Teide volcano hike

 

 

Hiking Mount Teide, a dormant volcano on Tenerife island of the Canary Islands (Spain). UNESCO World Heritage site.

 

 

 

Lava field

With a tajinaste (https://iconsandmoments.blogspot.com/2026/06/tajinaste.html)
in her lap

Tajinaste

 

Hugging a tajinaste in Tenerife

Tajinaste (Echim wildpretii) is a striking biennial plant that forms a dense, cone-shaped tower of hundreds of tiny red or pinkish-coral blossoms. It can shoot up to 3 meters tall out of dry, volcanic rock. It is endemic to the high-altitude volcanic slopes of Mount Teide in Tenerife. It blooms in late spring, coating the stark lava fields in vibrant red and pink colors, attracting massive swarms of local honeybees.

Sardines

 

Η ομορφιά (και νοστιμιά) της απλότητας: παστές σαρδέλες πάνω σε ψωμί με ντομάτα.
La Concha (Το όστρακο) - συνοικιακό μεζεδοπωλείο της Μαδρίτης.

The beauty (and taste) of simplicity: salted sardines on bread with tomato. La Concha - a small tavern with tapas in Madrid. 

 

tapas Madrileñas

 

Πριν από δυο χρόνια, μια όμορφη βραδιά με Μαδριλένικα τάπας στο Casa28, στην Οδό Αγίου Πνεύματος της Μαδρίτης, μετά από μια επιτυχημένη συνάντηση προόδου του ευρωπαϊκού ερευνητικού προγράμματος SafeSpace.

Flamenco in Madrid

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At ESA/ESAC

At the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Villanueva de la Cañada, close to Madrid in Spain ...

... with the whole SAPS project team (Athanasios Akylas, Omiros Giannakis, Ioannis Georgantopoulos, Anastasios Anastasiadis and Olga Sykioti) for a successful project progress meeting.

Madrid Blues

A beautiful blues night at the Café Central in Madrid ...

... with John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers

Ampurias

Στο Ampurias - Εμπόριο, αρχαιοελληνική αποικία στις ακτές της Καταλωνίας

16 Σεπτεμβρίου 1992

Paella

Spanish food in French town: Paella in Aix-en-Provence.

RIP Paco de Lucia

World-renowned Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia, aged 66, has died of a heart attack in Mexico. Rest in Peace Paco.

ESA Space Astronomy Centre

At the Space Astronomy Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) close to Madrid (Spain)

A spanish oak, the model of the ISO spacecraft and the castle of Villafranca in the background.

Portrait with a 1:1 model of the SOHO spacecraft

With the VIL-2 15-m S-band antenna of ESAC.

Live videoconference with ESA/ESTEC

In Toledo - El Greco

In Toledo. 400 years from the death of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, aka El Greco - The Greek