John Burke's a-Musings

Sunday 20 March 2005. We are on the island of La Palma in the Canaries. Having spent the morning wandering around the streets of Santa Cru...

Sunday 20 March 2005. The good ship Carousel docks in Santa Cruz on the island of La Palma. It's a beautiful day and we are booked ...

Saturday 25 August 2007. We are joining the cruise ship Island Star for their Mediterranean Explorer cruise. Eagle-eyed readers will perh...

This is a series of articles covering our trip around the Canary Islands on the Thomson Celebration cruise ship. Once more meeting up with ...

I am, I must confess, a little tardy with this follow-up entry. The first in this series was published in December 2013 ... But hey! Better...

Strains of Madonna flit through my head. It's Sunday 6 April 2014 and we have arrived at La Isla Bonita or La Palma as it's more pr...

7 March 2004. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the capital city and port of La Palma, one of the westernmost of the Canary Islands. It is to this ...