The Road from Santiago

Another day around the sprawl of houses, individual and developed,and are going to pop into the Mercadona. It has 4.2 stars from 2284 reviewers.   Steven wrote a love letter to the place a year ago. ‘ Loved Mercadona in Vallencia.  Same here.   Stores are bright, clean, aisles amazingly broad, items can be seen.  The floor is flat, smooth, and clean.  There is no line at checkout (but still no self checkout, sadly).  Parking lot right at the exit.   The lot is small, though. Lots of carts, and most of them work (all plastic, light, no rust).  Prices are generally good.   Vegetables and fruits are in good shape, not old and dirty.  The meat section is not so good, only packaged meats.  It is best to use a local charcuterie. Traffic around this store is terrible.  It's slightly more terrible than the rest of the town.  Narrow, tight, fast lakes and competitive drivers. The Anaza vets clinic can be found on Facebook.  Th...

  Once we are out of the market we are following the less travelled and more Spanish suburbs of Santa Cruz.  I expect it is because it is ‘foreign’ you notice more but the variety of different houses, snuck into odd corners, is remarkable.  I am remarking on it here.  It could almost be Cromer. .We really are on the path less travelled.  We do pass a bridge over the TF-5, the Puente peatonal Nuevo Obrero,  Juan gives us a review and a reason. ‘ I live in this area and the truth is, we really needed the bridge, since there's a highway there and several neighbors died before this bridge was built, so I give this bridge a thumbs up.’ We are near La Cueva Caprichosa, a Spanish eatery, of almost 5000 reviews and 4.1 stars.  https://guachinchesmodernos.com/ https://www.facebook.com/guachinchesmodernos/?locale=es_ES It has that rarest of things, an up-to-date Facebook pages.  It opens at 1pm and closes at 11pm, 12 on Friday and Saturday.  Five hou...

  Well, after days of urban splendour and museums by the score we are going along big roads out of town and industrial subunits - which are by the sea. First let us pop into the Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos de Tenerife.   https://recintoferialdetenerife.com/   We are here during Adimaker.  https://adimaker.es/   Adimaker´25, feria de impresión 3D, dirigida al público y profesionales del sector the website says. Cosplayers will be there. Time to party like is it is 1917.  Well, like 2025 - 1917 are the number of reviews Bambu Lounge Bar Tenerife.  It has a ‘fashionable rooftop terrace’, according to Google. Plus a karaoke room and VIP area.   http://www.bambulounge.es/   Yesterday Nikole was impressed ‘ Spectacular!! Aima, Verónica, and Jason, brilliant!!! The security staff were extremely polite, and the music... fantastic DJ!! We'll definitely come back!!! We came from Bilbao, the best club on the island so far.’ Where does Te...

  Mostly we are going along the Calle San Francisco, which is a one car wide sort of a place, packed with people and places which we won’t go into.  We are heading for the Museum of Nature and Archaeology.  I have been thinking about this.  We have a limited time. Should I be going to things which are unique to Santa Cruz or should I go to museums which, will in part, tell bigger stories which are not just Canarian.  The blurb on the Google link says ‘Museum tracing islands' natural history, with mummies & artifacts from the native Guanche culture.’  So, I think we are ok.  https://www.museosdetenerife.org/muna-museo-de-naturaleza-y-arqueologia/museo/museo-arqueologico/ They have mummies.  Are these the sort that come alive in museums? I will need to consider this as presently I am hunting them in Kenilworth Castle.  https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/kenilworth-castle-halloween-half-term-24-31-oct-2025/    Four...

  We are going into the Parque Garcia Sanabria. It is one of those well pathed and treed sorts of a place, with shade and benches.  Jake does a good job summing it up ‘What a lovely park. Everywhere you turn there is something beautiful in front of you. There's plenty of cacti, trees and other flowers to look at. There's structures and statues, fountains and arches, there's also cafes at either ends as well as toilets. If you look carefully enough you'll spot parakeets and frogs in the pond too. Definitely worth checking it out if you visit the city!’ One of the highlights is the floral clock.  I’m not sure what you can add to ‘it’s a clock’ and ‘it has flowers.’ Edy does his best. ‘Beautiful park with variety of plants trees and flowers. Still beautiful in the end of October. We really enjoyed our walk.’ In to the typical streets and past Etereo by Pedro Nel.  2185 reviews. 4.8 stars.  Two weeks ago Natalia said ‘Visiting this restaurant was a great choice. We ...