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FIRST HANDBIKE RACE IN PLAYA BLANCA
In the South of Lanzarote the first race of handbikes took place on the 30th January.
These sportsmen are handicapped persons who show us that in spite of their dificulty, the will and the attitude can overcome any obstacles. The tour went through the center of Playa Blanca and was 2,1 km long which had to be covered 10 times by the cyclers. (1.2.2010/aar)
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START OF THE SPAIN - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
"GRAN PRIX DEL ATLÁNTICO"
At 10:30 a.m. the fleet started from Puerto Sherry in Cádiz (Southspain) towards the Marina Rubicón in Playa Blanca (Lanzarote).A favourable wind from the NW with 18 knotswill accompany the boats during the first hours of crossing.
14th January 2010. - At 10.30 a.m. the participating fleet of the "Gan Prix del Atlántico" has started towards the Marina Rubicón, on its way to reach the Dominican Republic, final destination of the regatta. All together the skippers will cover 3.800 seamiles in the Atlantic Ocean.
From the start in Puerto Sherry the ships went southeast to overcome the tip of Cádiz and to cross the open sea.
The start was very quick with the swell and the wind from the fourth quadrant with a pressure of 18 knots, producing a very spectacular start.
In top positions on this stretch of the regatta, the ships Niob Sexto Cheyenne from Alex Quer, Acrobat from Amador Magraner from Mallorca and the sailing ship Iberdac-Gaes, from the sole sailing woman Pilar Pasanau, with the boat Macaco from Lucio Pérez from Teneriffe and the reduced crew A-2 with Cinc Llunes from Jordi Illa who started matched with the Thor from David Ruíz.
The prevision is that the first ships will reach the Marina Rubicón on Monday 18th. (source: Puerto Deportivo Rubicón and www.granprixdelatlantico.com - 14.01.2010)
DEAR KID,
In co-operation with the Restaurant El Tomate & Tomatissimo we woukld like to invite you to take part in our painting competition. You can paint or draw anything that fits with Lanzarote. Your picture must not be bigger than an DIN A4 page and will be published on our internet portal which you can fund under the following address: www.lanzarote-global.com.
Once a year a jury sing will choose the best three pictures, which will be awarded. The jury is composed by three adults and three children. The winners will receive a present.
Please, write your name, address and telephone number on the back side of your picture and if you are amongst the winners, we will call you. The winners of the competition will be published every year on 1st December on our web site.
Who comes for the first time to the restaurant La Cocina de Colacho in Playa Blanca, can immediately see that dreams should become true here. Its architec-ture, both exterior and interior, offer an extraordinary frame for the excellent kit-chen of a creative Top Chef.
The building, built in 2007, calls the attention and curiosity at first glance. The responsible for that is the Spanish archi-tect Ángel García Puertas, who follows up an unusual style, but not only on Lanzarote. His architecture has edges and corners; it has character. He uses glass and colours generously and sloping roofs and a lot of lights. The whole restaurant is full of designer lamps in its exterior as well as in the interior. In the entrance, for instance, you can see a light tree from Catellani & Smith. The architect has achieved an artistic ambience where it is nice to stay and have a good meal.
When one comes into the restaurant he looks at two wooden windows be-hind which one can see how Colacho works. The kitchen is visible from near-ly every table and is sparkling clean. It is a pleasure to watch Colacho and his colleagues when they work. But it does not really look like work. Rather than a pleasurable show cooking, where
every movement hits. Even when the restaurant is full and the orders are many. But the experts are like this, even the most difficult seems easy.
Next thing to remark are the taste - fully decorated tables and in first place the service; its discreet charming, and hearty.
The house invites a small starter: this time a glass of liquor filled with cream of pumpkin with a croquet of codfish.
Who studies the wine card, may possibly wish a wider variety, although it must be said that there are some exce-llent wines from mainland Spain to or-der and they are in good quality - price relation.
Of course the menus will change in the coming months and during the sea-sons, although it will always be a difficult job by this quality to make a recommendation.
The star of the starters is, free of any doubt, the duck lever pâté with a small salad of pine pips and raisins (Terrina de Foie con Pequeña Ensalada de Piñones y Pasas).
For the main course Colacho offers hake with ravioli of cabbage and Malvasía sauce (Merluza con Ravioli de Berza y Salsa Malvasía) or a risotto con small calamaries garnished with pepper (Risotto con Chipirones y Teja de Pimiento), in order to name only two courses. You can of course get fresh fish from the is-land (Pescado fresco de La Isla), or the back from a codfish with candied tomato and mashed potatoes ala thyme (Lomo de Bacalao con Tomate Confitado y Puré de Papas al Tomillo).
Who prefers meat should ask for the roast sucking pig (Cuchinillo Asado), what you will normally get only after previous reservation and of which the meat is so tender that it falls apart and which could not be tasting better. Naturally the other dishes like the roasted lamb shoulder house style (Paletilla de Cordero “Asado a mi estilo” or a sirloin from a bullock with duck lever and caramelized apple (Solomillo de Novillo con Foie y Manzana Caramelizada) are no to be sneezed at and have to be tried at the next visit.
Calacho only offers home-made de-serts and a choice of Canarian cheese with fig marmelade (Surtidos de Quesos Canarios y Mermelada de Higos). Who would like to try all sweet deserts toge-ther is best served by taking a mixed de-sert course, (Surtido de Postres. Sugerencias de Colacho) being also the recommendation from the Chef.
If you would like to have a look at the complete menu and wine card please click here.
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