Find my iphone - finds lost phone owners

 

Where are my keys and my phone? Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Find my phone

Soetime your phone is missing when you are about to leave home. Is it already in your bag or coat? Left in the car last night? Beside the bed? On the breakfast table,? In the bathroom? We find it by calling from another phone.

However, before 8 a.m. only alarms will ring because it is in sleep mode.

Maybe the answer is using Find my phone.

What other uses has find my phone?

Finding Missing People

I read about three people who went missing on Tenerife. One friend of a missing person commented that having find my phone could help trace somebody. So, especially if you know an elderly or vulnerable person living overseas, or alone, or at home, consider asking them to buy it, or offer to buy it for them.

Finding Luggage

Cellphone trackers can be added to your suitcases. So if the luggage disappears, you know where it has gone.

The tracker also speeds up finding luggage at the airport. It could be sitting beside another carousel, or with large items. 

FIND Room Numbers and keys

Forgotten your room number? Left your room key in a bag or jacket?

Finding Missing Pets

You can also buy tags for dogs. In the UK identifiers have been issued for free.

Find my Car

You could also use it to find your car, your rental car.  

We once had a voice responsive key finder. The problem was, it played tunes constantly every time you spoke.

Now I wish we still had one and programmed it to redpond quietly or only to certain words such as find lost spouse, find lost child, find lost suitcase, key, pet.

Useful Websites

https://www.top10.com/parental-control/comparison?bkw=cell%20phone%20tracker

https://www.template.net/id-cards/dog

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Wine ànd sex in Tenerife at Monje Bodegas winery.

 

Monje Bodegas Winery Entrance. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

A great place to stop any day or evening in Tenerife is the Monje Bodegas Winery. Bodega is Spanish for winery. Monje is the family name. It means monk, but if there were any monks in the family they are long forgotten. You can see a picture of the current owner and his father.

The Shop's Attractive Gifts

I was entranced by the red and yellow ceramic jewellery. I bought a necklace, bracelet and ring, all in similar vivid colours. The bright colours is one of the things you notice about Tenerife. 

Their shop sells wonderful wines, tee-shirts, and jewellery. You can also buy wine tours in English and Spanish.

The Restaurant

Indoors and on the terrace, is a reasonably priced terrace restaurant with a panoramic view of the ocean and coastal beach panorama far below. 

Angela Lansbury at the winery in Tenerife.

The Shop

They sell Vinotinte long silk scarves tinted with wine two sizes at 49 euros, and 59.90. Also hairbands like scrunchies for ponytails at 15 euros.

The wine tinted scarves and scrunchies at Monje Bodegas winery shop. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Evening Events Wine and Sex- 

The wonderful restaurant is closed Mondays and all of August.

The Evening Events In The Wine Club cellar

This holds wine and sex dinner shows four times a year with a different theme each season. 

Dracula in 2025, Kleopatra in 2026. You can also hire the cellar for weddings, birthdays or events.

I Cracked my head against a hard bedhead

 Am I the only person who sits up in bed, reading, typing text in a phone? The pillow slipped and I cracked my head against the hard wooden headboard. I now have a headache and ringing in my ears.

Blows to the head are implicated in many health and safety issues. Ranging from causing Parkinson's disease to killing people.

Padded headboards have been the norm în the UK for years.

What is wrong with the interior designers in Tenerife?

This head cracking happened to me the first time in a one star hotel in France.

Then in a five star hotel, in Tenerife, excellent in other ways. Joia El Mirador.

Decorative wood carved headboard at the El Mirador hotel, Tenerife. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Then in another five star hotel. Excellent in other ways. Gran Hotel Taoro, Tenerife.

Solid headboard in Tenerife. Looks great. Impractical. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

The reception desk offered to send me another pillow. I replied, 'I want you to make a note to tell management it is a safety issue.'

For the good things about these otherwise excellent hotels read my further posts.

More Memories of Absurdia - Fun For Everyone

 

At Absurdia in Tenerife, scientific explanations of light interested my husband Trevor. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

This attraction newly opened this year in Tenerife. The island of Tenerife is one of the Canary islands, in the Atlantic, off the coast of  north Africa, although its address is Spain because it is Spanish and Spanish speaking.

As for this delightful attraction, if you want something to visit in Europe, the owner has another one in the Czech Republic.

Absurdia in Tenerife starts with some classic optical illusions such as squares and oblongs which seem to be different shapes, or different from each other. Kaleidoscopes multiply images. You can stop to read the explanations and stand on the spots marked on the floor to see the illusions. My husband, being technically minded, liked this.

Fun For Families

I thought the attraction would interest only adults. However, a couple of mothers we saw had brought along toddlers in strollers. The little ones loved running from exhibit to exhibit and turning the kaleidoscope wheels. Spin, spin, spin. Create different patterns and colours.

Some of the exhibits involve stopping onto mirror floors. A scary moment, until you feel underfoot how solid it is.  Looking down at multiple images is scary, looking forwards is amazing. Look around, up, down, multiple images of yourself.

I loved the colours. And for me, the best illusion was the series of books, a great backdrop for me as an author.

See my other posts on this attraction. I shall add more pictures later.

