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Thursday 18th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria Woke up to horrendous weather again, in fact, didn’t get much sleep as the wind was blowing so hard, and water was pouring from the drain onto the balcony, making that sound of water against tile. Still we went down to reception at 8:30, but were pretty…

Wednesday 17th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria Already!!!! Another overcast day, but warm. We thought we’d get a bus to Taurito (the resort before ours) and try and go to the massive pool in there, but it was shut… We later found out it had been inundated with mud from the mountains on the…

Tuesday 16th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria Absolutely humongous storm in the morning! Very scary stuff, but also amazing. We have such a great view of the mountain from our apt, and there is a little bird who always sings outside, a bit like a robin, slightly smaller. And it sings a lot louder.…

Monday 15th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria As we’re intending on doing a charity mile run for Comic Relief we started the day jogging. After having scrambled eggs with pancetta for breakfast, that I cooked for us. We jogged to the beach, exchanged some dollars I found ($50 became 30 Euros, for that my…

Sunday 14th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria – Sat/Sunday We left the house at around 11, and I drove to Gatwick, it took nearly two hours, but we got there in plenty of time. You got sick in the car, luckily we had a plastic bag. For once we didn’t have to queue to…