Fuerteventura 2018 Day 2
Fuerteventura 2018
Day 2
Our alarm went off at the reasonable time of 8:30am for our first full day on the island. Tea and cereal out on the terrace was a lovely relaxed way to start the day. We then slapped on 10 tonnes of SPF50+ and went down to the pool to do some sunbathing. We chose to sit by the 'upper pool' (which is where we decided to locate ourselves for the rest of the week). It was surprisingly quiet for 10am but was perfect for me to get in some reading of my book "The Break" by Marian Keyes. I dipped my feet in the pool occasionally but the weather just wasn't hot enough at this point to justify getting into the cold water fully!
We walked back to the apartment for lunch. We had the same lunch every day: Fresh bread from the supermarket, ham, cheese, crisps, Lazos Blancos (The BEST pastries ever to exist), and an ice cold beer! Very simple but kept us going until dinner which, in Spain, always seems to happen much later than expected.
We headed down to the beach for the first time after lunch. The weather had now warmed up considerably and although the wind was still strong, it was hot enough to get an ice lolly, yay.
Being the big kids we are, we decided to set ourselves the task of digging a hole in the sand. Not any old hole though, the deepest hole we possible could... Also, being the cheapskates we are, we did not invest in a spade or other digging tools and so we were left using Alex's London Oyster card. It was fairly effective, though a spade would have seen the job done in half the time!
We managed to get the hole about as deep as a water bottle before deciding to develop our task further... See the video below:
Whilst this task was underway, I spent the majority of the time not helping... Instead I chose to read my book. However, we had such a lovely view of the sea, Isla de Lobos and the harbour, plus there was live music being performed just up the beach from us at the Galera Beach Bar, so I didn't get much reading done at all, no matter how hard I tried to concentrate!
At around 4pm we decided to head back to the apartment. A quick change out of swimwear and we were off again, this time to go and pick up some bikes to use for the next 3 days! We rented our bikes from Easy Riders, about a 10-15 minute walk from our apartment. The bikes were very reasonably priced but came with a €200 deposit!
Once we safely rode the bikes back down the road to the apartment (less than 2 minutes to get back!) we freshened up for the evening.
We both fancied some typical Spanish food tonight as the first night's food of any Spanish holiday for us is typically NOT Spanish.
Paella!!
Google helped us to find our restaurant: "Best Paella in Corralejo"... Answer? La Marquesina, about a 20 minute walk from our apartment.
We hadn't yet been this far away from our apartment so it was nice to take in the new surroundings! As we got closer to the restaurant, it became clear that this side of Corralejo was much busier and was more 'alive' than where we were based. We also hadn't realised that the celebrations of Virgen del Carmen would still be happening as the official day for this was 2 days before. This made for an even livelier scene once we had arrived at the restaurant. A platform had been set up over the sea in the bay with a live band performing on it. There was a procession by candlelight and a huge fireworks display at around 9:30pm.
Dinner was incredible. The restaurant specialise in fish, catching their own fish every day with their own private fishing boat. We ordered a mixed paella (fish, seafood and meat) to share as well as a jug of Sangria to accompany it. The restaurant brought out complimentary appetisers soon after we had ordered. They described it as a "seafood mix" which was essentially a mini salad of tuna, octopus, white fish, spring onion and red pepper. Alex doesn't eat fish but this little appetiser may have changed this for good! It was delicious.
Our paella came out around 45 minutes later, having been freshly cooked from scratch after we ordered it (We were told there would be a a significant wait for our food). The paella was served in front of us from the paella dish to our plates. I won't bore you with the video, but I filmed the entire dishing up of the paella because it was so mesmerising and satisfying seeing it be presented so well. Who knew waiters would be trained to serve paella in a particular way?!
I'm putting it out there that this was quite possibly the most incredible paella that I have ever and will ever taste. If you're ever in Corralejo, GET THIS PAELLA.
We finished our meal with a cappuccino each whilst watching the fireworks, then wandered back to our apartment...
