Felanitx
After a very long year of hard work and some unexpected paperwork struggle, the new Felanitx mosque is now reality and has finally been inaugurated. The non-Muslim folks of the […]
Gardens
At the bottom end of Passeig des Born in Palma de Mallorca you will find the Plaça Reina and its fountain displaying some beautiful cascades of jets of water. Opposite […]
Customs & Traditions
Some people argue that the name for this lovely archipelago, Islas Baleares, has its roots in the word Balearides which apparently means ‘stone slingers’. I cannot vouch for the accuracy […]
Architecture
The lighthouse in Portocolom is called Far de Sa Punta de Ses Crestes. Its tower has a height of 82 m with the light signal being 137 m above sea […]
Daily Life
Surveying and ordnance are means and methods for governments to map and survey a territory and its elevations, and to know what is positioned where. Ordnance surveying was first commissioned […]
Customs & Traditions
One of the nice things about Mallorca is that things (and traditions) are done differently from one pueblo to the next. For instance, many villages celebrate the saint day of […]
Customs & Traditions
Yours truly had to get up nice and early this morning to see El Sol Que Balla (the dancing sun) rise and dance above the pueblo of Sant Joan in […]
Daily Life
The time leading up to the Summer solstice is the time for making hay here in Mallorca. Now we can find many fields in the island’s landscape harvested with the […]
Animals
Driving along Palma’s Passeig Marítim, just after you pass Ca’n Barbarà, you’ll find the statue of an important looking guy on your right. The statue is in honour of Emil […]
History
It appears to this scribe as though the archaeological finds on this island, including some invaluable treasures, are treated by the Mallorcan authorities as though they were step children, not […]
Daily Life
School’s out. This week saw the last day of the academic year 2008-09, up and down the Spanish shores, including here in Mallorca. The occasion was celebrated with aplomb and […]
Customs & Traditions
If you want to order a beer in a Spanish bar you might be tempted to say ‘una cerveza por favor’ and you would be given a bottle of your […]
Animals
Here’s the good news. The festes de Sant Joan are about to happen. In Spain, Sant Joan (also San Juan, or St. John the Baptist) is a traditional midsummer festivity […]
Art & Artists
The beautiful stained glass window in Palma’s cathedral suffered a bit of a mishap just over a year ago when some stormy weather in February of 2008 caused severe damage […]
Daily Life
The Ajuntament de Felanitx is housed in the Casa Consistorial, locally known as La Sala. It can be found next to the building of the Felanitx mercat. For years, the […]
Animals
Yesterday was a pretty hot day in Mallorca, what with temperatures of 34° C in the air and some 24° C in the Mediterranean waters. The absence of rain over […]