we have to leave, but we’d rather stay

Karin started out to clean up our mess (we payed for it right when we booked) and we went down to Frohmuths Aloe Vera Cafe, had some fresh juice, said good bye to Ricardo and Amelie who where both working there. Than came the big goodbye. Luna was trailing along wherever we went. She seemed to know what was going on. For Nadine and me it was clear by now that this wasn’t the last trip to Karins little garden eden, but the next visitors were about to arrive and we had to return the rented car. In Santa Cruz we would have a room in a little hotel…. that was the deal.

After a small stop in Los Lanos – the secret capital of La Palma – we had to pass the three tunnels to get to the eastern side again. There dark clouds dropped from the mountaintops and we got another full rainbow, as if nature wanted to tell us that we are leaving the nice part of the island….. We arrived at dawn and parked the car. We considered Santa Cruz as a good bridge back to normal life, a quasi exit from the holiday to get accustomed to the city life again and it worked in every aspect.

Our room was smelling after mildew, a problem that all the other inhabitants seem to share. In effect everyone opened their windows, leading all to the same small backyard. In the morning, when the first alarm clock went off, everyone was awake. Welcome back to reality.

That evening we went to the nearby supermacdo and bought something to eat, went back to our fusty room and did not much exploring.