We win again! 1 fantastic goal by Alan. A very exciting game. We started 0 – 2 behind. Soon after we reached 2 – 2 tie. Then 2 – 4 behind and eventually we managed to win with an impressive 5 – 4.
| 15 feb | Inter Colonia B | 5 – 4 | Pedro Hidalgo B |
| 8 feb | Victoria C | 6 – 8 | Inter Colonia B |
| 1 feb | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 1 | Alcotán Canarias |
| 25 jan | Atlético Isleta B | 4 – 7 | Inter Colonia B |
| 18 jan | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 4 | Muelle Grande |
The supporters/families got organized and we were all dressed in team colors. Win!
| 8 feb | Victoria C | 6 – 8 | Inter Colonia B |
| 1 feb | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 1 | Alcotán Canarias |
| 25 jan | Atlético Isleta B | 4 – 7 | Inter Colonia B |
| 18 jan | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 4 | Muelle Grande |
We win again! The first match was lost, but ever since we are winning. Alan scores almost all matches, and he dominates the game. He is fast, he looks around and sees opportunities, he scores, but also helps others to score. Overall I’m starting to warm up to the game.
| 1 feb | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 1 | Alcotán Canarias |
| 25 jan | Atlético Isleta B | 4 – 7 | Inter Colonia B |
| 18 jan | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 4 | Muelle Grande |
Win! Our first win.
| 25 jan | Atlético Isleta B | 4 – 7 | Inter Colonia B |
| 18 jan | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 4 | Muelle Grande |
Over 2000 little pieces, two instruction manuals with over 400 pages, without any helping hand! Alan has been working days to build his newest lego set. The Milano. The spaceship used by the Guardians of the Galaxy to move around. The result was really nice, and because his room was already filled to the brim with lego sets we even got him a nice display cabinet!
Lost! I was never a big fan of football. Even though both my parents were trainers, and my brother played pretty well, the only reason I visited the few games I did was to collect grass for my rabbit.
With Alan this changed. In the beginning the lost a couple of matches, some resulted in scores like 35 – 0, but now the team found their place in the competition, and the matches are more equal. Too bad, we did not win, but Alan did score a goal!
| 18 jan | Inter Colonia B | 2 – 4 | Muelle Grande |
Your opinion matters. My opinion also matters but in reality nobody is really interested in hearing how I think about things. However, people are interested in what Alan thinks! He had an interview with a local TV-channel. Alan was very observant and touched base on the subject of using technology in class. Something he is in favor of.
I remember that you used to be able to collect cards from famous players and teams. Fun for the fans, and something that could quickly turn expensive. To get all the cards you needed to buy lots of little bags and make an effort to exchange all your repeating cards. You could place all the cards in an album, and needed to keep collecting until it was complete.
At Alan’s soccer team (before Fomento, but now c.d. Inter Colonia) they thought of something new. They are going to make soccer cards of themselves. It feels like a good idea to take some money of the parents, and make a nice profit for the club. I made a quick concept card to see how Alan’s card might turn out, but for the actual cards I suspect we need to be patient.
About two years ago we discovered two YouTubers that really inspired us. First ‘Bald and bankrupt‘, who made really great videos, like the one I like most, where he visits an off limits Russian production facility to the one of their last space shuttle like rockets. The ‘Buran‘.
The other YouTuber is ‘Kurt Caz‘ with lots of good videos, but the one I like best is where he visited a family in the middle of nowhere, they invited him to some food, and he then did a fundraiser for the family in Haiti, and returned later to give them some money. The family uses the money to buy a motorcycle, to help them with a better future.
We went camping recently at a site called ‘Llanos de la Pez‘, in the middle of Gran Canaria, and tried to make our own video, inspired by these two great YouTubers. See for yourself how it turned out!
The educational aspects of the video, that maybe remain a bit in the background:
– We are camping in a forest that is representative to Gran Canaria a few hundred years ago
– At that time the entire island was covered with forest/trees
– Roque nublo is the place where the original inhabitants (the guanches) used to meet, to discuss important issues
Maybe the video is a bit over the top, but we laughed really a lot during the production, so even if it is not the best video, we can only be happy with the result.
If you want to go camping yourself, then here are some more info and guidelines for your stay. Ask for permission to camp and spend the night. Walking routes available in the area.
We started the year with Ana’s family visiting us. Juanjo put a very nice impression on how 2024 started for us on his YouTube channel. A few days later we had a visit from Marco and his family, which was fun. We went to Guayadeque for a small walk and some food in one of the caves. Afterwards we visited our home and has a stroll in the Doramas park, where I learned the magical words to get a nice picture with the kids: ‘Backs strait!’.
I, once again, paid Apple 99 euro to be able to develop iOS apps for another year, but my first app is still not done, even after being in the pipeline for over a year. I will see how it goes. Maybe this year I will find some time.
Our apartment entrance is right next to an escape room. It started a couple of years ago, and now we see big crowds standing in front of their door every now and then. This month it was finally our turn to try and escape. Well, we did it, with only seconds on the clock we managed to escape the room within the hour. It was a fun adventure, something different to the things we normally do. The kids told us they had fun, although I did notice some agitation during the game, probably caused by the stress about wanting to escape as fast as possible.
