We had a very welcome visitor this last week….Christien surprised us and popped out for a long weekend, to cheer his mum up. We picked him up from the airport and decided to go for dinner in Aricife, which is both where the airport lies and the capital. We found a nice little Tapas bar hidden away down one of the back streets, which was very good. After dinner we stretched our legs around the old harbour, with little boats seeming to rest under the soft lights. The following day we headed south to Papagayo, it’s about 45 minutes from where we’re staying, with the last 3km being an off-road track that wind up and down the mountains, which gives you a sense of achievement, when you finally arrive high above the seven beaches. It was a further 20 minutes traversing the cliff edge to get to the beach we’d chosen, but again well worth the effort. There were plenty of sailing and windsurf races going on so it made for compelling viewing to just watch and relax. We took the long way home, driving over one of the mountains and dropping into the incredible lava fields below, before stopping in at the Stratus restaurant in la Geria, the wine region. It was so good the first time we went, we thought Christien would like it too. Rach and Christien tucked into the delicious wines, before we all feasted on some tasty meat and fish. It was really nice being together again laughing and joking, he’s great fun! The following day we pointed the car south again this time towards Playa Blanca and specifically the red mountain, which is a volcano that you are able walk up (many you can’t), before descending into its crater (150m in diameter) it took us about 45 minutes to walk up to the top and offered great panorama’s across to Fuertaventura and the southern tip of the island and beyond. A couple of hours later we were on our way to the marina and the Red House restaurant, for a few drinks and some more good fish. Rach had seen a few nice bits in a boutique in the marina that she liked, so we picked them up and Christien bought a necklace for Georgina. When we got back to the villa we settled down to watch a whodunnit film, something we don’t do often, but it was entertaining. We woke to a windy morning, but had decided the night before to go for a nice long walk along Femara beach and watch the surfers. I dropped Christien off at the airport for a mid afternoon flight…I never like seeing him leave. We didn’t do too much for the rest of the week, as Rach had plenty on and weather wasn’t great, but Friday we got out and had a really chilled last full day.
Dream Chasers 