I have been quite bummed this week because last Sunday Colombia, the country where I was born, rejected a historic opportunity to sign a peace agreement with the oldest guerrilla movement on the Latin American continent. It's sad that the people most affected by the conflict approved the accord, while the voters who are safer in the cities went for the No camp.

According to Nielsen, the viewer numbers for the first presidential debate between Trump and Clinton are out, and it was the most viewed debate in the history of presidential debates (84 million viewers). The second closest was the one between Reagan and Carter in 1980.

I didn't update this blog last week because my GF and I went to Tenerife, and I decided to leave my computer at home to unplug for a while. We had a really amazing time on the biggest of the Canary Islands. The weather was warm but not scorching hot; the landscapes were really nice and quite different across the island; the seafood was so fresh and delicious; and finally, the people were extremely friendly. It was just great.

Some of the highlights of the trip were (besides the stunning Teide you see in the picture above):

1- The nice town of La Orotava:

2- The picturesque town of San Andrés, where we stayed, and the nearby "Playa de las Teresitas":

3- Walking around in Santa Cruz:

4- The old town of Garachico and its natural rock swimming pools:

A couple of days ago we visited Lindau, a major town and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance. We stayed at a hotel on the island, which is connected to the mainland by a road bridge. The current harbour of this island was built in 1856, and the iconic lion sculpture and lighthouse mark the entrance of this port. An interesting fact is that this lighthouse is the only one in Bavaria!

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