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 A change of affection
For several years our family had been having a love affair with the Caribbean. We loved the climate, the people, the way of life, the food and the general ambience of the places we visited and the things that we did. We habitually booked our holidays on an “All Inclusive” basis, and dreamed one day of buying our own little place to retire to at the earliest possible opportunity. The only downside we found was the distance involved – a minimum ten hours travelling curtailed short breaks of any kind to the point that we decided to try some short breaks a little closer to home.
Looking at the options available, we decided to give The Canary Islands a try. Our first trip was to Tenerife Los Cristianos where we were pleasantly surprised by the shortness of the flight, the climate and the conditions, but disappointed by the intermittent nature of things to do, and the distance between attractions – often needing a cab to travel between them.
Discovering Tenerife
Soon after we returned from Tenerife Los Cristianos, an opportunity to visit Tenerife for a week during a school holiday presented itself. We booked into “Port Royale” in Los cristianos, which was wonderful. As we explored the area, we realised that Tenerife had an awful lot to offer. Again the climate was brilliant. We found loads to do and plenty of places to see. Tenerife offered a good mix of old and new, rugged and tranquil, lively and relaxed. As a result, we found ourselves falling in love all over again – but this time with a more attainable, more manageable, more accessible part of the world, and again we found ourselves dreaming of buying a little “Place in the Sun”.
As we looked into its feasibility, it soon became clear to us that Tenerife actively encourages buyers from overseas. Given its popularity and year round climate, holiday lets are commonplace, and copious information is available in English to simplify the buying process. Estate Agency is very different to what we are familiar with in the UK, and of course the whole legal process seemed strange at first sight.
During our stay, we viewed several properties in the immediate area – and in fact we were so impressed with what we found was available in our price range that we decided to return to have a proper look at the earliest opportunity.In the interim, we used the Internet to research availability of mortgages in Tenerife, different areas, types of property and of course how much money we should expect to pay for them. Information was plentiful, but in many ways confusing and contradictory.. and then we chanced upon Los Cristianos Properties website which seemed to have a “plain English”, transparent approach to the whole thing – better still they offered free advice with no obligation to ourselves, so we decided to take them at their word and contacted Sue Lewis at her office in Tenerife and then it all started from there, as we been looking over the past five years of finding the right property. After sale was very important to us which we are still receiving their quality services and we would recommend to use this estate agent any time as we searched over 20 or so agents and Los Cristianos Properties came out on top. Without the help of Sue Lewis & Mayte and their team we may of not of achieved where we are today, we are very thankful to Los Cristianos Properties.
Many Thanks
Dee & Meeta
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MAGNOLIA GOLF RESORT lies next to the La Caleta Natural Protected Space declared a " Place of Scientific Interes", where you will find a number of protected species and many types of flowers and palm trees.
Only 300 meters is also the Costa Adeje Golf Course. Complex has plot of land covering 27,880 m2 This complex comprises 120 properties divided into 12 modules of 10. All of the 2 and 3 bedroom residences face south and have three floors, a garage space, utility area and communal areas with such amenities as a spa and cafe and more.
There is a large garden area in the middle of the complex where the swimming pool is being built - on an elevated area for better sea views. The pool will be surrounded by a spacious garden area and a 5-hole putting green.
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Definitive programme of events:
Sunday, 20th of February.
12.00 p.m. Presentation of adult and child candidates for Queen of the International Carnival 2011. Venue: Plaza de los Reyes Católicos.
Saturday, 26th of February.
1.00 p.m. Exhibition of old cars “Mercedes”. Venue: Avenida de Colón.
Sunday, 27th of February.
7.00 p.m. Gala Show to Elect the Children’s International Carnival Queen 2011. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Ticket sales: Plaza de Europa.
Tuesday,
1st of March.
12.30 p. m. Inauguration of the Exhibition "Mi coso." Venue: Casa de la Aduana. Exhibition open until 15th March.
Thursday, 3th of March.
9.00 p.m. Gala Show to elect the International Carnival Queen 2011. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Ticket sales: Plaza de Europa.
Saturday,
5th of March.
