Adventures with M

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS – 4 – 6/10/26
After yesterday’s 5-star tour, we’ve got some pretty high expectations for the next trip.  For some unknown reason, I thought we would be taking a ferry ride and there would only be the four of us.  Sadly, it was a similar situation to yesterday, a double-decker bus and a shit load of people.  Ah well, we were spoiled by the Collette tour in the Azores. Continue reading →

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS  – 3 October 2026
After our first “commercial” tourist tour we’ve voted that Christine has outdone herself. That bloody car can stay in the driveway forever for all we care.  At 8.30am we walk down to the main road and wait where we’ve been told to wait for the “bus”, and it turned up!  So, we consider this as a bonus! Continue reading →

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS – 29/9/26 – 2/10/26
It didn’t start out well, luggage not arriving, hire car without Sat Nav that couldn’t be used, no luggage on day 2, getting lost on day 2, 1 bag still missing on day 3. Unsuccessfully trying Sat Nav again on day 3, and finally deciding to get rid of the car and then get a Spanish speaking person to track down the missing bag.  It’s day 4 and we’re back on track. Continue reading →

LISBON, PORTUGAL – 27 September 2026
I didn’t think that there’d be any point going on the Collette Lisbon tour as we’d seen a lot back two weeks ago but, turned out that they were taking us to the Palace, which we hadn’t seen before. So, I was keen for the Palace, but had to go to a few other places first. Continue reading →

TERCEIRA ISLAND, AZORES – 24-27 September 2026
We’ve had a few days were everything has gone according to plan, but now we’ve taken stuff ups to the next level (by us, not our tour guide), but more about those later.  After a 20 minute flight, we’ve arrived on the island of Terceira (population 53,000) and are staying in the town of Angra, checking into a really lovely hotel, Torel Terra Brava. Continue reading →