Tenerife By Bus

Bus Route: (483[El Medano]) 483[Las Americas] to Golf del Sur, 115[Santa Cruz]. Return: 115[Las Galletas] to San Isidro, 470[Los Cristianos] to Los Abrigos. Buses to Los Realejos run from Puerto de La Cruz. As you know, if you have been following the blog, I have been in a quandry as to what to include in my second year here in Tenerife whilst remaining faithful to the main theme 'Tenerife by Bus' but not repeating myself. Well the weekend commencing Friday 3 rd  May presented an opportunity to add to the blog and the photo albums. Are you all sitting comfortably? Then I will begin.... As you know I have been very luck in meeting my landlords, Jose-Luis and Teresa, as they have taken me to many interesting places and given me an incite into the culture and traditions of the island. We are exploring the possibility of a trip to Madrid in September so it was suggested that I visit them on Friday 3 rd  May as this coincided with the 'Festival of the...

Bus Routes: 470[Granadilla] to El Medano and Granadilla, 416[Playa Americas] to San Miguel Return: 416[Granadilla], 470[Los Cristianos] to San Isidro and Los Abrigos Feast of the Cross, El Medano, 2012 On the 3rd May each year many towns and villages in Tenerife decorate the cross outside the church, if they have one, with flowers otherwise crosses are made up and decorated and placed in front of the building. I noticed this when I went into El Medano the following day which prompted me to do a little travelling to see if I could find some more. I looked on the calendar to see if this related to a religious event then resorted to an internet search which gave me plenty on cross dressing! Eventually I found this item under 'Feast of the Cross in Wikipedia: In the  Gallican  usage, beginning about the seventh century, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated on May 3, and called "Crouchmas" (for "Cross Mass") or " Roodmas ". When the Gallican and...