Canary Islands

Today I spoke with a Ukranian entrepreneur now living in the Canary Islands. I didn’t know the population of the islands exceeds 2 million! He told me a number of other things about the islands that were news to me.

• They experience Calima, sandstorms that blow in from the Sahara, and these can last a week.
• Deposits from countless years of these storms formed large dunes of light sand, in contrast to the darker volcanic sand and stone of the island itself.
• Flights to the Spanish mainland cost as little as 5-10 Euro, and there are many per day.
• It is a good environment for children.