5.00 p. m. Movumento Sensen del Bloko del Valle Carnaval 2011. Brazilian Samba horn section, strings and voices. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Free entrance.
8.00 p.m. Carnival Parade.Route: Different places of the city.
10.30 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Sunday, 6th of March.
11.30 a.m. Shows by Children’s Dance Groups from Puerto de la Cruz. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Free entrance.
12.00 p.m. Children’s Fancy Dress Competition. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Enrolment from 11 a.m. in Plaza de Europa, behind the main carnival stage. Free entrance.
7.30 p.m. Shows by Adult Dance Groups from Puerto de la Cruz. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Free entrance.
8.30 p.m. Adult Fancy Dress Competition. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Enrollment from 7.30 p.m. behind the main carnival stage. Free entrance.
10.00 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Monday,
7th of March.
6.00 p.m. Presentation of the Ritual “Matar la Culebra” (Kill the Snake) – a custom from the old traditional Puerto de la Cruz carnival. Route: At different sites throughout the city centre.
8.30 p.m. Exhibition of “Murga” Carnival Groups. Venue: Plaza de Europa. Free entrance.
10.30 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Tuesday,
8th of March.
1.00 p. m. XXXIX El Valle Rally for veteran cars. Paddock in Avenida Colón.
07.30 p. m. Exhibition Queen Costumes / Adult Child, and candidates Bridesmaids Carnival 2011. Venue: Plaza de la Iglesia.
10.30 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Wednesday,
9th of March.
9.00 p.m. “Entierro de la Sardina” (Funeral of the Sardine). Route: Avda. Colón, Avda. Familia Betancourt y Molina, Calle Valois, Calle Blanco, Calle La Marina and Fishing Harbour. At the end of the funeral procession, there will be a fireworks display and the sardine will be cremated on a funeral pyre.
11.00 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Thursday, 10th of March.
8.00 p.m. Reception for the Düsseldorf Embassy. Venue: Main Assembly Hall of the Puerto de la Cruz Town Hall.
Friday, 11th of March.-
8.30 p.m. XVII Men’s Marathon in high heels “Mascarita Ponte Tacon”. Enrollment and 'scrutineering' of heels in: Plaza del Charco.
10.00 p.m. XVII Men’s Marathon in high heels “Mascarita Ponte Tacon”. Start. Route: Plaza del Charco, Calle Santo Domingo, Paseo de San Telmo, Calle Santo Domingo, Calle La Marina with the finishing line in Plaza del Charco.
11.30 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Saturday, 12th of March.
4.00 p.m. Grand Puerto de la Cruz International Carnival Parade. Tenerife.
Route: Avda. Colón, Plaza de los Reyes Católicos, Calle Obispo Pérez Cáceres, Avda. Familia Betancourt y Molina, Plaza de la Constitución, Calle Zamora, Calle Santo Domingo, Plaza del Charco, Calle San Felipe and Paseo Luis Lavaggi.
8.00 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco, Calle La Marina and Calle Perdomo.
Sunday,
13th of March.
5.00 p.m. Exhibition of Senior Citizen’s Carnival Groups with the participation of the Groups Renacer and Buganvilla, from Puerto de la Cruz dances. Venue: Plaza del Charco. Free entrance.
6.30 p.m. Grand Ball in Plaza del Charco.
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Tenerife Opera Festival season 2010 |
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The Tenerife Opera Festival 2010 starts its season at the Santa Cruz Auditorium on Thursday, 23 and Saturday, 25 September at 20.30 hours with Falstaff, by Giuseppe Verdi, a production led by Jean-Louis Grinda of the Monte Carlo Opera.
Los Cristianos Properties is highly recommending to visit this year Opera Festival.
Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy. It was also the third of Verdi's operas to be based on a Shakespearean play, following his earlier Macbeth and Otello.
Considered one of the finest works of the Italian composer, this performance will feature soloists Roberto de Candia, Rodrigo Esteves, Laura Lavilla, Rocio Ignacio, Gabriella Sborgi, Tiziana Carraro, Eric Fannel and Alberto Fería, accompanied by the Tenerife Festival Opera Chorus.
