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A walk along the coast to the Supermercado for some supplies. then a drive out to Arrieta to visit ‘The Blue House’, Casa Juanita – The Doll’s House, in Arrieta.
The house was built by Don Juan de Leon Perdomo in 1916. He was a local from Arrieta, before he emigrated to Argentina in the early 20th century. He made his fortune there selling wheat and met and married Juana Alemán. The couple had a daughter in 1904, and they named her after her mother, although she was always known as Juanita. Juanita contracted tuberculosis when she was a few years old, and the couple’s doctor advised moving somewhere with “good air,” ideally by the ocean. They decided to move back to Arrieta in 1915, and Juan commissioned the build of a house, modelled on Juanita’s dolls house. The family lived in the house until the daughter died from her illness in 1921.
We then drove to Órzola the most northern town in Lanzarote. Whilst parked in the car park a car drew up and released a flock of racing pigeons. The beaches are yellow sand as opposed to the black sand by the villa. The views of the mountains and lava fields are spectacular.
When we got back to the villa we had a clear night and a nice crescent moon.
JL Photos 