Fuerteventura 2018
Day 2
Our alarm went off at the reasonable time of 8:30am for our first full day on the island. Tea and cereal out on the terrace was a lovely relaxed way to start the day. We then slapped on 10 tonnes of SPF50+ and went down to the pool to do some sunbathing. We chose to sit by the 'upper pool' (which is where we decided to locate ourselves for the rest of the week). It was surprisingly quiet for 10am but was perfect for me to get in some reading of my book "The Break" by Marian Keyes. I dipped my feet in the pool occasionally but the weather just wasn't hot enough at this point to justify getting into the cold water fully!
We walked back to the apartment for lunch. We had the same lunch every day: Fresh bread from the supermarket, ham, cheese, crisps, Lazos Blancos (The BEST pastries ever to exist), and an ice cold beer! Very simple but kept us going until dinner which, in Spain, always seems to happen much later than expected.
We headed down to the beach for the first time after lunch. The weather had now warmed up considerably and although the wind was still strong, it was hot enough to get an ice lolly, yay.
Being the big kids we are, we decided to set ourselves the task of digging a hole in the sand. Not any old hole though, the deepest hole we possible could... Also, being the cheapskates we are, we did not invest in a spade or other digging tools and so we were left using Alex's London Oyster card. It was fairly effective, though a spade would have seen the job done in half the time!
We managed to get the hole about as deep as a water bottle before deciding to develop our task further... See the video below:
Whilst this task was underway, I spent the majority of the time not helping... Instead I chose to read my book. However, we had such a lovely view of the sea, Isla de Lobos and the harbour, plus there was live music being performed just up the beach from us at the Galera Beach Bar, so I didn't get much reading done at all, no matter how hard I tried to concentrate!
At around 4pm we decided to head back to the apartment. A quick change out of swimwear and we were off again, this time to go and pick up some bikes to use for the next 3 days! We rented our bikes from Easy Riders, about a 10-15 minute walk from our apartment. The bikes were very reasonably priced but came with a €200 deposit!
Once we safely rode the bikes back down the road to the apartment (less than 2 minutes to get back!) we freshened up for the evening.
We both fancied some typical Spanish food tonight as the first night's food of any Spanish holiday for us is typically NOT Spanish.
Paella!!
Google helped us to find our restaurant: "Best Paella in Corralejo"... Answer? La Marquesina, about a 20 minute walk from our apartment.
We hadn't yet been this far away from our apartment so it was nice to take in the new surroundings! As we got closer to the restaurant, it became clear that this side of Corralejo was much busier and was more 'alive' than where we were based. We also hadn't realised that the celebrations of Virgen del Carmen would still be happening as the official day for this was 2 days before. This made for an even livelier scene once we had arrived at the restaurant. A platform had been set up over the sea in the bay with a live band performing on it. There was a procession by candlelight and a huge fireworks display at around 9:30pm.
Dinner was incredible. The restaurant specialise in fish, catching their own fish every day with their own private fishing boat. We ordered a mixed paella (fish, seafood and meat) to share as well as a jug of Sangria to accompany it. The restaurant brought out complimentary appetisers soon after we had ordered. They described it as a "seafood mix" which was essentially a mini salad of tuna, octopus, white fish, spring onion and red pepper. Alex doesn't eat fish but this little appetiser may have changed this for good! It was delicious.
Our paella came out around 45 minutes later, having been freshly cooked from scratch after we ordered it (We were told there would be a a significant wait for our food). The paella was served in front of us from the paella dish to our plates. I won't bore you with the video, but I filmed the entire dishing up of the paella because it was so mesmerising and satisfying seeing it be presented so well. Who knew waiters would be trained to serve paella in a particular way?!
I'm putting it out there that this was quite possibly the most incredible paella that I have ever and will ever taste. If you're ever in Corralejo, GET THIS PAELLA.
We finished our meal with a cappuccino each whilst watching the fireworks, then wandered back to our apartment...
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