Jack Montgomery, Author at TENERIFE MAGAZINE

Tenerife’s Scrooge and a Carnaval Shock in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on December 21, 2010December 28, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

There are petty bureaucrats and then there are petty bureaucrats. Belénes (traditional nativity scenes) are as much a part of Christmas on Tenerife as turrón and Feliz Navidad playing endlessly in every supermarket.

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Tapas with a Difference on Tenerife, El Olivo Restaurant Review

Posted on December 20, 2010January 21, 2011
byJack Montgomery

Although tapas is readily available on Tenerife, with many Canarian and Spanish restaurants including a tapas section on their menus, specialist restaurants dedicated to the art of el tapeo are still relatively thin on the ground; Tasca el Olivo on Casa Iriarte in Puerto de la Cruz is one of them.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Posted on December 17, 2010December 17, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie make their third trip to Narnia, this time with annoying cousin Eustace Scrubb (Son of Rambow’s Will Poulter). The adventure in Narnia’s fantasy world this time involves hooking up with Prince Caspian again to sail the seas searching for seven missing lords.

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Botanical Gardens & Magic Mushrooms in Tenerife News of the week

Posted on December 14, 2010December 17, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Despite initial estimations that it would take a month to clear up the damage caused by the storm at the end of December, the director of the JardÃn de Aclimatación de La Orotava, more commonly known as the Botanical Gardens in Puerto de la Cruz, announced…

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Where on Tenerife is this? Photo Challenge #8

Posted on December 8, 2010January 6, 2011
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byJack Montgomery

We don’t know if our last photo challenge of 2010 is going to prove a difficult one. It’s certainly a unique scene and here at TM we aren’t aware of any other open air churches like this on Tenerife…

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Animal Baby Boom and Snow on Mount Teide in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on December 7, 2010December 14, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

After storms and strikes, let’s put aside the week’s woes and try to dunk ourselves in some Christmas spirit. Christmas lights are being erected and turned on across Tenerife’s towns, nativity scenes are springing up in shops and town halls and…

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Eating Gofio on Tenerife, the Original Power Drink

Posted on December 5, 2010December 28, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

It might seem like an outrageous statement but that little bowl of gofio accompanying soups and stews such as puchero in some traditional Canarian restaurants was partly responsible for the birth of civilisation…

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Violent Storm Lashes Tenerife

Posted on November 30, 2010December 20, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

As something resembling normality returns to Tenerife and the Canary Islands, reports of the intensity of the wind, rain, lightning and thunder that have spectacularly assaulted the island over the last couple of days…

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Ice Rinks, Protected Lizards and Carnaval in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on November 23, 2010December 8, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Carnaval in Santa Cruz increasingly seems to come with a doom and gloom addendum. A couple of years ago it was some residents acting as party poopers, this week Tenerife’s president, Ricardo Melchior warned of potential deaths during carnaval…

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Movies

Unstoppable

Posted on November 19, 2010November 19, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Plot: Due to human error of apocalyptic proportions an unmanned train full of deadly toxic waste is out of control and heading towards the city of Stanton like a half-mile long ballistic missile…

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