Thursday, June 18, 2015

Majorca

Majorca: la Trasmontana mountain range


red, red wine

First glimpse of the Mediterranee

The village of Campanet where we stayed the whole time

Its church


Didi eating loquats

At our favourite little restaurant in Campanet: la terca edad

Pouring vino tinto

Catching up with an old friend: Gwyneth: a local with British origins

She took us for nice walks


Ahhh the sound of the bells on the sheep...


Ram

Mama and baby

beautiful traditional wall



First swim in Majorca

1666 well!

Didi with Antonia, our host. Beautiful breakfast.

She told us a lot about the island.

Some local specialties

Didi writing her FB entry

Main plaza in the center of Campanet


On this day, it is a Catalan tradition to buy a book and a rose

Didi's choice? A book on gin and tonic

A local sign

Oranges fresh from the trees on an evening walk

At home in our 17th century home


Smooth sailing

Lots of cyclists from Germany, England, Holland mostly

We got lost and then came across this...




Time to take it in.

First encounter with the Mediterane for Didi



First swim in this Ocean for a long time.



oooh  yeaaaah!



She did not buy this one

Alcudia in the north of the island




Towards the Cap de Formentor


Zen and the art of ricochet


Chez Bartome and Maria... our favourite restaurant

A mi me gusta mucho vino tinto!

View of Parma

Cap de Formentar



Long and winding roads

Coming across a nice group of Spanish tourist. They broke into a song... beautiful








A group of tourist from mainland Spain. They started singing together


I had to go and practice my Spanish with them...




Eating a banan peel



Some amphoras for sale

Walking down towards this...












Saying good  bye to Bartome and Maria

Really lovely people. Simple home made cooking

Palma: the big smoke








African man levitating.

Didi feeding a baby


He is happy now.


Young woman and old olive tree.

Facing our shadows.


Taking a smoke break.


This church was never completed. Soccer took over.

Una cerveza per favor!


We picked some wild flowers for Maria and bartome

Dinner in a noce vegetrarian restaurant with Gwyneth and her boyfriend Sergi

Back at our home

Didi showing Antonia how to make lemon curd



Giving away old secrets

Visiting a traditional leather boot factory. Speaking to the son of the owner

Serious stuff

Market day


Antonia making a paella for our last day

Yummy

Some German doctors were also here for the last couple of days

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