El Sauzal is a rather small town on the north coast of Tenerife, known mainly for its restaurant-terraces with amazing views & wine (as it lies in the famous Tacoronte-Acentejo wine region). It lies on a high cliff so probably nobody would expect it to have a proper coastal area with beaches.
Let me tell you something: it's not true!
Yes, you won't find a typical sandy beach in El Sauzal, but a very unique coastal area with beautiful coves, public barbeque spots, and amazing views.
I spent Saturday afternoon with my friends there and it was one of the best chill days I have ever had in my life! Since we arrived by public transport, we had to walk a little down the steep cliff but then we were rewarded with the most pleasant dip in the ocean. After that, we took a place at one of the barbeque tables. Each of the tables had its barbeque built on the side, which was great. We brought our coal and lighter and as soon as we started the fire, we also got our food ready to be barbequed. Since we used the ocean as the fridge for our drinks, we went to grab some of them.
And then one of the coolest dinners started. We had a lot of amazing food: chicken, mushrooms with cheese, vegetables... and a lot of local wine. I think we must've drank 3 bottles (oh god 😅) while dancing to the music coming out of our speakers... then, we jumped into the ocean once more since we were feeling hot again. And then, we watched the sun set into the ocean and it was the perfect ending to a perfect afternoon.
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I had to ask google where Tenerife is. Don't laugh, I'm American, they strategically keep geography a secret in American public schools. = }
I've read so much about the Canary's. Seen many images on Nat Geo, each are stunning. Are you a resident or just visiting? Gorgeous photos.
I will never forget how I got asked by this random American dude in New Jersey where I was from. I said "Czech Republic" and he confidently replied "Oh yeah, that´s a part of New Zealand, right?" :D I mean you cannot really come up with a bigger geographical fail as these two locations are pretty much on the very opposite sides of the globe :D
Tenerife is amazing btw, I hope you will get to visit the island one day. The Canaries are actually quite popular with Americans, just like the "nearby" Azores...
I'm not surprised.
My wife and I have been traveliving now for six years so each time we go back home my buddies think I'm a genius cause I know which country flags belong to whom and where they go on the map. They still think the Indian Ocean is Native American waters. Where I'm from there's only two oceans—Pacific and Atlantic.
In that New Jersey dudes defense, geography lessons in American public schools consist of which countries to fear, not where they are or anything, just that we shouldn't go there cuz they hate us.
Finances, however, or calculating mortgage loans and how to balance a checkbook and "US History," they call it, we begin learning that in the womb. = }
We spent 10 days in your country back in June. Southeast Asia, right? Kidding. I can't say enough good things about Prague. I wrote about our visit here if you're interested.
Cheers.
No worries, I know how the American education system works ;) Spent some 6 months in the states, still have a lot of friends over there... Like you said, geography might not exactly be the most important subject in American schools but there are others where you make up for it greatly ;)
Checked out the post. Very nice one and I´m glad you enjoyed Prague so much :) But I have to disappoint you a bit :D While we are a relatively clean country, there are still regions here in Europe that make us look like messy boors compared to them :D Places like Switzerland, Austria or the Scandinavian countries, it just feels like their streets but also their natural sites like forests and parks are being constantly vacuumed by someone, they are literally spotless :)
Btw I can see you are from L.A. There is this cool L.A. expat girl Jen who now lives here in Prague and makes videos about her life here, about all the funny differences between the cultures etc. Her videos are quite popular :) You can check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DreamPrague
Thanks for the link. I checked out a couple clips. She's so right about vacations back home. In our culture it's go-go-go work-work-work, no time for vacations. What we do is extend a 3-day weekend by a day or two, go to Las Vegas for three nights and call it vacation.
Interesting you say Scandinavian. I mentioned to a Ukrainian working in a Greek restaurant there in Prague what I thought and how impressed we were with the cleanliness. He said if we think Prague is clean, we need to see Stockholm.
Nice crossing paths with you. Don't be a stranger.
Likewise. Cheers from Prague :)
Haha, no worries! I also probably wouldn't know about many places in America!
I'm something in between: doing an internship here for 6 months. Not enough for residency, too long for just visiting :) Thank you! I'm glad you like them :)
I so understand what you mean. My visa expires here in England in October. We'll bounce around EU for who knows how long when it does in and out of Schengen territory.
Helluva place to do an internship. Where's "home?"
Ooooh yes, the best I could've asked for! Home's in the Czech Republic ;)
Nice. We stayed 10 days in Prague back in June. Cleanest, nicest, safest place we've been so far.
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