So trying to write a blog about the Canary Islands and Carnival will not do the trip justice, but I will try my best to illustrate the amazingness and insanity that became one of the best vacations I have ever been on in my entire life. The Island of Tenerife is GORGEOUS and has such a chill simplicity about it that you cant help but feel relaxed. We stayed on the northern part of the Islan in Puerto De La Cruz which was one of the bigger towns that celebrated Carnival and also close to Santa cruz which is where the main festivities were held. Our 4 days there with our group including: Hannah, Morgan, Laura, Ben, Hunter and Alex was unreal and so fun. Every day we chilled on the beach, drank all we wanted, and FINALLY FULFILLED our mexican food biological need. I had fajitas and burrito and I could not be happier, not to mention a mass amount of delicious paella as well which is sooo good. If you don't know what it is you should totally google it :). The weather was great and every one was so friendly and kind and spoke English as well. We did practice our Spanish quite a bit but the people were a lot more patient with us then they have been in Spain. Basque people are just a little more reserved I guess haha. I feel that I have officially become a world traveler now, knowing that I have spent more than 15 hours total in an air port, and I have slept on the tile floor at 3 am. It was a wondeful vacation, carnival celebration, and it feels like it was seriously all a dream. I know it was real though becuase I have pictures, and I am pretty sure the rediculous things that we took part in can never be forgotten so lets get this blog started!
So we flew out of Madrid on thursday night and watched the sun rise as we flew over the atlantic ocean to get to the Canaries. We got off the plane, hopped on a bus to the northern part of the island and our adventures began. First we went to what we were told as the wrong hotel and had to walk 15 blocks to get to the correct one only to be told that they had over booked the rooms and that we were actually going to be saying at the hotel that we had first walked into. We get everything settled, put on our swimsuits and headed down to the main part of Puerto de la Cruz where we were staying and got a few drinks and found MEXICAN FOOD!! This was a huge feat knowing that we have searched all over San Sebastian with no luck! Miguel, our waiter hooked it up with delicious margaritas, SALSA, and the best damn fajitas you could dream of. We all almost died. Oh not to mention we got free tequila shots out of it. Talk about customer service! It was great. Puerto de la cruz was beautiful and had a small, simple, and cozy vibe to it, not to mention every one was sooo friendly and the majority spoke English. A huge difference from the basque country where most people stay to themselves and don't really talk to you. It was great and such good vibes.
We spent most of our time there going to the beach and lying on the sand. Becuase there is a volcanoe on the island (the third largest in the world to be exact) the sand on the beach was black and very different than what I have been used to seeing all my life. It was beautiful, gorgeous, and very european. I could not ask for a better way to pass my time on vacation. The weather was warm and I was able to rock my ripped shorts that came just in time in the mail (thanks mama koose) and flip flops and it felt amazing! IT was undescribable!
Our friend Hannah turned 20 the day we flew into Tenerife, so the first night there we had to go out and celebrate and after a few glasses of champagne and mass amount of glitter on our faces, we decided to go to Chinese food. So yes, we had a celebatory pre drink party just to go eat chinese. That is how we roll. I am pretty positive that it was one of the funniest dinners we have ever had and the waiter fell in love with us and gave us free saki it was awesome! We then spent more time on the beach the next day and exploring the small shops and just having a relaxed and fun time! AMAZING!!
and there is the actual CARNIVAL! which was INSANE! That night we decided to take a bus to Santa Cruz where the huge fiesta and celebrations were and got decked out in glitter and shininess and ready to celebrate Carnival the right way. Hannah in her feather skirt, Morgan in her flower bra, Laura in her sequined skirt, and myself in one of the shinest skirts i have ever made put on our masks, covered our bodies in glitter and brightly covered makeup compliments of Hannah and her HUGE palet from sephora. A neccesity of course for this trip! Our guys even took part in it as we decorated hunter's arm and foced ben to wear a gold sparkly tie. ALex was already clad in a very interesting kimono thing that his host family had given him and it worked perfectly.
