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Throwback Thursday- This time last week I decided that we can be that family that walk more and enjoy adventuring without the car. Cue loads of moaning from little people that it’s “tooooo faaaarrrr toooo walllllkkkk! #itsonly3kmkids #lanzarote #arewenearlythereyet #playahonda #arricife #travelfamily #familyof7 #twins #walking #familyadventures #travelchronicles #throwbackthursday #tbt #kidsunplugged #outdoorlife (at Arricife, Lanzarote) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdEabvFwxY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l4j73exag0bn

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Quattro Stagioni Pizza and Tropical beer at a sidewalk, beachside pizzeria - good stop on a long walk through Arricife! #tropicalbeer #4stagioni #pizzalover #arricife #beachsidecafe #lanzarote almost in #morroco #outofafrica #transatlantic (at Arrecife)

[dsandrvk]

Tuesday, April 5th - Lanzarote

We're back in Lanzarote, where's we detoured to on the first leg of the trip. This time we hired a taxi with another couple to take us to the house and museum of Cesar Manrique, the island's most famous artist. He was born in 1919, died in 1992, and seems to have lived a wonderful life. He was responsible for many buildings on this island and others in the Canaries, and sought to bring an itentity to Lanzarote. He is also responsible for developing and shaping the island's main aesthetic - all buildings (except in the capital of Arricife) are painted white, and no more than 2-3 stories. Trim is green or brown (if the house in new or old), and most of the new developments are very energy and water conscious. As a result, Lanzarote has maintained a charm and cohesiveness that is missing in many tourist areas.

The museum also includes one of his houses, which is build on many levels and dug out of the lava to create subterranean rooms with open skylights - a way to stay cool in the hot arid summers. It is filled with his art, as well as lots of pictures of him throughout his lifetime - he seems to have had an almost elfin like quality, popping up behind rocks or posing in costumes. The landscaping of the museum and house was wonderful, with succulents and cacti surrounded by the black lava stones against white painted walls.

We had enough time to walk around town and out to the fort guarding the harbor (now another museum). This island is also famous for aloe vera products. We finished off our afternoon having tapas and beers in a lovely little cafe overlooking the Charco (literally "puddle", but actually an interior small boat harbor.

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Chicken Soup Arricife (at Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo de Guayaquil) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrO2FqFKuemPHgmzuiLmIPY_UU-NrRAEK9EWM0/?igshid=a86jo8qhtcyq

[lanurnad-blog]

Kommt man vom Hafen landet man wieder in der Stadt Arricife. Hier ein paar Impressionen der “ Altstadt” , wenn man das den so nennen kann.

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The wreck of the Telamon, ran aground in a storm in 1981, Arricife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

All Original Photography by http://vwcampervan-aldridge.tumblr.com

[dsandrvk]

Tuesday, March 29 - Arricife, Lanzarote

We'll, first of all, this is a day later than planned and as you can see we are not in the Azores, but rather on the easternmost island in the Canaries. Several days into our trip the weather forecast for the Azores starting sounding very bad (over 30 knot winds and about 6 meter seas), so the decision early on was to divert south. We have since heard about the earthquakes in the Azores and possible volcanic activity, but that has happened after our decision had been made.

We will be coming back here again in about a week, and it is really a remarkable place. It's the oldest island in the chain, and littered with volcanic cones. Unlike the big volcanoes with a single magma chamber beneath, here the magma ran in a long line underneath and in 1730 it spouted in a line of eruptions forming at least 20 cones. These are only the most recent eruptions, and we did a tour today called "Walking the Moonscape" and it was great. The colors were better than most other volcanic places I've been with a lot of red. We had a small group so it was a good 6 mile walk over the malpais and some cinder covered paths.

Our guide also stopped at a local winery so we could taste their famous white wine. Because of the winds and dry conditions, the vines are grown in deep round depressions, some with stone wall windbreaks on the north side. We bought a bottle to enjoy on the ship, as it was nice and dry and refreshing.

Afterwards we only had a little over an hour in town so we ran out to the local fort, wandered around the "Charco" harbor, and scouted out places for a longer lunch, etc. the next time around.

I will post more about the crossing and ship days later - we are leaving the harbor and I will lose data soon. Suffice to say, it has been a truly wonderful experience - so relaxing and a wonderful group of people on board. Although this ship can carry around 300 passengers, there are only 108 of us, so we know most of the people by name. We are also eating way too well!

[lanurnad-blog]

Gestern Abend bei Dunkelheit habe ich mir den Hafen von Arricife angeschaut und wollte heute, tagsüber unbedingt noch mal herkommen.

[lanurnad-blog]

Einmal musste ich mir noch das überschaubare Nightlife von Arricife anschauen. Im “La Minoca” treffen sich wohl abends die Einheimischen.