Tenerife Canary Islands, Spain - Callao Garden

The next 4 days were spent either poolside or seaside! So I'll divide the posts up into subjects instead of days. We had no TV or internet and proceeded to detox! It was wonderful. John learned new games, actually we all did! We played Scrabble, Mancala, Traffic Jam, Yahtzee, pool, volleyball and many, many card games.

We all read at least one book, most of us two!

Oh and we did eat, a lot! Every morning we had breakfast at this table in the corner with a view of the ocean! We picked up a small snack for lunch and went out for dinner.

This is our "hotel", Callao Garden. The architecture and design were beautiful. See for yourself.

This view is looking back from the ocean.

We were 500 meters from the Atlantic.

Only bad news was our beach was under construction.

But that didn't stop us.

In fact, it brought a little adventure which you'll see later.

Below is the view from our balcony.

and the view left from our balcony, towards the kids room... see Mary.

and then the view to the right!

and looking down below... yes, kitty cats. Once we saw 8 all together. They never let us get close enough to touch them (thankfully, cause the kids were really tempted!)

Pool side view towards the ocean,

another to the west from the second pool, just downstairs from our rooms.

and yes those are my toes!

Walking through this complex was so wonderful.

Lush green plants and cacti were everywhere you turned.

You can see the paths between the building below and how they wound around the buildings making it feel like you really were in a garden of a sort and not a hotel complex.

John called this one "Rapunzel... let down your hair!"

Now onto the fun... pool side.