jugador - player (like juggling, and stevedore who is a dockhand unloading ships)
la radio - the radio
rugby (pronounced roo) - rugby
la television - the television
Rugby - Rugby
player - jugador
strong - fuerte
agua - water
conflictos - conflicts
dinero - money (to dine you need dinero, money)
las dunas - the dunes
Espagna - Spain
especial - special (add e before the initial s in Spanish words, like the name of the country)
fuerte - strong (as in fortify or make stronger, a fort or stronghold)
golf - golf
Julio - July
lago - lake
las/los - the, plural, las is feminine plural, los is masculine plural, as in the American city Los Angeles meaning the angels, who were male messengers in Greek myths
marzo - March
miles de - thousands of (Looks like miles of. Not millions of which is millones de, drop the i and add an e)
millones - millions
nacional - national
natural - natural
oasis - oasis
palma - palm tree, las palmas means the palms
parque - park
pico - peak
plan - plan
playa - beach - where you go to play yo-yo on yellow sand, joyfully play on the beach in the bay, on a sunny day with beach toys. Letter Y.
plaza - town square - letter z, zillions of people zooming about in a city zone with stores, place, near a city zoo. Letter Z.
quedarse - stay (when you dig a place you queue up and dig in, d in the middle and sit down, arch your back)
reserva - reserve (nature reserve)
reservar - to reserve
ventura - venture, as in adventure or go towards a venture
viajar - to voyage / to travel
banco, dinero, lago, marzo, pico
park - parque
peak - pico
reserva - reserva
to reserve - reservar
Spain - Espagna
To find more easy to recognize words look in the Spanish version of Wikipedia.
Useful Websites For the Spanish Language
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The Canary islands, so many of them. Seven. Nothing to do with canaries. The names is connected with dogs, canine, but never mind. Just watch out that typing canaries plural without the word islands may bring up advertisements for buying pet birds.
You can fly to one of the islands and fly or ferry to another. Only four and a half hours flight from England. P & O run cruises.
We decided that two island in one trip of maximum two weeks, our time budget, was enough. Follow up with a second trip to the other two main islands. One winter trip, one summer trip.
They speak Spanish. That's a plus point, because it is the easiest language to pick up if you are an English speaker.
Summer sun, and winter sun. Sun all year. The ancient Greeks called the islands the blessed or fortunate islands.
El-Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote, Tenerife.
The Canary Islands are
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and La Graciosa.
A simple summary
El-hierro, so small, a a hideaway.
The logical place to start, but the island which as a tourist I shall ignore, is the tiny island of El-hierro. The name is Spanish for iron. I had trouble with the spelling. Does it start he or hi. Then I thought of say hi to hierro, and don't make an error
The little island features traffic-free villages, fresh fish, sunsets and early nights, hikes and views of the sea and clean water. Plant life rather than nightlife.
For now, when I still have to visit the bigger islands, I'll just read about it on the internet and admire it from afar. For me, as a photographer, the most memorable landmark is a rock archway, unfortunately reached by what appears to be a scramble over the rocks. Not for me. Not now. Later.
Let's move on east.
Here are the main tourist destinations which I am considering visiting on two trips, possibly one to escape the British winter, one in the summertime.
Arehucas Rum Distillery
Buggy tour/ Camel/ convertible car (optional open top)/Quad/Segway/Three wheeler motorbike/
Banana tour (Banana World, Banana Museum)
Columbus House.
Dunes (Maspalomas Dunes)
Winery
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Wikipedia Canary Island
Wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/overseas-destinations/article/best-canary-islands-
Tripadvisor
https://uk.hotels.com/go/spain/el-hierro
https://www.viator.com/tours/Gran-Canaria/Panoramic-Segway-Tour/d792-85318P1
Wiki in Spanish
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada
https://en.androidayuda.com/android/Tutorials/keyboard-with-letter-n/#google_vignette
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Canary_Islands
https://oasiswildlifefuerteventura.com/en/
What are they? Little square sandwiches of two biscuits with a cream chocolate filling, covered in solid chocolate. The smaller size biscuits therefore seem to have a generous amount of chocolate. Very more-ish.
I had them in Singapore at a wine tasting a few years ago. The person introducing them made such a fuss about them that I was expecting something unusual. What was the fuss about? They were just chocolate biscuits.
I had them at a Toastmasters club meeting last week. I had one. Two. I went back for a third. I had to walk away.
This week I saw them in Tesco. Surprise. White chocolate. I love white chocolate.
Today I looked at the photo. I thought, that's what I want. Timtam biscuits.
Regarding the spelling, the packets seem to run the two syllables together, as you would say them. However, websites list the word as two syllables.
The biscuits were invented by a man who saw Penguin biscuits in Britain and thought he could make something even better. He named his biscuit after Tim Tam, a prize winning race horse in America. If you go to America, you can see Tim Tam listed in the Hall of Fame of racehorses in the National Museum of Racing.
The National Museum of Racing has an online shop selling books, tee-shirts, caps, a key ring, assorted bottles and glasses, but no TimTams. Maybe somebody should suggest it.
Useful Websites
Tesco online ordering
Tesco Shops locations
ebay Tim Tams
Wiki on Tim Tam history and flavours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam
Tim Tim official website
https://www.arnotts.com/brands/tim-tam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame
https://racingmuseum.mybigcommerce.com/shop
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comida - food
creer - to believe
esto - this
fiesta - party
isla - island
(el) león - (the) lion
la maestra - the teacher
noticias - news
el océano - the ocean
oro - gold (gold ore)
parque - park
(una) sortija - ring (jewellery)
tarea - homework (think of a task in your home area)
universidad - university
visitantes - visitors
food - comida
gold - oro
Homework - tarea
island - isla
lion - león
news - noticias
the ocean - el oceanó
park - parque
party - fiesta
ring (noun) - sortija
stadium - estadio
the teacher - la maestra
this - esto
university - universidad
visitors - visitantes
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cerazon - heart (both words have the letter ea, and the letter r, and are about caring)
desierto - desert
fotos - photos
guerra - war (as in guerilla warfare)
inviernos - winter (The Spanish and English contain the letter in and er. Inviernos con nieve winters with snow, both |Spanish words contain n ie)
la naturaleza - nature
nieve - snow (both words contain the letter n and v or w)
rey - king (letters r and y in rey and royal, one who reigns)
reina - queen
vida - life (as in the English words vitality, revive)
Now try to remember English-Spanish
los insectos - the insects
los - the (plural, as in los angeles, the angels, name of the American city)
nuevo programa - new program
el programa - the program
la secretaria - the secretary
un vida simple - a simple life
the insects - los insectos
the (plural) - los
simple - simple
https://springlanguages.com/learn-spanish/spanish-words-used-in-english
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