Painting, Painting and Painting

Maybe somebody has been wondering what I've been up to when I haven't said anything on this blog for a long time.
One reason, why I've been quiet, is that I've been busy painting (with Brito).
The apartment almost looks like brand new now.

We started the project by paining the balcony furniture earlier in the autumn. Then we figured out we must paint all the flowerpots too...
A couple of weeks ago Brito started thinking everything would look better if he would paint the balcony walls, so he started doing that...

When it finally was ready we started thinking we ought to paint the walls in the kitchen too. That was not the easiest thing because we had to change the color a few times before we were satisfied...

Then Brito started looking at the other rooms and he thought the walls looked so dirty and he started paining them as well...

One night when I got home from work and sat in the kitchen I figured out the golden mirror had to change color too, and all the furniture in the kitchen was in a need of a restoration painting and next day we started painting them all in the same color like before....The mirror turned into a color called "piedra" that is light beige-grey.

When this was ready Brito thought the curtains didn't fit any more and I went out on town and bought new ones...

Like this we have been going on the last 3 weeks! I think it will never be ready!
Every time we sit down and look around we get new ideas of things that have to be done.

Yesterday when it was my day off we took a trip to Sta Cruz and I bought a lot of stuff for the house. I have plans to make a video clip later, when the home is ready prepared for Christmas...


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Lewinski 17.11.2011

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Lewinski 10.11.2011

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The Volcano

One of the latest photo of the volcano.

The most of you have probably at the moment heard about the volcano outside El Hierro.
It started about a month ago and is situated down in the water outside La Restinga where
Clas and I used to go for vacation.
The volcano is more quiet at the moment but it can very soon take of again.
They don't know yet if there will be a new island born but a lot of magma and lava have been spitted out and it has created a "mountain" down in the water that is over 100 meters high.
It's about 300 meters down to the seabed where it's situated.

Click HERE if you like to watch an all around photo that
has been taken in the area.
You can zoom in and out with the plus(+) and minus(-) keys and
look around by clicking on the different arrows.

The volcano a couple of days ago.



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Lewinskis 08.11.2011

We have been very busy at Lewinskis terrace lately.
Tuesday night it was 105 guests that visited us during the night.
A sad thing though is that I've caught a cold and yesterday I lost the voice
so that I couldn't sing at all.
Tonight (Thursday) I will sing a couple of songs but the most line dances will be
played as original tracks from the computer.
I've still got a soar throat and a hoarse voice and it's better to take it easy.

Please, click on the small arrow if you like to watch this video clip from Tuesday night.

Old Houses

This house in the center of Las Galletas has been evacuated but

how much protection will the fence and the nets be if the house comes down?

There are some old houses on Tenerife that better would be made stronger, or
taken down, in case there would be an heavy earthquake.
People are still living in some of them.

I wonder if all the old high complexes here in Los Cristianos will make it if there will be an heavy earthquake. Have they got a construction that is strong enough? If not I think the "Commmunidades" better should start preparing for this...just in case...
Some have started working on it while some keep quiet hoping for the best.



The house in Las Galletas has only got a function as a lamp holder.


Did the people leave in hurry?
The curtain was anyhow left on the outside when the window was closed.

Las Galletas

Me at the harbor of Las Galletas.

Yesterday when it was my day off we went down to Las Galletas for lunch.


White bread, mojo sauces and a Canarian white wine.


My favorite fish soap that I always have here.


"Sardinillas frescas con papas arrugadas".


Sorry I forgot to take any photos of the desserts.
Brito had something like a mango fromage and I had a carmel brulee.


We took the opportunity to have a stroll along the beach front.

There was a cute little dog that was barking at itself.
It was too windy for the camera microphon and you can't hear how it's barking, but
it probably thought there is an other dog in the water...?
So cute!!!!
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Lewinski 27.10.2011

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Without Makeup

You maybe never have seen me without makeup?
Here you get your chance.
Do you think I look silly with this bow on the head?
Brito think so, but I like it.
But I don't go out on town with it on though.

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The Best Carpaccio

This is the best Carpaccio I've ever had.
Except the normal ingredients it has got asparagus and roasted apple slices.
Brito is a very good cook! I just think I get too spoiled at the moment!

