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El Médano, Tenerife

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Feb 4 – Today we are thankful for how-to videos on YouTube. Our modern apartment has a newfangled induction stove that we couldn’t even figure out how to power on. Turns out we’re not the only ones – several helpful videos came to our rescue. Ditto the microwave/broiler (a strange combination, don’t you think?) Tomorrow maybe we’ll tackle turning on the clothes washer that looks like a cheese grater…

The little tourist town of El Médano is on the southern end of Tenerife and is all about any sport that favors a windy beach. Kite surfing and wind surfing are mostly what we see. There is a constant wind of 15 – 20mph.
Lots of folks soaking up the sun and getting their feet wet, and a few brave swimmers
The serious surfers wear wetsuits
Lots of fit Germans in shorts that show off their bulging calf muscles and lots of considerably flabbier Brits are in evidence here. Also French and Italians, in smaller numbers.
Which way is the wind blowing? These artsy devices seem to agree that the winds blow from the east
One industrious soul creates a Mandela that will soon be erased by the wind and water
The surf carves ridges that sunbathers use as windbreaks. The sand is darker and more densely packed than our beaches – the sand doesn’t get in your shoes!
Where the boardwalk ended we found the trail that will take us up Montaña Roja (Red Mountain), but we didn’t climb it today
Back to town for a smoked salmon poke bowl – some restaurants here follow the Spanish custom of closing in the afternoon for siesta, while others open at 2pm, so we can always find something to eat.
Here’s an odd carving…
After supper we walked to the place where everyone gathers to watch the sunset.
A lovely day!