Feb 13 – today was a hassle-free travel day. We had a lucky breakfast (with two double yoked eggs!), locked up our very nice apartment in Vilaflor and strode confidently to the bus stop.
How often have you cracked three eggs and gotten five yolks? It’s gonna be a lucky day, for sure!
We rode without incident an hour back to Los Christianos, then pushed our way through a crowd onto the next bus (not everybody made it on, but being a New Yorker had advantages here). An hour of traveling north, with the Atlantic in view for the whole trip, brought us to the city of Santa Cruz.
The bus let us off in the heart of the bustling seaside tourist zone. This is the African Market, which sells, food, meat, and all manner of trinkets.Tribute to the Chicharrero, the native fishermen of Santa Cruz, is right outside the African MarketHow the Chicharrero dressed, back in the dayWe strolled down the busy streets toward our new apartment. Lots of restaurants and statues and flowers.These have leaves like geraniums but flowers like tulips? If Eliese was here, she’d tell me what they are!Wall art!An old advert for Cod Liver Oil – a universal remedy!Santa Cruz is a major shipping port, and also hosts German and English cruise shipsThis monument to General Franco is impressive So here we are in our new, very modern apartment, on the sixth floor overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There is a big supermarket and lots of restaurants nearby. Jim is making us a pot of chicken vegetable soup. Our terrace faces east, so we will wait for the morning for a view of the sunrise. I think we’re going to like it here!
Taking Our Time 