Exploartion Day

It is always the same when you get close to the equator: Birds that start to make noise at the first ray of light and that is about 6 am. In our case it was the cocks from the neighbor that acted as our natural alarm clock.
The day began with fresh avocados and kakis and almonds, right from Karins garden – mixed into one big yoghurt – fresh, sweet… absolute delicious! For the first day, we thought about a little exploartion around our appartement.  Karin gave us a little route that would take us about three hours, down the little canyon (barranco, as they are called in Spain) right behind the house and back up on the other side.
The path lead us through fields of prickly pears, past gardens full of the most delicious fruits, down to Finka “Aloe Vera”, a tiny cafe, build right on the way. It wasn’t opened yet and so we went on to the caves – Barranco de Buracas – the remains of the original inhabitants of La Palma. Old symbols encarved into the stones and a rotten cat that came our way meowing at us made shivers ran down our spines. This place definitely has its moments.
Back up to Aloe Vera and its owner Frohmuth, we had a big salad made from fruits of her garden. Tasty, refreshing and great. After our short break we went back down past the caves where the cat was already waiting for us again, right at the same spot as before. Spooky. Maybe it’s the guarding of this ancient spot? On the other side up, passing the buracas, we went home and had a little siesta, at the pool. Later we went to Puntagorda for some food in the local supermarket. The evening ended with olives, oil, saussage, goat cheese, a bottle of wine and bread from Frohmuth.