This was really a cool day. We hiked around the volcanic land of Lanzarote. This is a small island - 12 x 33 and most of it is covered in volcanic rock. Apparently, the island was very fertile farmland until the mid 1700s when the volcano errputed and covered much of the land in lava. The outter regions of the island are covered in a rocky soil that is really very fertile. They grow grape for wine, amojng other things here.
Our guide Antonio was very knowledgeable of the region and the geography. We drove about 1/2 from Accerife, where we docked, to the Teminfaya National Park. We hiked for 3 hours through varied terrain - course sand, flat rock, and sharp loose shale. We climbed up and down and hiked the flats ended up at the top of a volcanivic creator. It was one of the most amazing desolate landscapes I have ever seen. After the hike Antonio dropped us off in town so we could have a stroll and some lunch before heading back to the ship.He recommended a little restauranton the corner for good tapas and we were not dissappointed! The best calamari we'd ever had in a ddtion to local goast cheese that had been cubed and lightly fried in oil.Yop that offf with a couple of the cold local cervaezas, friendly service, and not another tourist in site and we were happy happy.
We returned to the boat and had some time before dinner, so we changed into our swim suits and found a couple of deck charirs in the sun to chill before dinner.
We dressed and arrived at our table for dinner to fins that our friends had gotten birthday flowers for amd anniversary flowers for David and Margaret. We finished up the evening listening to the music of our favorite duo - a very happy 50th birthday indeed!!
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