New Year's Day
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Tue 1 Jan 2013 18:25
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Monday 31 December 2012 to Tuesday 1 January
2013
Jean-Marie came as promised on Monday afternoon and
removed the membrane case and high presure pump from the watermaker to take back
to his workshop.
All of the shops and restaurants in the marina
closed during the afternoon - it seems that New Year's Eve is a real family
affair in the Canaries. We had a quiet evening and a lovely fillet steak
with blue cheese sauce for dinner.
We thought we would be watching a
film but found that one of the characteristics of Windows 8 vs Windows 7 is that
Microsoft don't bundle software to play DVD's any longer. All my attempts
at downloading suitable software failed although it is fair to say that the wifi
at the marina is a little suspect. We resorted to watching a short
programme on our old faithful XP laptop and then went to bed early. We did
notice some fireworks at midnight but they weren't the large co-ordinated
affairs you sometimes get in many other places.
On New Year's day we took a 50 minute walk over to
Las Canteras, the beach area of Las Palmas. All across the
city the shops and cafe's were shut but there were signs of life at the
coast. A lot of people were 'promenading'. These were mainly locals
plus some cruise ship passengers (identifying bracelets and cruise ship
clothes). It was another grey day and really quite cool but some had what
seemed to be their ritual New Year's Day swim - changing on the beach, darting
in to the sea, keeping a brave face on whilst they had family hugs and walking
out briskly again. It was nice to see so many families together
though.
'Feliz 2013' :-
 We strolled along the front, taking in some sand
sculptures. It seems this is a recent development and we were witnessing
the ' 7th Annual Show'. 3 Musicians:-
 It's being so cheerful that keeps him going.
Some good detail though:-
 A depiction of Bethlehem:-
  The thought running through Lin's mind at this
moment was 'can we get a move on now because I don't have my fleece with
me':-
 We did get a move on back along the front to a nice
Italian restaurant and had a lovely lunch of gambas in garlic oil and seafood
crepes. We dodged spots of rain on the walk back to the marina but it
was a pleasant day.
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