Canary Art PrintAlthough earlier expected to remain in place until Friday, the weather alert in the Canary Islands was downgraded lunchtime Thursday from an orange alert to level (Canary) yellow pre-alert.
That situation too was ended at 8 p.m., with all of the western Canary Islands currently returned to green level (no meteorological risks.)
Winning Canary Sandwich
A Mexican chef, who has lived in the Canary Islands for several years, Armando Saldaña of Restaurante Amaranto in El Sauzal, Tenerife, has won the Concurso de Bocadillos de Autor (snacks contest) at the international gastronomical event, Madrid Fusión 2009 in Madrid, with his sandwich entitled, Red Hot Tuna Peppers. (Photo)
Saldaña's sandwich, made on soft bread, contains Canarian goat cheese, caramelised piquillo peppers, tuna tataki with a dressing of toronjil oil.
And let this be a very clear lesson in why you must never, ever trust those entertaining automated translations ...
Seeing a couple of new terms, I ran the description through Google Language Tools. Of course, I instantly knew it wasn't going to have much luck translating a Japanese word from Spanish to English, but what I wasn't expecting was the giant cock-up it made of ones I already knew: queso de cabra canario (Canarian goats cheese), which it turned into, "goat cheese with a canary". :-)
No doubt, such delicacy is being served on a menu somewhere on the island!
NB: Toronjil, Agastache mexicana or Mexican Giant Hyssop, is a herb of the mint family, with with lemon scented foliage. Canaries - info and games - everything you ever wanted to know about the Canary (Serinus canaria) sometimes called the Island Canary, Wild Canary or Atlantic Canary.
Horror Classics in Carnaval Prelude
The town hall in Santa Cruz are going to be showing a number of classic horror films (since that is the theme of this year's carnaval) leading up to the event to create atmosphere. You can see the Mark of the Vampire (1935) on Monday, January 26th, and similar classics throughout the week, up to and including Saturday, January 31st. (Via)
All featuring easily recognizable names like Dracula and Frankenstein, these six British classics from Hammer will, no doubt, be either dubbed into Spanish, or if you're lucky with the older ones, have only Spanish sub-titles. If you like horror films and are learning Spanish, this could be a fun learning opportunity.
Entrance is FREE, however, because of space limitations, you do need to collect an invitation first (just ask) from the Carnaval organizers, Radio Club Tenerife or Rider Producciones. Shows start at 8.30 p.m. in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, located in the central shopping area of Calle Castillo, Santa Cruz. (See map.)
Fed up with the drop in sales because of the economic crisis, the street traders have asked the town hall to let them set up their stalls on those days. Two years ago, the town hall banned the market during Carnaval for reasons of security.
And in other news in Tenerife today ...
Miss España, Patricia Rodríguez, will promote her town of birth, Granadilla (Tenerife) at the International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR (28 January-1 February) in Madrid.
The Canary Islands were, once again, the preferred region of Spain for foreign tourists in December with 51% of all visitors (no surprise, as it's the only region warm enough for most tastes), although overall in Spain, there was a reduction of 6.2% in the numbers compared to December 2007. Hotels in Tenerife in December 2008 reached 61.2% occupation. Overall during 2008 in the Canary Islands 49,485,189 nights' stays were provided to 7.4 million tourists.
Refinery gets green gong
Make of this what you will: The refinery in Santa Cruz and the gas turbines at Los Vallitos in Adeje, now have Autorización Ambiental Integrada (Integrated Environmental Authorization.)
I'm just translating what's in the news item, but the gongs have been handed out by the Ministry for the Environment of the Canary Islands Government, "upon the request of the companies, Cepsa and Unelco, respectively."
(Photo showing the smog belching refinery: Foro contra la Incineración.)
The Canarian authorities' approach to environmental issues can probably be summed up by this, I swear to you, true story, when a few years back I was driving up a mountain road behind a knackered old slow moving Land Rover that was belching enough black smoke that it almost choked me. On the side of the offending Land Rover were painted the words, "Medio Ambiente" (Environment.) That is to say, it was a Land Rover, owned by the Cabildo (Tenerife Island Corporation)'s own Environmental Department.
"Intolerable conditions of detention", in terms of hygiene, overcrowding, and insufficient legal, sanitary and psychological assistance, says a report from Brussels over European detention centres, among them the Centro de Internamiento para Extranjeros (CIE) in Las Raíces (Tenerife).
More jobs for the unemployed: In a bid to create more jobs for the unemployed and to boost the economy in this time of crisis three major projects, which have been on hold for various reasons, are being kicked back into action.
Jet2.com launched (21-Jan-09) a sale on Tenerife and Lanzarote services for Winter 09/10. Fares will start from GBP 68.99 (one way inc. taxes). Passengers can travel to Tenerife from Blackpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle.
Meanwhile, six airlines that operate in the Canary Islands are not applying the European rules over prices. The six are: Binter Canarias, Easyjet, Air Lingus, Air Berlín, Cóndor and Transavia. Ryanair applies the rules in a confusing manner and breaks the regulations on the front page of their website, says the report.
- Die bunte Pflanzen- und Blumenwelt Teneriffas - pretty pictures of plants and flowers in Tenerife, even if you don't understand German.
- "Sir Old Golfer’s" Blog looks to be an internet destination of choice for all of you who like to spoil your walks by thwacking a small ball around.
- Spain Expat's quick guide to everyday Spanish slang and informal vocabulary you may or may not find in your dictionary.
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