The bus to get to Santa Cruz was PACKED with so many interesting costumes and people, my favorite one being a guy dressed as what I believed was a care bear, it was pink and furry and again..perfect for carnival! It was a rowdy bus ride but once we arrived in Santa Cruz the insanity ensued.
THERE WAS A CARNiVAL At carnival and so that meant that we had to ride the ferris wheel and it was amazing. Being at the top of the ferriswheel over looking the entire party and the huge city was amazing. After our ride we met up with our other guy friends that were staying in the southern part of the island, and who were all dressed as women. And can I just say I have never seen any other men look so fabulous in dresses and fishnets. Especially guys with beards! haha it was a crack up and i enjoyed it! We spent the night dancing to DJs from the Ministry of SOund which is awesome within itself and you guys should google them. THEY ARE BADASS! After dancing and grabbing drinks we explored the streets and saw so many interesting costumes and people and nothing in my life has ever compared to that before. I was so taken away and amazed. We were there till 6 am and right before we got to the bus station our night would not be complete without Churros con Chocolate and it was DELICIOUS! there was so much carnival food and we definitely took advantage of it by eating churros and potatoes and refueling ourselves after dancing all night and being surrounded by thousands of people. All of our costumes were a hit and it was so insane being there and participating in that. At the bus station some of us decided to have a worm/break dancing constest which was soo funny and I am pretty sure Hannah kicked all of the boy's asses with her worm all while being in a feather skirt and wearing shutter shades. It does not get more crazy than that.
We finally got back to our hotel around 7:30 AM where Laura, Myself and our friend Jeff knocked out in our beds all the while, everyone else went to go get free breakfast. I love the fact that all of our guy friends took the bus back with us insetead of going back to the south where there hotel was. They par took in our free breakfast and explored the beach in the morning all the while having no sleep and while me, jeff, and Laura decide to remain passed out in our room. So we finally wake up and every one is gone and we are finally becoming coherent. IT is about 1 PM and JEff decides to call JEff Franco to see if they are at the pool so he can meet up with them and go home. They are not at the pool and tell him that they are back in the south of Tenerife. Jeff Dean does not believe them and thinks that he is getting a huge prank pulled on him.
ohhh he got a prank pulled on him alright, everyone (including morgan and hannah) decided to hop on a bus back to the South and leave poor Jeff with Laura and me just for laughs. I finally get on the phone with Morgan to figure out where they are while Jeff continues to freak out and go on a tangent on he does not believe that they had left him. She tells me the story and we find a note from her and hannah in our room telling us that they had gone to the south. It was true. SO poor Jeff was left all alone with us, in his dress and no money to get back and he was so dumbfounded and frazzled that it really was funny. I must admit it was a great prank. We finally get Jeff some clothes and money and put him on a bus to get back to the South and all was well. Right now I am still laughing about it because Jeff's face was priceless and I am pretty sure you could visually see his heart sink into his stomach when he realized he was with us all by himself! so Funny. If you are reading this... Im sorry Jeff I love you haha.
The rest of the trip was great time with tequila, Paella, music, and good friends and it was nice to get away from school. I could not have imagined a better place to visit and I have fallen in love with the sun and i cannot wait till summer arrives! The canaries definitely goes down as one of the best trips of my life and I have promised myself that I will return back there one day. I am so excited to see what Spring break holds for us and I know that it will be just as crazy/ if not more fun than those four days in Paradise! Cheers to that!
As I post that I will be 21 in 8 DAYS and I am so excited. MY lovely and awesome best friend/roommate from the states Michelle Houck will be visiting me for a week starting this weekend and we are about to show Spain what trouble Wonder Twins can cause! There will be a blog about it so get excited! I miss and love you all, and if you also have a 21st coming up HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Can't wait to dive in to being a 21 year old because right now I love enjoying my youth but look forward to each passing year and growing up. This past year has been a huge roller coaster and a lot has happening and if you would have asked me 12 months ago I would never thought I would be lying on my bed in my apartment 5 blocks from the beach in San Sebastian Spain right now. I am so excited to see where Life has taken me and I am so happy to be alive. Cheers to that!
Much love,
The Koose.
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