My last holidays

(Sent by Svitlana Golik, a student from Valencia, Spain)

It was a journey both of us longed for ever since I got to discover that Lanzarote island was
situated in the Atlantic ocean. To see the ocean was my dream and we couldn't simply let
escape that opportunity, having our vacation periods coincided.
So, the tour was bought, although the hotel was not that of 4 stars we first chose. But the
one we could manage to get in the end was not bad, being next to the beach, while the other
was rather far from the ocean.
The first impression I had when we landed in the airport was the feeling of hot African air
and strong wind that seemed to scratch our skin with the myriads of micro grains of sand. The
sand was so white that sometimes it gave me the illusion of being in the middle of a snow
desert, but soon the picture changed.
Further we got from the airport, weirder became the landscape. We were as if witnessing the
creation of Earth at the beginning of times. Black giant rocks of petrified lava with no
vegetation under the dazzling blue skies, lots of cacti, and impressive wildness of ocean
waves caressing shapeless slippery stones - emotions were sparkling off me.
The only inconvenience was the incredible African heat which there was no way to bear since
it. The temperature seemed to be even higher than it was in reality due to the constant wind.
In comparison to mainly tender Mediterranean breeze, that wind was very aggressive and we
spent most of the mornings laying down in the shade next to the pool.
But then I insisted on us taking a Grand Tour across the island with the rest of the tourists,
because after all, I wanted to get acquainted with the island better. So first we went to
Jameos de Agua, half-natural, half-crafted cave at the north of Lanzarote, then to the
vineyards down to the centre, followed by riding the camel (our camel was the tallest in the
coffle so we had the best panorama) and finally we reached the Volcanoes pathway - the
most awesome image I have ever seen in my life.
After we got back to the hotel and before we went to bed, tired but happy, I thought: If I had
had the opportunity to live a second time, I would have lived my life in this marvellous island.