This weekend has been a 'puente' here in Tenerife. Puente means a bridge and arises when, for instance, both Friday and Monday are holidays. Therefore, the worker enjoys a bridge from Thursday afternoon to Tuesday morning.
Friday last was a national holiday in Spain: El Día de La Hispanidad celebrating the discovery of the Americas by Columbus on 12th October 1492.
Today Monday is a local or municipal holiday in Adeje with public offices closed including courts, notarios and indeed most professional offices.
Being in the international property business the PCI office tends to open on all such holidays; at least from 9AM until 1PM. Otherwise, clients, actual and potential, trying to telephone us from outside Spain could conclude that we were 'no longer in business' and that would never do! Furthermore, its important not to forget that the Spanish, both mainlanders and Canarians, are also buyers and sellers and find it very convenient to come to our office on such fiestas...provided that we are open!
The weather here is glorious...as usual. Since we haven't had rain for some time we are all hoping for a good, cleansing, downpour.
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