After surviving a sick kid and the accompanying early morning Emergency Room visit, we spent the morning hours of our first full day in Fuerteventura recuperating sleeping like zombies. Noah woke slightly earlier than the rest of us and spent his quiet time doing his daily reading and then sneaking some Minecraft on the iPad. I woke up at 11:40 but spent some time reading before Eilidh, Brian, and Emmie finally woke up around 12:30.
Brian got ready quickly to fill the Tylenol prescription at the local pharmacy (cost: 3 Euros) before taking Noah and Emmie to a local bakery for some croissant sandwiches, a slice of pizza, and a few donuts. He also got fruit-flavored Spanish soda for the kids. (Brian really strives to keep our health food intake high while vacationing.) After lunch, we packed into the car for our first adventure of the day.
Consistent green lighted signs make it easy to identify pharmacies in Europe.
Emmie at one of the ham and cheese croissants along with an orange “Clipper” soda.
When discussing trip plans with the big kids, they consistently showed a high level of excitement when talking about “Popcorn Beach.” Located on the Northern shores of Fuerteventura, Popcorn Beach gets its notoriety from the fact that its “sand” consists largely of broken coral bits that resemble fluffy white kernels of popcorn. I was somewhat worried that the beach would not live up to the hype, but on the contrary, we all loved it!
After traveling through the small town of Majanicho, we turned onto a bumpy dirt path and followed it 10 minutes or so up the coastline. When Google said we had arrived we were slightly worried we’d been led astray. We couldn’t see a popcorn beach, and we didn’t see any cars or other tourists in sight. I jumped out of the car to check it out, and after weaving through some rocks, the popcorned shore presented itself.
We stopped on the way for a photo showcasing Fuerteventura’s interesting landscape.
We had the place to ourselves for some time before finally being joined by a few other tourists. The kids collected “popcorn” and plenty of sea glass, and Eilidh built me a “birthday cake.” The kids would probably still be combing the rocky shores for more goodies if we hadn’t dragged them away with the promise of another place to explore!
Eilidh was proud of the sand birthday cake she made!
