Pack Your Bags: Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

A long, long time ago
(like the Autumn 2010)...

Tyler & I were two young bucks

freshly moved across the pond

to ye Olde England

and were making it our job

to see as many places as physically possible.

One weekend, 

I had a work break

coincide with a gap 

in his classes.

It was a Tuesday

and on Thursday

we would have 4 days off.

So I went online and found the cheapest

tickets to a place we had never been:

Lanzarote.

I had no idea where that was.

I had to google it.

It showed up on google as a tiny island

in the Canary Islands...

which sit off the side of Africa 

down below Spain & Portugal.

Done!

We booked our flights
(you can find some great cut-price tickets to Lanzarote),

found an affordable hotel
(we stayed at the Hotel Hesperia),

and, not knowing what to expect,

showed up to one of the most random

and yet fun trips we have ever taken.

After 2 days of lounging around the resort,

we decided to rent a car on our last day

and sat out on an adventure 

that we still talk about all the time.

It was magical day
cruising around the island
chasing the sun 
and just enjoying being alive and in love.

The odd terrain of the land,

the dramatic beaches, 

the vineyards growing up in lava fields,

the spontaneous camel rides that we came across

(and, duh, totally did)...

... all of it was so fun.

That's how we travel.

Taking our time to slow down,

but ready for adventure at any turn.

And, man,

it has filled up our live
 with some full hearts and magical moments.

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I love these "polaroid" snaps I took while we were there-

I hope you will, too!

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If travelling to Lanzarote sounds like a dream,
make sure to check out Monarch Airlines 
for great flight deals 
to amazing vacation destinations.

*all images original to Aspiring Kennedy
*this post was sponsored by Monarch Airlines.