It’s many years since the Peseta was replaced by the Euro, although some old timers still do the mental conversion, especially when talking larger sums for cars or houses, and in some shops you’ll still get a receipt showing the peseta equivalent to a transaction. Here are some interesting and fun facts about Spain’s old…
Julie wrote this on the 20th anniversary of the death of Cesar Manrique, in 2012. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the car accident that killed Cesar Manrique and the day that Lanzarote lost it’s son. I visited the Fundación Cesar Manrique this morning to witness the installation of a Wind Toy, the mobile doesn’t…
César Manrique died in 1992, but his legacy lives on in Lanzarote, affecting so much that we all see, do and enjoy on the island of his birth.
Sometimes, when the wind is wrong, aircraft landing at Lanzarote airport end up diverting to Fuerteventura. Here’s an explanation of the set up: There is only one runway at Lanzarote airport, and according to the wind direction, aircraft can land either from the sea (Designated runway 03), or over land (designated runway 21). Our wind…
Desert watch is a project set up to protect and study a vitally important area of Lanzarote known as El Jable. Here’s the story.
The Guanches were the original inhabitants of The Canary Islands before the invasion by Spain. Who were they, and what were they like?