As we said, there aren't many tourists on El Hierro. In the restaurant in El Pinar, we met the first other tourist (apart from the couple in the car yesterday, and ourselves). To be honest, we don't like this 50 year old ADHD German very much. He just keeps on talking (to us, most of the time) .... even when he's eating. Yuk ! His wife's nice, though. How does she manage to live with this guy ???

Mirjam really likes this artistic photo from our balcony. In the window across the street you can just make out the name of our hotel, and the yellow wall and blue sky add just enough colour.

Today we walk from El Pinar to La Restinga. On the first stretch, we meet a lot of locals. This must be the time of day when El Hierro people take their animals for a walk around town. At the Mirador in El Pinar there are two old chaps with their dogs, enjoying the view and the nice weather. Just out of town, we give way to lot of sheep, followed by a shepherd with a little lamb under his arm. A few moments later we have to do the same for his colleague with goats.

Halfway between El Pinar and La Restinga we don't see many people any more. The landscape is getting more and more volcanic. We see lots of volcanic cones and craters. Usually, these landscapes are referred to as moonscapes, but we think there are less bushes on the moon.

And there is a lot to see:

• a bunch of local fishermen, having a beer and a very loud conversation,

• a group of German parapenters also having a beer, but hardly making a sound (a bit out of character, we thought the only place where you can have more than 5 Germans together that are quiet was at a funeral),

• a black and a white dog running around each other for hours,

• a couple of elderly people gossiping about the fishermen

• a woman with the biggest arse we've ever seen

Exactly at 16:30 the taxi arrives, to take us back to El Pinar. Pity, we wouldn't have minded a bit longer in La Restinga.