Our Vacation To Tenerife

This is all of us at the end of the trip.  This is at the hotel.  We had a great time.  It was sunny every day which is nice since we came back to Norway and it has rained almost every day since we have been back.

While we were there, we did many new things and some things that we do here in Norway a lot.

We hiked Masca which are the second highest cliffs in the world.  The highest is of course the Grand Canyon.  The hike took most of the day and when we got to the beach the only way back to the car was to hike back up or to take a boat.  We took a boat.

 This is the view from the boat as we leave the beach.

The picture below is a picture of the the cliffs from the boat as we head back to the car.







We went on a boat ride to see whales. We also, or some of us, got to jump off the boat into the beautiful water.  It was very clear.  As you can see did not jump off into the water.  I let the kids and hubby do that.

Sperm whale

N swinging off the boat.

A1 swinging off the boat.

A2 swinging off the boat.

Hubby and A1 in the beautiful water.

We visited the Loro Parque zoo.  It is one of the most visited places in Tenerife.  We saw lots of birds which was the start of the park.  We also saw dolphin, killer whale and sea lion shows.

The hotel had a special thing each night.  One night it was a bird show another an eagle show.  As you can see from the picture one night was a snake show and A2 was the star of the show.  She held all the snakes and even got a picture with all three of them one her.  She is not like me.  I don't really like snakes.

We went to the beach one day.  The sand is black.  It was very pretty and different.  We could not get in the water because as you can see from the picture the water was very rough.  It was amazing to see the waves come in.

We went to a water park while we were there as well.  I have no pictures of us in the park.  The name of the park is Siam Water Park.  It was great fun to play in the water in the middle of December.

It is a great treat to visit these places while we are here.  These are wonderful memories for my family.  God has been so gracious to us to allow us to see and visit all of these places.  That being said i have many places in the U.S. that I still want to see.  When you see the wonder a beauty of the world how can you not see that there is a God and He is amazing.  

May you see God in all you do.  I know that I need to remember to see Him and give thanks to Him in all that I see and do.

Melanie

December 2013

Well this is a picture of El Tiede, the volcano in Tenerife.
I did not post anything in December.  I have been sick almost all of December.
I have decided that I will choose a word for the year.
I hope to post about our vacation to Tenerife and my word choice over the next few days.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful new year.

Melanie