If it is a Monday, it must be La Palma.

A year or so ago, the ship I was on was diverted to this lovely little island, because we couldn't dock at the scheduled port due to bad weather,in fact whilst writing, I remembered it was exactly a year ago during a Christmas cruise to Canary Islands.We were supposed to dock in Lanzarote, but were diverted to La Palma.I do not like Lanzarote.It is barren, plain,ugly small buildings, no character. When Mr Cameron had taken his family to Lanzarote for a holiday I thought he must have done it for one simple reason - to avoid the paparazzi.Why else would he want to go there, when are so many other so much more beautiful places to visit. When we docked a year ago on La Palma, I was expecting a nothing of an island. Instead I discovered a gem. The shops are small, no massive supermarkets or shopping malls. And thank God for it.I do not remember what I had bought a year ago,but today I picked up a delightful dress,made in Spain, a lovely top, made in Spain,a super bag-this I do not know the origins of, must look it up, and a made in Spain ring, then in a tiny boutique called Carmel, I bought a super duper jacket destined to be worn on New Year's Eve, and a stunning necklace.I even got a discount, true, I had to ask for it,but I got it. I didn't sit down to have coffee, because I would have been tempted to have a cake and did not want to be disappointed, as anything I may have bought in town, would not have equalled the superb little concoction I had for lunch on the ship- a walnut and coffee miracle so adorable, that it seemed a shame to eat it!I did take a picture,of course, and if I wasn't such an idiot, I would unload it now, but I do not know how, maybe one day.In fact the whole lunch was pretty special- I do not remember what the starter was(my wooden head),the main was delicious Thai chicken curry,cleared the plate! Then spent the rest of the afternoon on the balcony in the nude.Divine. To me the bestest holiday in the whole wide world is, when I am in the alltogether on the balcony, with nothing but the ocean around me. The weather was glorious, blanket sunshine from the moment the sun popped its head out, till it set behind a mountain.