This time I made the desert...it's a quick made calorie boom!

Brito Was Assaulted

When Brito woke up Sunday morning (about 8.30) he decided to go over to one of the apartments that we are letting out to change a lamp bulb. A Swedish girl would move in there in the afternoon.

Down at the bar, where we live, he was told that the police were looking for a crazy man who was going around in the town attacking people, but he didn't take much notice about it and continued the walk down to the apartment.

Outside the fuel station he saw a man standing on the street looking at him but he didn't think more about it and continued walking.

The man started following him and on the street outside Hotel Andreas. He was walking on one side of the street and the man on the other.
When Brito a little bit later walked into the street that is between Crisol and Fayser the man passed him.

In the end of the street the man suddenly stopped and started waiting for him.
When Brito came closer to the man the man started talking to him but Brito didn't understand what he said. He probably talked in a north African language because the man looked like he is from this part of Africa.

When Brito then passed the man he suddenly went after him and took a choke grip around his throat so that Brito couldn't breath for a long time.
He was very strong and Brito thought he would get a black out, but after a long while he finally got a grip around the mans leg and started bending it all he could.
This probably caused a lot of pain to the man and he loosed the grep around the throat a little bit and Brito turned around and gave him a smock in the face and then the man run away.

Brito sat down for a couple of minutes to breath and a woman who had been watching it stayed with him and asked if he's okay.
Then he decided to go over to the police station in the next block, that is behind the culture house. When he got back on the street outside the hotel Andreas he saw a man sitting at the street bleeding from the head. The crazy man had also been attacking him.

The police station was closed when it was Sunday morning so he had to call them instead.
After he had been talking to the police he went over to the medical center. He had a lot of pain and a difficulty to breath when the throat started swelling on the inside.
He got antibiotics and he's better now but has still got a lot of pain in the body and in the throat.

The police have probably caught the man, but we haven't heard anything about it.

People with mental illnesses like this should be locked in and not be able to walk around in the town.
They hear voices that tell them what to do and you can never be sure about what they will do next.
If the voice tell them to kill they will kill and they are very strong when they are in this mood and act.
They've got more power than normal and it can even be difficult for a group of many strong men to keep a crazy person like this down while waiting for the police.

Lewinskis 13.10.2011

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Britos' Fruit Desert

Yesterday Brito made an 'almosa' for us including squids, prawns and clams.
It was so delicious!
He also made a quick fruit desert for us.
Learn how to make it in the video clip below.



Deep fried squids.

Clams.

Garlic prawns.


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the fruit dessert.

(Te quiero = I love you, but the Spanish youths write only a 'K' instead of quiero when they
like to make a message shorter... i.e in a sms message.)

The Ingredients:
Different fruits in pieces,
(we had mango, pineapple and kiwi)
Condensed milk or caramel- or chocolate sauce,
(we had condensed milk this time)
Spray cream.

A nice dessert or snack for a hot day like yesterday.

It's goood!!! Brito finally just had to lick the plate to get all out of it.

Lewinski 06.10.2011

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Fizzy Water In The Egg Mix

Last Monday Brito and me made a lunch together including Canarian
sausage, salat and fried onion rings.
He put some fizzy water into the egg paste, that you dip the onions in before you
turn them in the flour and fry them, and it caused a crispy very delicious crust.
I didn't know this before and thought I must tell everybody about it.
...Or is it only me who didn't know this tick?
Anyhow, I love them crispy!!!

New Agenda

I will now start singing Fridays instead off Saturdays.

This is my new agenda:

8.30 - 11.30 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

Mondays and Saturdays off.


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A Lovely Day

The main beach in El Medano.

Yesterday when it was my day off I went with Brito down to El Medano.
We went to a restaurant that has a terrace down at the ocean.
The weather was just perfect and we had a lovely relaxing day.


Mi disfruting a glass of local vino blanco.


A snack of camarones is perfect a sunny day like this.


Brito jumped into the ocean to have a swim tour.


Somebody had thrown a pan into the water and the fishes seamed very hungry.
I decided to not have a swim at this place.


I asked Brito to pose for some photos...


