🧳 Friday Fun | Any Trips This Year?

[Mary_Williams]

Thank you for the cheers. Congratulation @Leidy_Abreu on you prize

[Mary_Williams]

I love it! Great idea.

[MCVDFC]

Thank you for the cheers.
Congratulations @Leah_Troglia

[Lizzie_Golob1]

Thanks! Congratulations

[MCVDFC]

@Mary_Williams

Congratulation @Leidy_Abreu

Oopsies, it was @Leah_Troglia

[shirleycobb]

Congratulations @Leah_Troglia

[redhada]

If you like beach and deserts, I’d switch to Fuenteventura or Lanzarote, if you still can. All 7 Canary islands are a wonderful dream, each different, but the beaches (Gorriones, Cofete…) and the different kinds of deserts in Fuerteventura (also in Lanzarote), are totally from out of this world! You can easily visit one from the other in a one day trip.

Cofete:

Cofete is a 35 km long virgin beach

Playa de los Gorriones:

Examples, but it is like that all around the island long. No massification whatsoever anywhere, you can look at the skies at night and understand why Milky Ways has that name… Heaven on Earth.

Tip: Avoid Corralejo, is the only semi massified (by British ) location in the island.

[redhada]

Oh and congratulations @Leidy_Abreu !

[MCVDFC]

Your beach photos look absolutely stunning.

My wife and I love the Canary Islands and visit for the vast majority of our holidays. We’ve been to Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura a few times but this year will be our 8th visit to Tenerife. Costa Adeje is a particular favourite, although the stink of marijuana was everywhere last time we visited.

As someone who suffers from Coeliac, food options play a huge role in deciding where to spend our holidays. The only problem we’ve ever encountered in the Canaries was a Fuertaventura restaurant owned and operated by an English couple, who had absolutely no clue about gluten-free food!

[redhada]

Oh you have a found knowledge of The Fortunate Islands then. Enjoy your new trip! But don’t try their sweet bienmesabe (translated would be it-tastes-good-to-me )

[MCVDFC]

Ooh, I think I’ve actually had bienmesabe several times, though I didn’t know what it was called.
There’s been many occasions where I have asked hotel restaurants’ staff what a particular dish was called and they often just shrug their shoulders!

[redhada]

Ooops, bienmesabe is not gluten free. The waiters shrug their shoulder because most of them are not from Canarias, although they shoushould know xdd

[MCVDFC]

From what I’ve just read, a basic/traditional version would be gluten-free, but some places may use wheat flour or starch to thicken it.

I guess I’ll need to be more mindful of that one in future!