Once again the sun shone as we walked over to the local Sunday street market which happened to be very busy.
We then carried onto the port where there were two huge German cruise ships in dock.
We walked onto Castillo de la Luz which is set in a quiet park, where we stopped off for coffee.
After yesterday's relaxing day this morning we got out for a long coastal walk.
With comfortable temperatures and a cooling breeze it was the perfect weather for strolling just over 9 km's along this picturesque coastline.
We decided to have a relaxing day so strolled down to Canteras beach, we grabbed a couple of sunbeds and caught a few rays
Another glorious day of sunshine began when we walked over to the Dockside to watch the arrival of the Kings by boat. This is a celebration of Epiphany and it is when all the kids get their gifts.
A stage had been set up to entertain the huge crowd patiently waiting. A flotilla of boats then made their way up the dock, blasting their horns and spraying huge jets of water.
We the made our way down to the old town where it was extremely busy with families enjoying the special day.
There were numerous street entertainers and we thought that the pick of them was a guy with a superb tenor voice, that was spine tingling.
After a bite to eat we watched the carnival parade along the streets where numerous floats and hundreds of dancers entertained the thousands of people watching.
The whole experience was a mass of colour, noise and happy faces.
We hopped on a local bus and made our way down to Gran Canaria's second City, Telde.
We walked through the main shopping centre where the people were getting ready for Epiphany, the most important day for the Spanish in the Christmas calendar.
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The local kids were very excited at the thought of three Kings arriving in the morning with their gifts.
We then strolled over to the old town where we visited the Basílica de San Juan Bautista which is set in a beautifully quiet ,small plaza.
We then took the small walk to the picturesque Acueducto de Inés Chemida the 19th century Aqueduct.
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Our next stop was Monumento al Faycan a peaceful garden with seven fountains depicting the Islands of the Canaries.
We woke up to Beautiful skies and sunshine in Las Palmas.
We spent the morning strolling down the seafront esplanade at Las Canteras beach watching the surfers, sunseekers, walkers and doing some general people watching.
At lunchtime we stopped off for Pincho's, finger sized bites which were delicious washed down with a cold beer
On our way home we stopped off at at inner city Allotments which were so well kept and a credit to their owners.
In the evening we had a couple of sundowners overlooking the sea at Canteras beach.
Early on a brisk Winter's morning we walked over to Bristol airport and joined the Jet2 flight to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. The flight took a little over Four hours and was pretty smooth.
We were met by our driver at the airport and after a 30 minute drive we arrived at our accommodation in Central Las Palmas.
Once again we met up with our host, Pedro, who as always, was most welcoming.
We then made our way over to the boardwalk and were surprised to see how many people were on the beach and in the bars and restaurants, then we realised that it was still a bank holiday.
We finished off the evening by enjoying a glass of wine and some Tapas at Taberna Chica in Plaza Farray .
Can we first of all wish all our Family, friends and visitors to the Blog a very Happy and Healthy New year, 2023.
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