Picto Diary - 1, 2 December 2018 - Canary Islands
Above: TIMDT at breakfast. Fantail deck, Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Santa Cruz La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. 01 December 2018.
Above: Model Spanish Galleon. Naval Museum. Santa Cruz La Palma, Canary Islands. Spain. 01 December 2018.
The Canary Islands were "taken" by the Spanish in 1492. They subdued local, indigenous inhabitants The Guanches, perhaps gaining experience for the conquests they would make in subsequent decades in Mexico and other parts of the new world. The Guanches were believed to be Berber in origin.
From 1492, the Canary Islands, twelve days sail from the Spanish port of Cadiz, was a way point for all Spanish shipping between Spain and the New World.
Galleon
Large Multi-Decked Sailing Ship
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used by the Spanish as armed cargo carriers and later adopted by other European states from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal fleet units drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s. Galleons generally carried three or more masts with a lateen fore-and-aft rig on the rear masts, were carvel built with a prominent squared off raised stern, and used square-rigged sail plans on their fore-mast and main-masts. Wikepedia.
Above: Bishop. Santa Cruz La Palma. Canary Islands, Spain. 01 December 2018.
Out getting my steps.
Above: Banana plantations. El Paso, La Palma. Canary Islands, Spain. 01 December 2018.
Not Sanpete County, UT turkey farms.
Bananas canopied to protect against high winds. — in El Paso, Canarias, Spain.
Above: Bishop, TIMDT, Bridge, and Bond. Santa Cruz La Palma. Canary Islands, Spain. 01 December 2018.
Above: Tourist brochure from La Palma, Canary Islands. 01 December 2018.
Beautiful Canary Island floral displays. Reminds of Melania's spectacular, now apparently inspired, White House Christmas decorations. — in Santa Cruz de La Palma.
Above: Entertainers. Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Ship theater. Santa Cruz La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. 01 December 2018.
The above performance, ship's troupe performing a '60's rock and role anthology, was one of the best TIMDT and Mwah (sic) have seen on a cruise ship.
Above: Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain. 02 December 2018.
Image from breakfast. Fantail, Veranda Restaurant. Regent Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship.
Above: Bishop and Bond. Calle Castillo. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain. 02 December 2018.
Out getting some steps.
Above: Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain. 02 December 2018.
The Explorer is a new ship... 18 months old. The cabins and cabin decks are a little bigger. The internet works better. Restaurants are outstanding so far. TIMDT believes the cabins are a little too dark. Notwithstanding, you'd have to take a course to master the cabin lighting array. Lights everywhere you need them. Excellent bed reading lamp. USB and regular electrical plugs everywhere.
Above: Beach Scene. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 02 December 2018.
Image by TIMDT while on AM excursion to other side of the island with Bridge.
TIMDT said this scene was more in alignment with what she expected to see in the Canary Islands... as opposed to, say, the 500K population of modern city Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Above: Flamenco, Hat tip: Allahi. Seven Seas Explorer. Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Western Sahara. 02 December 2018.
Intense. Emotive. Oft saucy. Oft morose. This Santa Cruz Tenerife based group was terrific. They had the mostly geezer crowd whooping and cheering.
What's with this cruise? Cruise entertainment has never been better for Mwah (sic) and TIMDT. — at Port Of Sta. Cruz Tenerife, SPAIN.
Addendum:
Great update!
Regards,
B1B,
Park City, UT
Funny you don’t mention Jews under occupiers of Portugal.
The Inquisition did finally catch up with them.
Jack Aroon,
Mahwah, NJ
Check again. "The Reconquista occurred in Portugal as well, though the Moors were out of Portugal a couple of hundred years before they were kicked out of Spain. The Christians of Portugal were no less nice to the resident Jews as they were during the Inquisition in Spain. At one point during the Reconquista 3000 Jews were killed.