How do I spend my days when I´m in Gran Canaria?

How do I spend my days when I´m in GC? I get up, usually, at about 8.30 am. Sleeping longer is of no use: the morning will be over before you know it. First thing to do is to water my landlord´s flowers and small palm trees, a job which I´ve taken over since recently, because they don´t always have the time, and the flowers need to get watered in this almost arid climate.

After that: breakfast. Followed by a short walk on the beach promenade. The major part of the day is then used studying castellano, the spanish language. Actually they speak a rather rapid and melodious dialect here, which makes practising more interesting, haha.

After that a small lunch break follows and some further reading in the afternoon, interupted by several walks along the promenade or one or two swims in the atlantic ocean with its sometimes huge surf.

Ah yes: I take my small digicam with me usually, for my walk could turn out a very prolific photo session, as you can see on my flickr photostream.

At night (6 o´clockish) I drive to Maspalomas, a huge tourist resort further down in the south, where there´s also an extensive promenade and sometimes interesting things to photograph (watch out on flickr, lol).

Of course some days are spent in a different way, eg a trip to the mountains or to the frugal north, to the port of Las Palmas, or otherwise. It´s usually dark when I drive home.

Due to the vicinity of the equator, the sun hangs up high in the sky during most of the day, while in the early and late hours it almost drops from the sky. The period of twilight is very short in these latitudes.