Exactly at a quarter to ten we stood for a sporting walk to the bus stop, whose position we had scouted a precaution before dinner yesterday. Our parts and punctuality was of course in vain again, because the bus appeared as expected with Spanish "punctuality". This means, he had almost 15 Minutes late. He tried the minutes lost during the nearly hour rapid highway driving to Santa Crux catch up, what him on the ca. 60 Kilometer route and the 17 Stops temporarily succeeded. Arrived safely in the capital, Santa Cruz, we plunged immediately into the busy and lively city life.

After the first long walk in the hot sun along the water, we relaxed for a large and ice cold glass "Shandy"(Beer / soda) in a cafe opposite the ferry terminal. After some time we took the many winding streets and alleys of downtown targeted. In contrast to the hotel settlements as e.g.. in addition to our port, here is the real life of the inhabitants of Tenerife instead. We strolled by side- and the shopping streets, bought postcards and stamps for our friends at home and completed yet all sorts of different little things.

Highlights eines der der war "Market Our Lady of Africa" (The market our women from Africa). A huge area with an open market hall, many small shops and a market. Do everything, what culinary delights to offer the island and much more from distant countries such as. African specialties .

Time passed by very quickly. Shortly before our departure led us our way even in the impressively large department store "Corte Inglese", where you can find almost anything on seven floors, in order to fully equip in every respect. With department stores of this kind were e.g.. Karstadt Kaufhof or extremely successful in Germany a few years ago. Especially in the food- and delicatessen we felt from the pre-Christmas offer completely "run over". At the end we left the "luxury Temple" perhaps because yet again with empty shopping bags. The return bus ride was uneventful and the timetable agreed time almost exactly.