Didgeridoo Dreamtime
One would normally not associate Mallorca with didgeridoos, dreamtime or songlines. But imagine my surprise when I read that this weekend just gone, the IV. Encuentro Didgeridoo Mallorca took place […]
The End Of Summer
Now that Summer appears to be nearing its end, let me offer you a photograph taken during an outing to the beach of S’Arenal Petit in Portocolom, situated on the […]
Walnut Trees In Mallorca?
When I first came across a walnut tree (Juglans regia) in Mallorca, I couldn’t believe it. I thought that walnuts were native to the eastern Mediterranean and to the Balkans, […]
The Coso de Felanitx
The Festes de Sant Agustí in Felanitx are in full swing. In fact, today is the main day, the saint’s day. People not living in Felanitx might think that the […]
Banana Republic
In keeping with the annual Mallorcan weather pattern, we had some rain here yesterday in Felanitx. Hooray, at last. We had not seen any rain to speak of since last […]
Raixa Gardens Still Closed
When the Consell de Mallorca bought the Mallorcan possessió of Raixa in 2002 for the sum of 8,200,000 € with quite some substantial help from the Spanish government and the […]
The Palma Breadline
In case you are hungry and don’t have the means to feed yourself, do not despair. The good people of the Convent dels Caputxins in Palma de Mallorca, frares (monks) […]
Konstantinos Kavafis
There is no evidence that the eminent Greek poet, Konstantinos Kavafis (Constantine Petrou Cavafy, 1863-1933), has ever been to the island of Mallorca or to the island capital, Palma. But, […]
The Sea Tomato
The Mallorcan tomàquet de mar (Actinia equina) could roughly be translated as a Sea Tomato, however, there is no such thing in the English vocabulary. Instead, Wikipedia lists this sea […]
Ramadan Fasting
The Muslim month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, begins today, August 22nd. Ramadan is the ninth lunar month of the Islamic calendar, the month in which the first […]
Cala Can Curt
In Mallorca in the middle of August, at the height of the tourist season, one would not expect to find an empty beach that can be reached without the help […]
Sustainable Growth
Less air traffic passengers were accounted for during the month of July in Palma’s PMI airport, with 2,981,881 passengers coming to or leaving from Palma, compared with the same month […]
The Arab Bridge in Alcúdia
Before Alcúdia was called Alcúdia, the Romans settled there and called the place Pollentia. That was some time after 123 B. C., the year in which Quintus Caecilius Metellus landed […]
A Covered Patio Courtyard
There are a good one hundred courtyards in Palma de Mallorca, or even more. The nature of a courtyard is to be open to the skies letting in the light […]
Cala Gran
Cala d’Or used to be quite a prestigious holiday resort during the Fifties and Sixties when celebrities like Frank Sinatra or Farah Diba were amongst its visitors. Today the place […]
The Battle of Mallorca
Seventy-three years ago today, the Battle of Mallorca began, an attempt by the government of the Spanish Second Republic to take the island back from the putschists. Twenty days later […]
The Mallorca Photo Blog 