A vacation from a vacation

We´ve been anticipating adventuring to the Canaries for awhile now, and here we are! Our apologies for the delay in posting, but internet access is not on a typical Canarian´s to do list. Our first three days were in Las Palmas, the largest city on the island. It´s a hustle and bustle kind of place, a perfect spot to get some stuff done. We shipped our warm things home! And we tried to figure out how to remedy our laundry situation - turns out you can only pay people to do your laundry here. But it was reasonably priced, so we hefted our 10 kg of soiled garments to the local tintoreria. Literally, a dry cleaner, but they do laundry too. We also took the opportunity to enjoy the local fruit and vegetable market. Holy smokes...so many things we didn´t know existed. We stocked up on our favorites, and enjoyed with giddy excitement as our bocadillo tolerance (bread with a little something inside) was getting exceptionally low.

Yep, the whole thing was eaten, no problem.

Our hotel was incredible, run by two gregarious and friendly brothers. Upon arriving at the hotel, we immediately felt like we were on an island. We sighed with relief, and enjoyed the lounge area in particular.

The lounge

We also had our first chocolate caliente experience...literal translation is hot chocolate. But culinary translation is much different. It´s more like a dark chocolate bar melted into a cup. They give you sugar to sweeten it if you like, and a spoon so that you can either drink it or spoon it like soup. It was amazing, and can also be consumed with churros, a very briefly fried dough served piping hot. We loved the transition in Las Palmas, but are ready to head out to the local houses we´ll be staying in.