Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife has a friendly atmosphere and the harbour area is very nearby the city. We discovered the open air market, parks, small streets and I survived a dental treatment. The dentist was very kind indeed. 🙂
The music hall is built like a wave and reminds to the Sydney Opera House, a fascinating photo object. 
By tram it is just an hour from Santa Cruz up to La Laguna, the former capital of Tenerife. There are lot’s of historical buildings and courtyards. 
After a couple of days we left southwards to pick up our friends at the southern airport. The marina down there was quite crowded and we had to pull up alongside as the fourth boat. So we left southern Tenerife and it’s Tower buildings next day and motored over to La Gomera, the second smallest island of the Canary Islands, well known among hikers. 
During the crossing we saw turtles and some whales.
Unfortunately for our friends no dolphins that day.
We didn’t get a place in the harbour the first night and had to anchor instead which was quite uncomfortable because of the swell. But we could spent rest of the week in the harbour. In the Morning we had long breakfasts in the cockpit, did some hiking and swimming during the days and tried several restaurants for dinner. One day we discovered the island by car. Its northern part has a complete other climate and the central area is covered by the Garajonay National Park, which is a very foggy area, quite bewitching. Trees get their water from the clouds, which is called “horizontal rain”. The Canary Islands weren’t touched by the glacial period, therefore you can find endemic wildlife. 
The day before our friends had to fly back home we sailed over to Tenerife and this time the wind blew 30 Knots. Sometimes the wind is like a jet accelerating between the islands. At the harbour exit we passed one of the big cruise ships and they called us by radio. A friendly Swedish speaking officer who just wanted to chat a bit. We got an invitation for lunch next time when we are in the same harbour. Nice!
After we said good bye to our friends we stayed one more day in the Marina San Miguel to rearrange the boat and then we started to our final destination at the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria.
Sailing Lucky Star 