si newell
- Feb 21
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Canary island hopping...

Gran Canaria to Fuertaventura to Lanzarote

Friday

We left the grey autumn British November skies and four hours later were transferred back to summer - the flip flops and shorts were out once again!

First stop Gran Canaria for a long weekend at Winter Pride - after a siesta at the hotel and a quick watercolour sketch from the balcony, we walked into the centre of Playa del Ingles to see the colourful Pride Parade and in the evening watch the Friday concert at the Yumbo centre starring amongst others 'What Is Love' Haddaway

Saturday

After breakfast we got ready to make the long trek to the beach - in actual fact not far to the beach itself, but rather the half hour it takes to cross the dunes to the sea!

After a few swims in the refreshing Atlantic, we walked across to Maspalomas for lunch and a wander around the shops.

On our return to the resort centre, we headed to Yumbo for a coffee (and an experiment with a line sketch and coloured pencils) before enjoying the big concert of the week which included the return of Cascada.

Sunday

We decided to get a bus to the capital, Las Palmas, for lunch and a wander. There are lots of attractive buildings and spaces in the historic centre and we settled for lunch in pretty Plaza Cairasco.

As we walked around the Plaza de Santa Ana adjacent to the cathedral, we noticed numerous dog sculptures - realising after some research that the name Canaria refers to dogs rather than canaries!

We returned to Maspalomas spending some time at the T Party Pride event before attending the final evening concert for this year.