{"id":22806,"date":"2023-06-21T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/?p=22806"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:54:28","slug":"back-on-the-island-rawfood-in-tenerife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/back-on-the-island-rawfood-in-tenerife\/","title":{"rendered":"Back on the island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally back again. After three and a half years away, I am finally back in Tenerife.<\/p>\n

About my experience here, and how things are going with my bus in the meantime<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tenerife <\/strong><\/em>– it feels like coming home. This is where we have spent most of the past 12 years; my daughter grew up here for the most part. We left the island three and a half years ago to travel to Southeast Asia (another dream we had for a long time). It was a wonderful trip, exploring different parts of Thailand and Vietnam. Due to the beginning of the so-called p(l)andemic, the trip turned out a bit different than planned. After we finally flew back to Europe and Germany on one of the last flights in April 2020, I just travelled around mainland Europe. The way to the island felt blocked for a long time; the idea of island life itself too narrow – and I had, despite feelings of homesickness, no real impulse to come back here.<\/p>\n

That impulse came in February. During my last road trip, with Horst, the borrowed bus, in the middle of the mountains of the Spanish Basque Country, I received a request to sit house and dog in Tenerife for the summer. And everything in me immediately said YES. So here I am.<\/p>\n

And it feels good to be here again! The Atlantic, the holy mountain El Teide, all the other mountains ….. Only now do I really realise how much I missed you! It’s so good to see it all again. And of course – the heavenly fruits here, especially papayas, my absolute favourites!<\/p>\n

At the same time – I am in a corner of the island i have never lived before, and I don’t really like this area. Especially in a living situation behind many walls and gates – almost a culture shock after the off-grid tent-caravan-outdoor life during the last months in the Alentejo. It took me a bit of getting used to and finding myself.<\/p>\n

So – what about my bus, the travelling raw food caf\u00e9?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I left my bus, which is still being repaired, with the mechanic in Portugal, so that I can hopefully pick it up when I return. Due to the increased need for repairs (see last update)<\/a> and supply bottlenecks for the ordered spare parts, this has taken quite some time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I have actually received the news that it is now ready – yay! So this project will probably go on by the end of July, when i intend to return to Portugal.<\/p>\n

Want to help me to pay for the mechanics work and then start with the conversion? I would much appreciate your donation<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Banana harvest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, i spent the day far away from the walls and gates here, at the finca where we used to live 5 years ago. A lot has happened there in the meantime, too: There are no more goats and chickens, the finca dog now has a wife and three children, all of them beautiful and very cuddly. And soooo many fruit trees and more are growing there now – wonderful! We harvested loads of bananas (different varieties) and grenadillas; also a few papayas and white sapotes; and there were ripe watermelons too. A lot of it goes into the sale, but right now it looks like I won’t need to buy any more food for the next three weeks. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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