The website Calle Lanzarote now has a sister site publishing in German: www.calle-lanzarote.de

On the German site, my wife Michaela will be writing about her first visit to the island last year and covering many of the topics that I have written about on this site such as I.G.I.C, pan y mantequilla, as well as restaurants and places that we visited.

She will not, however, be just translating articles from this site, but writing from her viewpoint and adding her own opinions.

If you can read German, please visit the site and read what she has to say.

Simposio is a restaurant overlooking the harbour in the old part of Puerto del Carmen (Calle Teide).

Run by a German couple, it has 4 tables on the balcony and more inside, where there is also a bar.

The food is a mixture of canarian sea-food and German cuisine. Two noteworthy dishes are the fish platter (three pieces of freshly cooked fish) or the meat pan (chicken breast, pork medallions and a steak).

You are advised to book well in advance as on some nights all the tables have been reserved for several days! The telephone number to book is 928 515112.

The restaurant opens at 6pm and is closed on Mondays.

Photo: C. & L. Tappenden