After about two weeks here on Gran Canaria (in the Canary Islands, Spain) I have found a really nice apartment just 50 meters from the ocean and beach/surfing. Before that I was living on a hill with very nice view but not within walking distance to everything, which is really important when living in a place for a while.

Although it is almost the same weather here all year around it is possible to see the differences now with more rain and colder water. Some few brave people are going swimming but the surfers are out there every day as soon as the waves are right.