back to the hotel so we had time to get ready for Spanish Night. Apparently from Wednesday thru Saturday they do themed dinner nights. It was a nice change of pace from the regular buffet. We ended up sitting at a table of British people. None of them knew each other but we all became good friends. We shut the restaurant down and when we moved to the bar we also shut them down because we were having such a good time getting to know each other.

Thursday we spent the morning picking up souvenirs and we were dying to play a game of mini golf and we finally found a place. Rob likes to say that he beat me but I won.

We went back to the hotel and then went and spent the rest of time till dinner on the beach just soaking up our last full day there. We were very excited for dinner because it was Mexican night and we had friends we were meeting. To get into the restaurant we had to take shots of tequila and that was the beginning of the end. Our table of eight ended up going through a bottle of tequila and countless lemons.

After dinner we moved to the bar and then headed up to bed. Friday morning we woke up earlier than usual to pack and get everything situated. Then we did the airport routine. Once back in London we had to go through customs. This was a bit of an issue for me because I didn’t bring my visa along, just my passport. We were held for a little while, until they believed me and let us through and told me to never do it again. I will now always remember to travel with both of my passports.

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