Its been ages

It has been ages sinece I have dropped you a line although I have been linking interesting things on the Facebook page. Things that I though might interest you. As you may have heard Martina is working with Thomas in Tropical Park and she is enjoying it. I hope you will all be nice to her. She tells me you all mention how much you miss me but almost no one makes it as far as Playa Fañabe for a visit. It is always great to see a friendly face and I promise not to make you buy a football shirt. I will try to get Martina to take some photos of the welcome meeting each week and link them so you can see who is there each week. As to more than that I don't really know enough as Thomas only tells me bits and pieces. The reason I wanted to write was I found there great photos on the Tenerifeforum.org from another blogger the address is http://www.raicorosenberg.com/ and the photos are awesome. I have tried to link to the album I wanted to show you but you will need to link back yourselves click here: http://www.raicorosenberg.com/tenerife-sunrise-sunsets/slideshow They are awesome. Have a great day.

Day of the working woman

This was actually yesterday but Tuesday is a big turnover day in Tropical Park so it was decided that the female members of staff would go out for lunch today. 15 members of staff and me where present for lunch in Buzanada at a restaurant I haven't been to before but certainly will be going to. We had cheese and olives, bruchetas with breas sauce and serrano ham, chickpeas, black pudding with almonds, a wonderful salad, chips and fried eggs and chorizo then fried pork and chips. For drinks most were driving so soft drinks or non alcolic beers although there were one or two shandies, and coffee and liquer afterwards. not to forget a cream caramel, iceceram strawberry pudding. I paid 15 euros for this feast and the rest paid slightly less as it was subsidised.

Here is one of the chambermaids doing something but I want to confirm she was sober at the time as it was before the meal.

Have a great evening.

Links on facebook

I know a few of you who follow us on here don't have facebook so I thought I would tell you here what we will be doing in the future.
I will be putting the links to other blogs on the facebook page rather then listing them here as it is quicker for me and time seems to gegt less and less each day.
You don't need to hae a facebook account to see the Aparthotel tropical park page. All you need to do it click here and the page will come up. You then need to click on here and then add that page to your favouriites and click on it as you do here. All the new info will come up on the section called wall.

I have a photo of Isabella but can't find the cable for the camera. On my list tomorrow is to find it so I can connect the camera to the computer so you can see who is answereing the phone in Public relations when Thomas isn't there.

Complications

Nothing here is ever easy although I am sure that business paperwork isn't easy in the UK.
There is some government money around for new start up businesses and we are trying to apply for this. The local town hall will help but everything is very slow. I had a meeting in the town hall this morning and it took nearly 2 hours to photocopy papers I had so the town hall now have copies and can fill out some further forms for me. They promise that this will be done by the end of this week, or maybe next week. As they aren't charging for the service I can't really complain. What I don't think is fair is that Thomas always sends me to these meetings. Always! Whenever we have a date for a meeting he always finds some other thing to do. Do you think this is fair?

I was trying to explain to some clients how tax is assesed for small businesses and they didn't belive me. You can either do paper work or you can pay a fixed some every quarter relating to how many staff you have your square metres and your electric bill. I am not complaining as this is much easier than keeping accounts but I am not sure the government does as well out of this.

The sun is shining again here and this week looks like the weather will be lovely. I am pleased to say that it is light until past 7pm now which is lovely. I forget how much longer light it is each day but what ever it is I apreciate it. Soon I will finish work in the light which will be much better. The patisserie next door is open longer in the spring/summer too so I will soon have company for the last hour here in CC Fañabe Plaza as I am often the only person inside the Comercial centre for the last hour.
I haven't managed to check out any other blogs today but will look around tonight so I can tell you more about whats going on in Tenerife soon.

Candelaria

Candelaria is a lovely town a great place to stop on your way north or even on the way home form an island tour.

On the red queen's blog here there is a great description.
I like to get there mid- morning or mid afternoon and eat cakes as they have some really yummy cake shops.
The cathedral is outstanding and the Guanche King statues stand on the edge of the shore protecting the island from invaders.
You can get the 111 bus and get off on the motorway walk 200 metres down the hill and from the petrol station call a taxi to take you into town or you can book an excursion in reception

The beach in Callao is moving on and there is a team working every day.


Have a great weekend

Round up

This has been another busy week and I haven'r written often enough.

We went to the mongolian Restaurant for Valentines day on Monday I would reccomend this to any one. It is new and spotlessly clean. The prices is 13.50 a head and this included a drink. 

First we had soup. Thomas had hot and Spicy soup and I had Fish soup with orange. This was yummy and completely differet form anything I would cook. 

when we got back to the table we had Nan bread on the table and this was replaced later when we had eaten it. 

After the soup we headed towards the kitchen area where you take a bowl and fill it with firsty rice or needles then veg and then meat. All the ingredients are raw and when you have complied them you go to the area where the chefa are cooking and they will cook your selection with the sauce of your choice. There were 12 sauces and we tried 4 between us as we went back and had another dish. I started with fish and then beef and venison and Thomas did meat first and then fish.

There is a photo of the cooking area here 

and the cold food here and here.

Whilst looking for photos to add to this blog I found this great article written about tapas by Andy Montgomery on the Tenerife Magazine  Have a look as he describle lots of the food on offer on the ialsnd. Of all the things I like the chopitis best which are baby squid but I have been here a long time. The are other less scary things to try.

Have a great weekend.

Round up

I am still waiting for the photos of the welcome meeting and one of Isabella.
Today I have a round up of several blogs that I like to read and their interesting stories.

The Red Queen talks about Canarian food.

Colin Kirby talks about the European 112 day, the new buses, and care needing to be taken when boarding buses

Andy from Island drives talks about the fiesta in San Abad in La Matanza

All of which give you a little feel for the island. Gossip says there is about to be a second Clash of the Titans film made on the island but I can't find confirmation.
Have a great weekend