first entry in this year will return to the travel writing to tell you briefly how I spent the first days of 2011. The reason already advanced in the last post. For various reasons we decided to innovate in the plans for Christmas and we left for a heavenly place to celebrate the arrival of a year that I hope will bring us all pleasant surprises.
So after cele
Brar's Eve in Madrid with my family prepare to embark luggage himself New Year's Day except to a fortunate island: Lanzarote. An exciting trip we wanted to start the year charged positive energy. And I can assure you stay there not only achieved this goal, but one we are eager to take root in a place so great. After Barajas surprised at the amount of people who were at the airport on January 1 we embarked on a Ryanair flight (I think this company is not going to take over as customers for various reasons that are irrelevant and with which fortunately could not detract from our vacation.) And the first surprise I find it to land at Arrecife, because the airport is fully attached to the sea, the tracks are not very large and from the aircraft passengers do not really know if the unit will land or lands in the Atlantic, although it is only an impression. We stayed in
Pu
Erto del Carmen, one of the most popular areas of the island by the amount of services that have hotels, apartments, good beaches, an incredible waterfront several kilometers long, many shops and fashion and accessories at great price, restaurants and any other entertainment venue that I can think of. We chose to lodge a quiet place, not too close or too far from all this fun, so it is always a good choice as an operations base. Because what's good about Lanzarote is that it is an island full of contrasts, where not everything is beach, sun and good weather. C
CCOUNT with unusual nature, with spectacular landscapes that leave visitors speechless. All belonging to the Canary Islands are of volcanic origin, but Lanzarote is known as the "Island of the Volcanoes" by compelling reasons and is certainly one of its most interesting. Lanzarote Between 1730 and 1736 suffered tremendous volcanic eruptions that forever transformed the morphology of the i
sla. According to chronicles of the time the ground opened in the town of Yaiza, and the lava made its appearance, more than 800 º C, destroying without mercy everything was in its becoming crazy towards the sea. As a result a quarter of Lanzarote surface was covered with lava, even reclaiming land from the sea, and creating the seeds of what today is the richest area, geologically speaking, Lanzarote: Timanfaya National Park. This park is a must for anyone who does not know. An area of \u200b\u200babout 50 square miles where we can find more than twenty volcanoes, lava fields and scoria perfectly preserved desert dune valleys and mountains, or caves and rugged roads
that can only be seen from a bus exclusively for the tourism. Experience unique. Can still observe the morphology of the earth and the force of nature in the area, as there geysers where the water pressure comes with unusual force, holes in the floor of the flames emanating feet as soon as I take a catalyst or a restaurant where grilled steak with the powerful heat emanations of volcanic earth. 
Nearby, and within the natural area and park of the volcanoes, volcanic eruptions cooled rapidly on contact with sea water and force aided by wave erosion created a unique coastal scenery in the world. This led to the area known as Los Hervideros or Charco Verde El Golfo, immortalized not too in one of Pedro Almodovar films.
But Lanzarote is much more. We visited the charming town of Teguise, where every Sunday is celebrated an open air market that runs through almost every street of the town, joining the many shops that dot the known population. Or the beautiful village of Yaiza, some situaréis name as the title of a novel by Vázquez Figueroa. Without forgetting Aunts, a quiet inland village situated on a hill slow, u m
near Puerto del Carmen, with magnificent views over the calm ocean. Does not surprise me that Joseph Saramago, the Portuguese Nobel died not too long ago, decided to settle down to spend the last years of his life in this beautiful oasis. This island ceased to engage in fishing with the arrival of tourism in the mid-sixties has other details that attract much attention. Much blame was the architect César Manrique, who after his stay in New York and in collaboration with the authorities of the island, I think a first class tourist areas but being respectful of nature, landscape and essence of their homeland. From there emerged
Jameos celebrities or the Cave of the Greens, a volcanic pipe seven miles long with a curious history. Only you can visit caves a mile away from the normal fees of stalactites and stalagmites, which have already been used for centuries by the villagers to seek refuge from attacks by pirates. Due to its superb acoustics has a large auditorium for classical music concerts and your tour includes a surprise ending that I can not disclose so you better enjoy it if necessary. 
Manrique also participated in other projects on the island and the Monumento al Campesino, the visitor center of the Fire Mountains and the spectacular Mirador del Rio. This strategic country located in the north of the island, can contemplate the nearby island of La Graciosa and some of the other adjacent islands. The magnificence of the Atlantic Ocean, clouds that you can almost touch moved by the trade winds and the stillness of the surroundings make you feel a priceless inner peace to be up there.
The tour of the island leaves mixed feelings when driving on these roads well maintained. Volcanoes to reach, seas of cactus, palm trees or plants that fill the view of green contrasting with reddish rocks, black sand or enclaves where olivine, semiprecious stone that abounds in the area, are the protagonists. Not to mention the curious crops conducted on lands burned by volcanic ash, creating landscapes hitherto unknown and giving famous Malvasia wine, thanks to vines grown in such adverse circumstances.
We can not forget the beautiful beaches hutches (adjective that is synonymous in the popular jargon of Lanzarote). To the south the popular area of \u200b\u200bPlaya Blanca, with its small port and a few miles where they await the wild enclave hidden Papagayo Beach, the Women's and other small creeks that remain untouched
s, trying to preserve the urban wild. Or the north of the island where the sun took on another beach near the fishing village of Orzola, but is impossible to find the way to it if you do not ask the neighbors. White sand surrounded by black stones, fresh and crystal clear waters no more than ten people in the enclave. Wonderful. And to round off some fresh fish accompanied by mojo picon wrinkled potatoes, typical of the island, sampled in one of the terraces of the small port. One could get used to living that way, I can assure you. Back to the center of the island, and driving parallel to the east coast of it, you can find plenty of small little beaches, coves than those commonly understood as such, created by the last vestiges of incandescent lava contact with the terrain place. A unique landscape, which we loved almost as much as
curious sensation of being on the Moon, Mars or anywhere else away from Earth than we've seen in movies or imagined in our mind, when walking across the volcanic area . As you can see we had time to sightsee, swim in the sea, enjoy the sun and its 25 º C on idyllic beaches, shopping, eating fancy or take a few delicious cocktails on terraces on cliffs. Even I thought, although I must say that not too much, in one of my literary projects (adding to the long list another novel, and even a nonfiction book.) But the good thing ends and on our way back to Madrid we windy, cold and rain, a situation that made us crave even more, those special moments in a wonderful location. In fact does not surprise me one of the phrases heard in these days off, from the mouths of different people that have tried there. People from different backgrounds who come to Lanzarote for a few days, and stayed there permanently. Something that haunts the island will all who visit ...
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