The harbour in Las Palmas is home to many different kinds of marine activity. Here Optimist dinghies practice among the anchored boats; a windsurfer does his thing and a freighter waits to be loaded in the background. We also watched Lasers practicing and kayakers training.
This Parque de San Telmo in the older part of Las Palmas was filled with children visiting on the day we walked through - you can see a group of them gathered by the roofed pavilion in the picture. With Christmas coming and school not yet over a visit to the cultural attractions of the old city was a popular way to pass the day.
A square in the older part of the city, gracefully proportioned and nicely framing the approach to the Gabinete Literario.
It looks a little different, but even here McDonald's makes its presence known, framed by columns and balconies, tucked into a building which maintains its old facade on one of the cities main shopping promenades.
Walking down toward the Casa de Colon, the Columbus Museum; the Catedral Santa Ana overlooks the street and its traffic.
The city is putting on its Christmas face, poinsettias adding a splash of colour around the fountain - and the pigeons are cleaning themselves up too...
There is no easy way to capture on film the sense of vastness you get when you are on the ocean. Sunsets spread across the horizon. Here we try to share a small portion of what we see.
A quiet day, flying the drifter in light winds. Salt coats the dodger windows and filters the light shining through the sails.
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