Tenerife, Spain

For my second week I took a boat to Tenerife and stayed with Indira and her family. I got to try more new food - typical canarian wines, cheeses and meat. Along with some Venezuelan food because Indira's parents were originally from there until a few years ago. The only name I can remember is croquetas and they were delicious!

The first day Indira and I went for a hike.




We visited various places around Los Realejos, the city where she lives.



The oldest tree on the island






On Christmas Eve Indira, her dad and I went to Santa Cruz (the capital of Tenerife). We saw a bit of the city, but spent most of our time on the beach. We played volleyball, swam and played patas (a game with paddles and you hit a ball back and forth... similar to tennis in the sand). It was such a fun day!





That night we had a big dinner with the whole family. In this picture are the abuelas, primos y hermanos. Not in the picture are Indira's parents and aunt. After dinner we opened presents and then went to see a live Belen. I loved all the Spanish music! Later on we went out. In the Canary Islands EVERYONE goes out on Christmas Eve. It was ridiculously cheap, only 3 euros to get enter and a free drink when you do. In Spain they don't get to the club until 2 am and don't end until 6!



Christmas day the whole family went to the mountains and had a bbq. Sorry I have no pictures from this day.

The next day we took a boat to LA GOMERA, a different island. We stayed at Naza's house and the first day drove around the ENTIRE island (it is pretty small)





We ate lunch at this cute little place





And we went out to a club that night and had sooo much fun!