This striking blue pool is part of Los Jameos del Agua built into the ground of Lanzarote using the same lava tunnel La Cueva de los Verdes that was formed by the eruption of La Corona Vulcano. Of course, César Manrique was responsible for this beautiful design. This pool is called, “Jameo Grande”. There’s also…

After a hectic day on the beach the sun sets behind a lone palm tree facing the calm seas in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.

Clouds gathered over the resort of Playa Blanca on the Island of Lanzarote.

La Cueva de los Verdes is a seven kilometre long volcanic cave on the island of Lanzarote. One kilometre of it is open to the public and it’s amazing to visit. It was formed almost 5,000 years ago by lava that flowed from a volcano to the sea and it’s incredible to think of the…

A street corner in Cádiz, Spain. Lots of narrow streets in this beautiful city.

When you move, you gotta move.

The Cathedral in Cádiz. We didn’t go in, but it was a beautiful building.

Two young women relax on the sea wall in Cádiz.

Somewhere in Cádiz. I wish I had my GPS recording but I was on limited data.

We were really unlucky with the weather when we visited spain in 2012. Ireland went through a heatwave that particular week in March but that part of Spain had more rainy days than they’d had in a while. You could say we felt right at home!

Playa Blanca lies on the southern coast of the island of Lanzarote. It’s a beautiful town, built entirely with tourism in mind. Sunrise wasn’t what I had hoped it would be. The sun is blocked by the new Rubicon Marina (it’s so new that Google Maps thought we were swimming in the sea when we…

Anyone for snails or should I say escargot? A man selling snails wasn’t doing much business when we walked by in El Puerto de Santa Maria in Spain last March. I wasn’t going to sample any of his produce, have you tried snails? What do they taste of? There’s a really interesting page on escargot…