Finally found the Cybercafe in Mallorca. It was very difficult.
After
eight days at sea, it was good to see land, even though they lowered
the gangplank directly under our window way before wake-up time.
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| Tenerife - from the ship |
Tenerife,
the largest of the seven Canary Islands and part of Spain, lies about
180 miles off the coast of Morocco. It has Mt. Teide, Spain's highest
mountain and the world's third largest volcano, but we just wandered
around Santa Cruz, the largest city on any of the islands. The total
population of the islands is around 900,000, but they entertain
around 5 million tourists a year, most from Europe.
We
did visit the city's major art museum, which boasts one poor painting
by Breughel and not much else, and a couple of parks in need of
cleaning up. A stop at a hotel with a slow but free internet
connection allowed Bob to post some of this blog, but not all of its
photos. We had no time to read our email. Later he found out that
Microsoft was trying—at the same time and in the background—to
download 21 “important” updates—this after he'd loaded lots
more “important” updates just before we left home. Since then, he
has turned off the automatic update option! Better luck two days from
now in Mallorca.
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| Our Stateroom #3542 |
Just
a note on our accommodations. We have a tiny stateroom with a large
window; Gary, who booked later, has, by comparison, a gigantic
stateroom for a disabled person. He's far from disabled but enjoys
all the extra space.
MALLORCA:
Beautiful
day. Took the ship's shuttle into downtown and toured the Cathedral
and then the Royal Palace. After that, we walked up to the 'Gaudi'
buildings and through the shopping area. A slow walk down Paseo de
Born (very much like Barcelona's Las Ramblas) we then took the shuttle
back to the ship for lunch at 1 pm.
NOTE:
We will most likely not be online until we are in Sorrento on May
17th. Carrying the computer all around is really a drag...
