Touchdown Lanzarote with a toddler
A 5am start (and horribly broken night). An overtired toddler who swung between sitting colouring quietly in her seat, refusing to nap and being a tiny menace. But when we landed in Lanzarote to blue skies, sun,…
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Parrot not included: Lanzarote’s Pirate Museum
Who knew legendary English pirate John Hawkins used Lanzarote as a trampoline? Or that a ‘sailing vessel is an absolute necessity for the practice of piracy’, as I discovered at Lanzarote’s Pirate Museum during our return trip…
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Lanzarote: Vines and volcanoes
A black lava landscape, blasted by the force of six years of volcanic eruptions, might not sound like the most promising place to grow vines – especially if you’re used to the more typical straight leafy rows…
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Lanzarote: The baby and the volcano
‘On the first day of September, 1730 between nine and 10 o’clock at night, the earth suddenly opened… An enormous mountain emerged from the ground with flames coming from its summit. It continued burning for 19 days.’…
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Arrecife: Tapas, lagoon, baby
The Canary Islands got something of a reputation for sunburned Brits on package holidays and high rise hotels. But ‘Lanzagrotty’ certainly doesn’t live up to that old-fashioned image thanks to the efforts of local artist Cesar Manrique…
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Let the travels begin: the first flight with a baby
As my first overseas trip with a baby comes to a close, I’ve got enough material for about half a dozen posts, from our experience in the airport to the flight itself and my first family travel…
