The Cactus Garden – Jardín de Cactus

March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Cactus Garden at Guatiza on LanzaroteThe Cactus Garden (Jardín de Cactus) is located at the northern end of Guatiza, on the eastern side of the LZ-1 road that leads to Mala – not to be confused with the new by-pass that goes around both towns.

The garden was designed by César Manrique and opened in 1990 (according to the official Spanish guidebook. Many sources quote 1991) and as such was the last of Manrique’s “centres” to open.  Inside there are over 1,000 different species of cacti.  Some of them are indigenous to the island, but many come from as far away as South America.

Once inside the main entrance, [Read more…]

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Oberursel’s “Day of the Bicycle”

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Oberursel is a very bicycle-friendly town.  We have new cycle paths running along the Hohemarkstraße (albeit with some traffic lights that often get ignored), a major cycle race passes through the town each year, you can hire bikes at the new Taunus Information Centre, and there were even special signs and stands for cyclists at the Hessentag last year.

Andreas Ripken (ADFC) engraving a cycle frame during Tag des Fahrrads in Oberursel, February 2012

Andreas Ripken (ADFC) engraving a cycle frame

And then there is the Tag des Fahrrads – the day of the bicycle, which was held last weekend on Sunday at the Stadthalle.  More than 1,000 people turned up to find out more about using GPS navigation, places to visit in the summer, e-bikes (pedelecs), or simply just to find out what models the local dealers have on offer.

The event was organised by the town itself and the local brance of the cycle club ADFC, who were also on hand to “code” visitors’ bike. [Read more…]
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Das Café Hannover

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Das Café Hannover in Puerto del Carmen auf Lanzarote

Bei unserem letzten Besuch auf Lanzarote hatte sich unsere Anwesenheit herumgesprochen, denn als wir das Café Hannover – auch Stübchen genannt – in der Nähe des Hotels Fariones (hinter Burger King) vorbeigingen, bat man uns das Café zu bewerten!

Das Café ist in neuem Besitz und bietet einen Full English Breakfast für nur €3 (Stand: Oktober 2011) mit Speck, Würstchen, Ei, Tomaten, Bohnen, Champignons, Pommes oder Rösti-Ecken, mit Toast, Butter und Marmelade.

Leider hatten wir bereits gegessen, sonst wäre ich sicherlich in Versuchung gekommen es zu probieren und hätte eine ausführliche Rezession darüber geschrieben.  Trotzdem haben wir einen Fruchtsaft getrunken und nahmen die Cocktailkarte unter die Lupe.

Für die Gäste in Fariones hat das Café einen besonderen Vorteil: es liegt noch in Reichweite des Hotel-WLANs.

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