Useful Websites 

Immersive Illusions Worldwide

1 Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain

Absurdia, Tenerife, Canary Islands

https://absurdiatenerife.es/

https://www.facebook.com/AbsurdiaTenerife/

2 London, England, UK

https://paradox-museum.london-tickets.co.uk/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-mu

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-museum-of-illusions-entry-ticket-t1314890/?ranking_uuid=d988b805-4221-4348-98f3-f90146989084&q=Museums+and+exhibitions%2C+London

3 Melbourne, Australia

https://www.tiqets.com/en/artvo-tickets

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Absurdia, Tenerife and Paradox Museum, London

Absurdia amusements, Tenerife. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Painted Backdrop Illusion. Stand in front of one of the backdrops. Pose as scared, angry, friendly, whatever takes your fancy. It looks as though you are interacting with the giant painted or sculpted animals or people.

'I love Tenerife' sign at Absurdia, Tenerife, with Angela and Trevor. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Camouflage Coat. Absurdia, Tenerife. Optical illusion - Angela camouflaged when wearing the spotted jacket against the spotted wall and floor. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Useful Websites 

https://paradox-museum.london-tickets.co.uk/

Immersive Illusions Worldwide

1 Tenerife, Spain

Absurdia, Tenerife, Canary Islands

https://absurdiatenerife.es/

https://www.facebook.com/AbsurdiaTenerife/

2 London, England, UK

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-mu

https://absurdiatenerife.es/

https://www.facebook.com/AbsurdiaTenerife/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-museum-of-illusions-entry-ticket-t1314890/?ranking_uuid=d988b805-4221-4348-98f3-f90146989084&q=Museums+and+exhibitions%2C+London

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https://www.tiqets.com/en/artvo-tickets

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I fell downstairs at a hotel - what more can be done?

Wheelchair provided on the ferry from La Palma to Tenerife. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

I fell down stairs at a Parador hotel in La Palma in the Canaries on unlucky for me June 13 2026.

 I immediately received a wheelchair to get me to breakfast. Fast action. No footrests on the chair.

They also gave me an icepack. The icepack was too cold to hold against my skin for more than a few seconds. Somebody pointed out that I should use a towel over the ice pack.

 I had asked my husband to take a photograph of myself lying on the floor, in case it was needed to prove an insurance claim. 

After that I was in a wheelchair on and off for several days. 

The ferry, Fred Olsen, from La Palma to Tenerife, where we had to go for our flight back to London, was very helpful. They loaned me a wheelchair.

We later spent a day and a lot of money in A & E at a private hospital in La Palma.

The El Mirador hotel in La Palma provided a wheelchair which had foot rests.

Cause of Falls

I should have taken a photo of the stairs where I fell. Later I wanted to know the cause. Was it - 

Footwear

1 My shoes? 

Banisters

2 Or the banister (or lack of one)?

Steps

3 The width or depth of the steps?

Floors At The Base of Staircases

4 The wooden or other surface, the hardness of the floor at the base of the steps which might have benefited from a carpet or matting.

5 Dizziness - 

This can be caused by balance problems in the ear. I had an appointment with the NHS a couple of months after my GP requested it. The ear dpecialisy analysed the problem, recommended an exercise watching my finger whilst rotating my head. The ear specialist planned action on my ears - but no appointment was made at reception, only through an automated system - which has not yet made the appointment.

Frequency of Falls

Even if the cause was my unsteadiness, due to age, or frailty, or rushing, maybe a different design of the staircase or floor could have saved me.

Falls are frequent. 

Famous Falls

Jilly Cooper, the author, died after a fall in 2025.

I read on June 19 2026 that Princess Diana's designer, Paul Costelloe, died after a fall on stairs, although they were carpeted. It happened back in November 2025 but the inquest was held in 2026.  

Useful Websites

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15910785/Fashion-designer-Princess-Diana-died-falling-stairs-inquest.html

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Volcanic rock in Tenerife - what it does for you

 

Black volcanic rock in Tenerife. Photo by Angela Lansbury. 

El Mirador Hotel & Black Rock In Tenerife

The chatty waiter in the pergola restaurant in the El Mirador (The Viewpoint) hotel brought these pieces of rock to the dinner table to show to us.

We were discussing what is different about Canarian wine and food. The Canary islands grow bananas, small, sweet bananas. You will notice the covers to protect the green plants with huge leaves from the strong gusts of Trade Winds. The strong winds blow in from the ocean, tossing your clothes and hair, and pushing the clouds overhead. You'll see the surfing boards in the shops and the drifting paragliders over the ocean.

The Canary islands also grow small wrinkled potatoes. Also large tomatoes, served at breakfast and other meals, thinly sliced.

The black rocks have several advantageous functions. The black rocks are porous so the rain sinks through them to the earth beneath. The rocks on top hold the earth in place, which might otherwise blow away.

Black And Red Rock In Tenerife

Most of the cliffs and beaches and paths in Tenerife are black volcanic rock. Some red rock. But also some pale sand beaches.

Pale Sand In Tenerife

The pale sand beaches below the hotel and elsewhere were originally created by a king from Africa who sent over ships full of sand.

Beach Barriers

The Atlantic Ocean here has strong currents. That explains the rock barriers out în the water around the beaches.

The rock barriers have two functions. The barriers protect swimmers from strong currents. The barriers also save the sand from being swept away.

Useful Websites

App Tracking Volcanoes

https://volcanoes-earthquakes.appwesome.com/

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