The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (OST) will be under the direction of maestro Gianluca Martinenghi.
Madam Butterfly.
The Tenerife Opera Festival 2010 is already sold out for its Thursday October 23 performance of Madame Butterfly, on 23 October.
Tickets for the first performance on Tuesday, October 21, are also selling rapidly with more than three-quarters of the tickets already sold.
Madam Butterfly is one of the most beloved productions by opera fans around the world. It recounts the desolation of a woman abandoned and betrayed by the man she loves. The misfortunes of Cio-Cio San transports the audience to the distant and exotic world of Puccini, who created tragic but very believable characters.
Madame Butterfly's story starts when she falls in love with Pinkerton, a U.S. marine, who then leaves. Years later, married to an American woman, he returns to claim the child they had together.
This work is under artistic director for the Tenerife Opera Festival, Giancarlo del Monaco. In its staging he has tried to emphasize its cultural and theatrical elements.
Musical director Emmanuel Joel-Hornak heads the OST and the cast of singers, led by soloists Xiuwein Sun, Belén Elvira and Jorge de León, Santos Ariño, Cristina Farrais, Badel Albelo and Alberto Fería.
Youth Opera.
Younger guests are also being introduced to opera through a specially created production of A Trunk Full of Opera, an opera gala which rediscovers some of the most famous arias of all time.
This performance focuses on a girl who finds a trunk full of clothes in an attic that belonged to her grandmother. Each dress inside the trunk comes to life and begins a magical journey through the most admired arias of all time.
Jorge Rubio leads the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra(OST), while Ruth González, Francesca Calero, José Carlos Marino and Victor Del Castillo will be the soloists giving life to this production.
A Trunk Full of Opera will be performed on Friday, October 1 at 18.30h and Saturday October 2 at 12.00 and 18.30 hours.
Tickets for each performance can be purchased through the usual channels: telephone, on 902 317 327 (10.00 to 19.00, Monday to Saturday) in multiservice terminals or Internet CajaCanarias at www.auditoriodetenerife.com.
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Profile of England - World cup 2010 |
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Profile
Dubbed English
football's ‘golden generation', only to fall flat at UEFA EURO 2004 and
the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, South Africa 2010 may well be the
last chance of international silverware for some of the most well-known
faces in the world game.
However, he
appointment of Fabio Capello appears to have brought fresh vigour to
the Three Lions' squad, many of whom have a point to prove after
lacklustre displays when it mattered most under Sven-Goran Eriksson and
Steve McClaren. With the tournament due to take place in the South
African winter, conditions which should suit the English players and
style, so excuses will be at a premium should Wayne Rooney and Co fall
short once more.
The road to South Africa
Following
the disappointment of missing out on a place at the UEFA EURO 2008,
England bounced back in emphatic fashion in qualifying for South
Africa. Indeed, they stormed to no fewer than nine wins from ten Group
6 games, scoring a European Zone high of 34 goals in the process, with
their only defeat coming in Ukraine with qualification already
secured.
The star players
Leading
from the front in terms of both goals and commitment was Manchester
United forward Rooney, who responded to shouldering the main
responsibility for England's attacking threat by finding the net nine
times in as many games. Also chipping in were midfield duo Frank
Lampard and Steven Gerrard, who hit four and three goals respectively.
Rangy front-man Peter Crouch certainly made the most of limited
opportunities by grabbing four goals in as many appearances, while
Tottenham team-mate Jermain Defoe underlined his finishing prowess with
three strikes in just 135 minutes on the field.
The coach
Winner
of Serie A with AC Milan, AS Roma and Juventus, as well as a two-time
La Liga champion at Real Madrid, Italian disciplinarian Capello wasted
little time in instilling a renewed work ethic and squad spirit in an
England squad packed with big-name stars and equally large egos.
Qualification for South Africa 2010 with two games to spare and a
solitary competitive defeat speak volumes for Capello's impact in his
relatively short time in charge.
Previous FIFA World Cups
England
have appeared at 11 previous editions of the global showpiece,
including their debut at Brazil 1950. Victors on home soil in 1966,
their best performance outside their own shores came under the late Sir
Bobby Robson at Italy 1990, when a side featuring the likes of Gary
Lineker, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and David Platt reached the last
four only to lose out on penalties to eventual winners West Germany.
