What a delightful surprise this stop was! We walked into a charming town with lots of shops, old church, beautiful wooden balconies on many buildings, and views of the volcanic cliffs and mountains. Since we didthe national park and got our fill of volcanoes on Lanzarote, we didn't do the tour of the deep Caldera here....but heard it was beautiful from fellow passengers who did. Art bought his first requisite tee shirt here figuring that no one else that he knows would even know where this island is much less have a shirt saying La Palma :). We walked though town and along the waterfront and picked up a few souvenirs then headed back to the ship. Since sail away was scheduled for 2 pm and we arrived at 8 am, we had just enough time to get a taste of the culture and do our shopping.
Several Spanish naval ships were docked at the same dock and one had a gun pointed right at us - a bit disconcerting. On the way back to the ship, we stopped to watch the ceremony of a ship receiving its new captain...very interesting.
The weather has been beautiful...getting warmer each day and sunny. Relaxed onboard until time to meet Tina and Tim for dinner. Good show focused on Andrew Lloyd Weber music followed by a terrific and very funny singing and stand-up comedy act by Nolan, our cruise director. A very talented man from Ireland/Scotland who now lives in Eastern Tennessee.
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