After a while he turned out to become a tourist attraction!
A tourist (?), on the other side of the bay, also
started taking photos of him.
She had something looking like a paparazzi camera but I think my
photos are looking better than hers...?
Please, tell me if you see him in some tourist brochure or advertising.
They will for sure have to pay!!!


The waves were rollin' all over him like a water massage.

We ordered some 'chopitos'. Oh, I just looove them!!!


Later on we moved over to the main beach and I could have a swim
without thousands of hungry fishes around me.


I tell you, It was a looovely day!!!

Lewinski 22.09.2011

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New Furnitures

The Lewinski terrace has got new chairs.

Linedancers

Me together with some of the line dancers who come to Tenerife every year in September.
They come from three different countries; England, Holland and Australia.
I think it's so lovely when people from different nations come together to dance here on Tenerife.
Other countries that were present at the moment were Scotland, Belgium and Germany.
Line dance connects people!

Thanks to Lyn and Alan who sent me the photo over the internet.
I hope seeing you all again in September 2012.
Love, Susanne

1 Year Together

Oh, what a night we had yesterday!

It is one year since we started our relationship, Brito and me, and we had
a romantic dinner on the balcony.
He,he! It was probably like a show for the neighbors.
Some of them showed up on their balconies to look what was up,
while we made the table and lighted up a lot of candles all around the balcony + romantic smoke sticks, but after we sat down at the table they all went inside and left us alone which was very nice of them.

Langostinos Con Ajo

Yesterday. when it was my day off, Brito made this nice tapas for us.
It's shrimps with a taste of garlic.
He actually made two tapas but I forgot to take a photo of the other one which is
called Rabas De Calamar (squid rings).
Both were just delicious and we had them with a small glass of champagne.

Lewinski 15.09.2011

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Lewinski 08.09.2011

Many dancers showed up on the Lewinski terrace last night.
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Pinchos

When I work on the computer and Brito makes food for us I
many times receive small, what the Canarians call, 'pinchos'.
They are like small 'fore tastes' of the stuff he's preparing.

He serves them very cute on a small plate like this.

This is the meal he made yesterday.


Chicken wings soaked in a special Canarian mix of spices, for about two days,
before they are prepared. They are very delicious!


Fried Batatas with Mojo sauce,
This is also one of my favorites right now.
I've got so many favorites and I can't tell which one's the best.

The Sign

It says; 'Remember to speak quiet'.

All the neighbors next to my apartment are speaking Spanish.
Before this was no problem when I was speaking Swedish in my home and
here is only one neighbor who knows that language.
Today I many times don't remember they all understand what I say and
when I talk Spanish with Brito I talk about, let's say, 'everything under
the sun...' and he almost die thinking they get information about our
privet life and business a.s.o.
Oh, poor guy! The other day he put up this sign to remind me.

Lewinski 06.09.2011

It's really fun to sing in the nights now.
September is a month when many line dancers come to the island to dance together.
Some of them have, for many years in a row, been here during this time.

Line dance connects people! Last night we had dancers from Britain, Holland, Australia, Germany, and Belgium. Some of them had never met before but they could dance together when the same dances have been taught in the different countries. It's just lovely!

This video clip is from last night.
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Mojo Verde

Some of the ingredients.

Yehaa! Today I've learned how to make the famous Canarian sauce; Mojo verde.
Brito gave me an lesson. It's quite simple!
His receipt is a secret though, but I wish you all could try it.
It's just delicious!!!

I many times think I've got like a Guachinche in my home because
he knows how to make the typical Canarian dishes that we normally eat when
we go up in the mountains.
Oh, I just hope I will not gain more weight right now...
He likes to make food and I become so spoiled when
he prepare plates and different tapas for us almost every day.
I just love it!!!

This is how it looked when it was ready.

Red Toenails

Oh, why haven't I been thinking of this before???
It's a real good idea to get help with the painting of the toenails.

It's very difficult to see what you're doing and Brito took
the magnifier in use. It's like an art of precision.

Don't hesitate to ask you're men or boyfriends to paint your toenails.
The most of them are used to handle paint and brushes and
Brito said he will always help me if I like.


The final result.