My venture

Arrecife is part of the canary islands....and thus it is a volcanic island...i was night shift and thus i took the opportunity to do one of the tours the ship offered....shorex informed me that the most popular and nicest is the volcanic scenery and camel ride....so thus i decided to to that one....arrival in lanzarote is only at 12:00, thus when i was off at 8:00, i went to take a short nap.....i was so excited when the tour started...the guide told us a little bit about the island...arrecife is in the east and it would take us 20min to drive to the national park of timanfaya where we would see a volcanic demonstration, then go for a 40min drive through the national park and then the camel ride inside the national park, on the way back we would also stop at a vineyard..... As mentioned, lanzarote is part of the canary islands....and thus it is a volcanic island... Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands and has a volcanic origin. It was born through fiery eruptions ...

So yes...i have already come back home from the ships...but i still think it is nice to write...rather late than never...so of course the time we were there was before christmas...the first time i was there, there was a beautiful christmas market....and i got to try various local specialities...and we all know how much i like that, bolo de cacao with garlic butter...so damn good.... Bolo de caco At the christmas market...making bolo de caco Bolo de caco with garlic butter It was simply delicious....after that....i felt like something sweet...and of course i had done my research and i knew what i was looking for....so i walked into a bakery....and i got these marzipan balls....simply delicious....and then i also got something called.....Pasteis de nata... . This portuguese speciality is an egg tart...common on the mainland of portugal....nice.... Pasteis de nata So...food wise...some yummie things..and the christmas market was so pretty..let me share some more pics Me and the snowman ...

Lapland....rovaniemi....actually where santa claus is from.....where to start...We are having an absoloute blast up here....loving it....we are renting a cute little finnish chalet right by the slopes....near the santa claus village of rovaniemi. The chalet even has a sauna....of course we wanna ski and snowboard, see the santa village, do snowmobile and eat some finnish food....the four of us....kim, ben, rasmuss and me.....three of them decided to ski while i decided to snowboard.....it was a little bit of a debate because i saw t-bars which in all honesty are not my favourite at all....but then again...i think im more comfortable on the snowboard.....first night....yes...we wanted some finnish food....so pyttipanna it was...what is that....basically it means lef overs...it is pieces of potato, sausage, ham, onions and en we addd a fried egg....supposed to eat it with beetroot...but kim forgot....so without it was....anyway...it was delicious.....let me share a pic Pyttipanne So......

So...last stretch of the trip.....we left early in the morning...and guess what...it was raining...so yes...they had to start biking with rain gear on...and i decided to drive the audi....let me show you a pic Kim just before leaving the guest house in Knysna At one stage the boys stopped under a tree and made us all shuffle in the car (you have to see, the car was so fully packed, that one seat was down...so in the backseat there were actually only 2 seats....in the end....diana and thomas sat on the passenger seat and dad and kim squeezed into the back with all their rain gear on...i was comfortable in the driving seat...and we awaited a heavy rain fall to pass....have a look at thomas's hands.... Thomas Our lunch stop was in Willowmore...we entered this village totally blase...and decided lets just stop for a small snack and coffee...very low expectations....then we saw this wierd looking coffee place...and decided to enter... Coffeeshop in Willowmore Wow...what an experienc...