The kids arrived from Paris
mom is happy with little daughter; daughter is happy being at the beach Las Canteras 
trying to catch some xmas feelings 
Norwegian neighbours just about to leave to the Caribbean 
shopping time with the kids
A trip to Arucas, a town west of LP
some xmas decoration on our way to Arucas 
somewhere in rainy Arucas 
Posing time at Plaza San Juan in Arucas, Jana 
Jana and Benoit 
El Capitano in utmost performing posing position 
the beauties and me in the middle 
fun posing 
the love birds 
😁 
the arc in Parque Municipal de Arucas 
sometimes rainy pics look quite fancy 
the park is in the middle of the town 
and seemed to be very pretty
A trip around the island
when will be the first stop? 
here! 
Puerto de la Aldea 
first time dipping toes int the water 
a water reservoir somewhere on our way to Tejeda; due to the unusual amount of rain lately the lakes are meanwhile filled up completely 
posing break time 
the dam belonging to “Presa del Parralillo” 
Benoit admiring the lake 
arriving in Tejeda 
the beautiful little town in the middle of the island up in the hills 
this is the town where a lot lot of almond trees grow 
not an almond tree but a pretty illuminated one 
thge good kids 
always willing to smile 
the famous rock, Roque something 😉, I forgot the name 
Puerto Mogan 
the kids checking the bay 
having a sundowner and enjoying the sunset
A tour to “Barranco de Guayadeque”
a proper German breakfast with with homemade bread croissants, fruit and more to be prepared for our trip 
we found a walk at the end of the Barranco 
a window in the rock? 
we did get thirsty 
the barranco , unfortunately it got more and more cloudy and cold 
still a nice walk 
almost back, here following the way around some of the cave houses 
Jana was more interested in the cats than the view and the caves 
catty liked it 
it was cold so we decided to finish the day with hopefully some sunshine at the beach in Maspalomas 
we were passing a Santa Clause gathering 
we just about made it to the beach in Maspalomas before the sun set 
including a sun downer 
and a beautiful sunset next to the lighthouse Maspalomas
The last days for Benoit
these guys are Andrea and Andreas; while the kids had to work and we weren’t allowed to be aboard, they were so kind to entertain us 😁 
the sweet kids enjoying themselves 
and suddenly they were very sleepy, we had to sail Altimate back to the marina 
a last meal in a nice restaurant 
my favourite decoration 
bye bye Benoit
SY Altimate 