TENERIFE DAY 8

All good things come to an end...and our winter holiday had to as well.  We did a bit of shopping before heading to the airport and returning back to England.  What a shock to the body when we landed in a snowstorm.  Despite the weather, it always is nice to be home and sleeping in your own bed.

 Tenerife has a number of banana plantations that we could see from our house.  We enjoyed some local bananas as they were quite fresh!

 Nice topographic view of the island.  We stayed in the lower left hand side of the picture.

 BRRRRRRRR

 

TENERIFE DAY 7

We spent Christmas morning opening gifts at our house in Tenerife - time at the pool - and then time at the beach enjoying the summer sun. 

 

TENERIFE DAY 6

We spent Christmas Eve driving into the mountains on the center of the island to experience some adventures in the trees as a family.  We later found our way to the base of Teide mountain a volcano over 10,000 feet above sea level.   We drove from sea level to nearly 10,000 feet which was quite a climb.   You can read more about it from this Wikipedia article.  Mt. Teide Link

Christopher Columbus reported seeing smoke from the mountain on his way to find America.  We had a great time testing our strength and limits among the trees.  Everyone did amazing well.

In the evening we had dinner at an American restaurant in nearby Puerto Colon for a great dinner.

Video highlights from the day:

 

 BEFORE

 AFTER

 Sade working on her letter for Santa

 Sadie's letter to Santa.  It reads:
Dear Santa, I hope you won't have to come to the Canary Islands every Christmas Eve.  You make everybody's Christmas much better but know we have to remember what Christmas is all about.  Best wishes from Sade Caldwell.