Our apartment rental was on top of a big hill- this is the view of the touristy district we were in as I walked to the conference.
Looking up at the hills.
The island is volcanic- interesting coastline.
Playa del Duque, the closest beach to our place and probably the best one around this part of the island.
An afternoon trip to Playa de las Teresitas on the north of the island.
The sand is imported from the Sahara- the people are mostly Spanish and German tourists. In contrast to the area we were in, which was mainly English and German tourists.
This was a nice beach.
Digging and filling in holes.
Eventually Cal decided the water was fun, but it took a while.
Playa de San Marcos, a volcanic (black sand) beach on the North side. Not as many British people on the North.
We went to Icod de los Vinos to try and see their very old Dragon tree, the Drago Milenario. We gave up after driving around trying to find parking on the steepest streets we'd ever seen.
The picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me, it was really steep.
A view of the Dragon tree from the highway out of town. It's the one in the center. Dragon trees are apparently a pretty ancient line of trees, back to the end of the dinosaurs or something.
A trip up to Teide national park. Cal is pointing at the highest point in Spain at 12,198 feet.
Tenerife is built up from 3 volcanoes that merged to form one island. Another volcano formed in the middle of the island and collapsed, leaving this caldera.
Calvin's too interested in rock collecting to pose for family portraits.
This is just the latest of several volcanoes that have formed and collapsed in the caldera.
Our weird lunch spot, where they used to mine for pumice before they made this a national park.
