Pics and other stuff

Here are just some assorted pics from the last week or so. First one is our nearest proper beach, which I photographed many times - the F...

Both me and Kirill are attending Spanish classes two times a week, arranged by a local "adult education" organization. As the ...

Some sites are keen to promote Fuerteventura as a place ideal for family sports, including cycling. Much as I want to promote Fuertevenu...

I saw carnival processions before, but I never saw the El entierro de la sardina (The Burial of the sardine) up till yesterday. I looked it ...

Yesterday there was a carnival parade in Corralejo, the biggest of the several. I heard that it was going to be a big event, but didn...

Last Sunday and Monday worked out as pretty busy two days for me, wellness and fitness-wise. On Sunday, there was a four hours "intro...

The parade was a week ago already, but somehow there was no time to write it up before. After extremely photogenic Achipencos I was look...

A bit more about oasis park. As I said, there are three daily shows on, out of which we only saw only the sea lions, the first one. We misse...

Last week we went to Oasis Park with my sister and her daughter. There are a few useful bits of knowledge that I got out of this trip. Fi...

Carnival started in Puerto del Rosario, capital of Fuerteventura, a few days ago. Big carnival parade will be next week and I am quite look...

Today we went for a walk up the volcano that is nearest to Corralejo, which apparently goes (or stands rather) by a funny name Bayuyo. Ther...

 Those two pictures were taken this evening with just eight minutes in between them. Just another demonstration of how fast everything chang...

Since we moved to Fuerteventura half a year ago, we spent every single night at the same place, not going anywhere, even for short while. I...

Small local sandpipers (or are they turnstones, maybe?)  look quite amusing when caught in mid-step. This one looks like he's doing a S...

I've just looked in Wikipedia and discovered that Betancuria proudly bear a "city" label in there . Well, I don't know. T...

Today I went around with friends who are here on holidays in their rented car. While fully understanding the benefits of not having a car (...

The calendar on the Yuri's school website displays, among other things, stuff like full moons. Reasons for that are best known to the d...

Yesterday a friend of ours gathered a few people in her new dance studio to celebrate its approaching opening. Since it was also King's ...

Yesterday me and Timur went to the post office to pic up yet another parcel from Amazon - two more Terry Pratchett's books for Yuri and...

There is very little chance of real snow here, although you never know of course.  We made this  garland before Christmas and it was han...