Week commencing Monday, 25 March 2024
Quantified Self
- This week: Stand 7/7; Exercise 7/7 and Move 6/7. (95%). Total steps: 102,234
Life
- Holidays are relaxing, but the presence of a hot tub vastly improves relaxation.
- Finding, what seems like, authentic paella is harder in Lanzarote than I imagined. Maybe it’s not a thing here.
- Related, it’s definitely not at a waterfront restaurant in Arrecife.
- The Arrecife branch of Zara is not permanently closed as some apps said. It’s moved to the mall.
- Related, I did not indulge in the McDonald’s food. But my resolve may have been weaker if they’d had milkshakes on the menu.
- Walking with toes in the sea is remarkably calming. The foot rinsing showers are super handy.
- A museum told me that the first aircraft to pass over Lanzarote were Zeppelin airships, and they used to drop mail by parachute as they passed overhead.
- Related, the bus should stop at Museo Aeronáutico del Aeropuerto de Lanzarote. I felt like I would be stopped by the police on the walk from the terminal.
- Relatedly, related: Buses run to a different schedule on Maundy Thursday. Even the bus drivers didn’t know when they should go.
- A couple of walks to Playa Honda and beyond took us past the modern airport. I still enjoy watching the planes coming and going while trying to work out where they may be flying to or from (there’s an app for that).
Media
- I was increasingly absorbed by Robert Elms’ London Made Us. “A cab diver stuck in a morass of road works and construction jams once said exasperatedly to me, ‘London is great, but it will be better when it’s finished.’ But of course the opposite is true, London will be finished when it’s finished.” (p291)
- Bryant & May Investigate White Corridor is another wonderful book in the series. Even in Lanzarote, the descriptions of the snowstorm were chilling.
- Beyoncé released Cowboy Carter while we were away. Wow, that’s a long album. Apparently, she recorded 100 songs for it. Thank god she could edit some out. I need to listen it more.
- The only TV I watched while away was The Life And Death Of Lily Savage and I am glad I did. What a great story.