Records
The
1-0 loss in Ukraine on 10 October 2009 ended a run of ten consecutive
victories in FIFA World Cup qualification, which England had begun with
a 1-0 win over Austria in Manchester on 8 October 2005.
The
Three Lions' leading scorer in qualifying, Wayne Rooney, was at his
most dangerous between the 72nd and 76th minutes of play, during which
period he scored no fewer than four times.
What they said
"I
think we've put the record straight, to some extent. Since the manager
arrived, there has been nothing but hard work, our confidence has come
on a million miles in the way the team is playing. Today typified
everything about us in this campaign. It is the first step and we've
qualified now but there's still a long way to go." England midfielder Frank Lampard, following the 5-1 home win over Croatia which sealed qualification for South Africa 2010.
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Tenerife - Clash of the Titans |
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Now we are able to see Tenerife in 3D. Clash of the Titans hits theatres in the UK, EU and United States in begining of April 2010.
Production
The Clash of the Titans remake project started in 2002 under producer Adam Schroeder and writers John Glenn and Travis Wright. They wanted to drop the "cheesy chessboard manipulation of characters" by the gods. Producer Basil Iwanyk revived the project in 2006 with a rewrite by Travis Beacham, a fan of the original, who intended the script to be "darker and more realistic". Lawrence Kasdan and director Stephen Norrington signed on in 2007. Kasdan gave the script another rewrite from the Beacham version. But Norrington was unsure about his direction for the project because he did not grow up with the original. Leterrier, who did, contacted Norrington through their shared agent about replacing him. By June 2008 Leterrier joined the project and Warner Bros. greenlit the film. Leterrier noted the original Clash of the Titans inspired the climax of his previous film The Incredible Hulk – a battle in a burnt-down courtroom with temple-like columns – and has compared modern superheroes to Greek mythology.
Writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi took over the script during July 2008 and used Beacham's draft as a starting point. They focused on the mythology and telling the story through Leterrier's eyes. Hay and Manfredi had to rewrite the script in less than a year using a very active process. Leterrier sought Ray Harryhausen's involvement, and reunited with Hulk concept artist Aaron Sims, who had already been working on Clash of the Titans with Norrington.
Louis Leterrier, during an interview, revealed that he is a big Saint Seiya fan. He specifically cited the armor that the gods wear in his film remake as a sign of homage and respect to Saint Seiya. Masami Kurumada (the author of Saint Seiya) was even asked to collaborate with the production team on poster designs.
Sam Worthington took the role of Perseus because he wanted to make a Clash of the Titans for his nine year old nephew's generation. During filming the cast had a few laughs about the costumes but he took it very seriously "so the audience doesn't have to!" Worthington also did not wear sandals while filming, he instead painted toes on his Nikes so he could perform the stunts better.
Conversion to 3-D
Leterrier approached the studio early on about a 3-D conversion but it was expensive and very new technology. After Avatar, the studio put pressure on Leterrier to convert the film. He was worried because of his previous concerns but was convinced after seeing the View-D conversion process. Leterrier considered the 3-D conversion to improve the viewing experience and should not be seen as a gimmick. However, this has been criticised by many film reviewers and viewers because of the lack of any 3D effects throughout the movie. Some viewers have even claimed to have kept their 3D glasses off most of the time.
[edit] Filming locations
Filming began April 27, 2009, in London at Shepperton Studios. Filming also took place in Wales and the Canary Islands (Spain), primarily in Tenerife (more specifically in the Teide National Park, World Heritage Site). Similarly, in Maspalomas Dunes, in Gran Canaria, and Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote. While aerial photography was to be conducted in Iceland and Ethiopia.
Filming of volcano scenes at the Harriet hole in Dinorwic Slate Quarry in Wales wrapped at the end of July. This slate quarry has also been used for locations for Willow and Street Fighter.
Los Cristianos Properties is highly recomended to see this 3D movie. Don´t miss to see Tenerife in 3D.
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