Canary Islands

We arrived early in Tenerife and had a nice, leisurely day and a half there. This meant NO WORK! Kayleigh, Harry and I went out on the first day, the port itself isn't really picturesque. It was a dramatic difference from Madeira. It's safe to say it was a commercial port, shops and cafes everywhere. We did consider the hop on hop off bus, but we would have wasted our money. There wasn't much to do in Santa Cruz. Had we have ventured out to another town then it's probably would have been a nicer day. Instead we found wifi cafes and obviously sampled the local beer. Hard life I know! We made our way briefly back to the ship before heading out that evening in search of some more drinks and somewhere to eat, this time with Alex in tow. Nothing really seemed to be open and we settled for a less than satisfactory cafe but it's all good when the drinks are coming and everyone's in high spirits. It was funny though, on our way back to the ship at 11pm we found a park... Imagine the 4 of us on seesaws. It's quite funny to say that this was probably the most fun we had in Santa Cruz. The next day we went out purely for ice cream and wifi, and that concludes our less than exciting time in Tenerife!

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria was very similar to Tenerife, however there was actually more to see. We spent a long time looking for the beach which was apparently 500m away... (Harry is clearly terrible at directions). We probably reached it after about an hour... Disapointingly it was rather cloudy! Kayleigh and I had planned out our perfect beach day but of course the weather had to ruin it! So we ate in a cafe overlooking the beach, had some more beer, took some selfies of course and then headed back to the ship rather early. At this point we decided to take the hop on hop off tour bus, it was nice but we were almost falling asleep from the woman's voice and the music in between the talking! We then quickly hit the mall by the port before heading back to the ship, which look considerably smaller than the giant Royal Caribbean ship that was right next to ours. 

The day we pulled into Lanzorote it was as though everyone had turned into zombies! None of us got off the ship but a few customers told us that they didn't really care for that port so we didn't miss much. That night however was amazing! We finished work at 11:30pm, went to our cabin, got changed, and headed up to the top deck on the ship. There was a crew party up there, lights had been hung everywhere, there was a dj booth and a free bar (crew are only allowed beer or wine at all times!) but the experience was amazing. We were partying in the middle of the sea, in the middle of the night, under the moon and stars! Definitely hoping for some more parties like that because it was incredible!

Anyway that's it for now! As you can tell I'm having a great time! Next post will be on Morocco! 

Sophie xxxxx