Living in Tenerife

Tenerife Doctor’s Appointment and Electronic Prescriptions

Health, Hospitals, Clinics, Dentist and Medical Care in Tenerife
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I have posted about this before but just want to remind expat residents in Tenerife that there is a way to book your social security doctor’s appointment’s online. Called Cita Previa it requires only that you have your social security on hand when you visit so that you might complete the required ID field. For [...]

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Tenerife Property – Complex Management by Committee

Living in Tenerife
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When people first move to Tenerife and rent in a complex or buy property which is contained within a complex, they can sometimes find that the community management is a little … well … complicated. Take my neighbour, for example.  When she and her husband moved into this community they embarked on a home improvement [...]

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Tenerife Health – Candelaria Hospital – Know Before You Go!

Health, Hospitals, Clinics, Dentist and Medical Care in Tenerife
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If you are in the social health system in Tenerife, chances are that at some point you or a loved one may be shipped off to Candelaria to mend broken bones, jump start a failing heart or give birth to a bouncing new baby. The medical care you receive will be exemplary – possibly even [...]

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Tenerife Murderer Discharged from Psychiatric Unit in February

Crime

The citizens of Tenerife were united in horror and disbelief yesterday. Since the first few details were released about the tragic events that transpired in the Valdez Centre one common thread running through the conversations in the street and in restaurants, bars and wherever people gathered was, ‘Not here! These things don’t happen in Tenerife!’ [...]

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Decapitation in Tenerife

Crime

Unbelievable as it may be a woman was beheaded in a Chinese todo shop in Valdez Centre, Los Cristianos this morning. I would not believe it myself if it were not that I know Colin Kirby who is presenting the very sober report you see below. Read Colin’s full report at Tenerife Magazine. Details are [...]

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Sponge Bob in Tenerife!

Family
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Okay, if we are smart and think this through, we parents in Tenerife could make a strike for freedom that will be felt around the world. Yes, we can capture and ‘relocate’ Spongebob Squarepants. Just think, never again would Saturday mornings be disturbed by the dulcet tones of his nasal voice. And as for Patrick [...]

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Good Luck with El Gordo!

Living in Tenerife

Wherever you are in Tenerife today you will most likely be within earshot of a radio. If you have a good ear for Spanish you’ll hear five figure numbers being sung out by one child followed by another singing ‘Mil Eeeeuro’. That’s the sound of El Gordo, (the Fat One), the famous Spanish Christmas Lottery. [...]

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Tenerife Shopping – Primarni in Tenerife

Family
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Years ago, when my brother came to Tenerife with his two boys he arrived with the bare necesseties and an empty suitcase. Buying clothes for the family was so much cheaper here than in the UK that he just bought all the t-shirts, shorts and jeans that would be needed for the two weeks once [...]

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Thinking of Lilly – Miscarriage – Seek Support

Health, Hospitals, Clinics, Dentist and Medical Care in Tenerife
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My heart goes out to Lilly Allen. Having lost one baby already, this second miscarriage must be devastating. No matter how talented, wealthy or fiesty her public persona, right now Lilly Allen is just a heartbroken young woman who is going to need all the help she can get from her partner Sam, her friends [...]

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Clear Blue Skies in Tenerife Donate Bus

Charity and Fundraising
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The children of Watamu in Kenya are riding to school in a shiny new bus this morning thanks to Tenerife estate agent, Clear Blue Skies. For several years now the group has involved itself in various money raising projects for charity. Most recently they have focussed their efforts on behalf of The Children of Watamu [...]

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