Puerto - Ciudad #3: Arrecife, Lanzarote [Port City #3: Arrecife, Lanzarote!]

Hello there!  Now that we've been to 2 of our port cities, we are coming in on the home stretch of our cruise.  

On Sunday, April 8^th (Easter Sunday) we arrived in our 3^rd port city, called Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote.  This too is located in the Canary islands, west of Africa.  This port we didn't have an excursion, so we got to sleep in a little bit, and we headed off the ship to get on some transfer buses to head into the city.  From the ship, we could tell it was a relatively small city, but it had a great feeling to it once we got there!  The photo to the right is the town with a ton of fishing boats - the first time we walked past, it was low tide, and the boats were sitting on land but the second time we walked past it must have been higher tide, and some of them were floating!  It was really neat to see! 

We spent the morning bumming around town, heading to a few tourist shops, and getting some nice drinks at an outdoor café.  As we were walking along the ocean, we saw a group of men racing motorized small sailboats!  It was a really interesting race to watch!  At the cafe we stopped at, we were serenaded by a group of guys that played wonderful music.  Arrecife is a small area, but that doesn’t mean anything, because it held so much culture and beauty. 

 

We went to a church (we were late for Easter mass) but we walked around it, and it’s truly what I expected a Spanish church to look like.  After mass was let out, we were able to walk inside and just take a peek.  It wasn’t a large cathedral, rather a very small catholic church, but inside, it was decorated in such an unmistakable Spanish tone that it couldn’t help but take your breath away.  After doing some investigation, I've learned that it was built at the end of the 16th century!   

 These are photos from the inside of the church - you can see some of the typical Spanish Catholic decorations, including statues of the Virgin Mary, and the color red.  Red and gold are two very typical colors used in Spanish decorations, and this church was no exception!  Enjoy!

After our really relaxing day in Arrecife, Lanzarote, we headed back to the ship to board and start sailing back towards mainland Spain.   

Stay tuned for the next entry on our last port city and the last few days of my 2 week spring break trip! 

besos y abrazos,

Erin