Sant Honorat, Sant Antoni & Sant Sebastià
Sant Honorat, Sant Antoni and Sant Sebastià are very big […]
Agriculture, the Biodynamic Way
For centuries, Mallorca used to be an agricultural community, reaping the fruit of the land: carobs, almonds, olives, oranges, wine, apricots, potatoes, tangerines, lemons, capers, you name it. But with […]
The Convent of Santa Magdalena
The Convento de Santa Magdalena in Palma de Mallorca is the monastery where in 1552, a 21 year old girl was admitted into sisterhood. Catalina Tomàs eventually became Mallorca’s only […]
Los Reyes Magos
The public holiday of Los Reyes Magos (Three Wise Men, Three Kings or Kings from the East) is probably the most important day in the Spanish festive calendar. Three Kings […]
Molts d’Anys
At the occasion of New Year’s Eve, let me wish you a Happy New Year, or as the Mallorcans say, Molts d’anys (many years, i. e. a long life). Don’t […]
Día de Los Santos Inocentes
The Día de los Santos Inocentes (Day of the Holy Innocents) is the Spanish speaking world’s equivalent to the April Fool’s day. This day is a religious holiday named in […]
A Mallorcan Christmas Tradition: Neules
Delicately cut-out paper disks are a Mallorcan Christmas tradition going back perhaps 200 years: Neules. They are a sort of doily cut out of white paper. Some of these decorations […]
Hot Chestnuts
This year, Palma de Mallorca hosts three public Christmas Markets, one in Plaça Major, the main square, one in Plaça Espanya, and one in the Rambla Ducs de Palma. There […]
The Simmering Heat of Almond Shells
We all love the beauty of the almond blossom in January/February in Mallorca. We also relish Mallorcan almonds even though it seems increasingly difficult to get any in the markets. […]
Kindling the Chanukah lights
The relatively small Jewish community in Mallorca will tonight light a candle on the right side of the Menorah (candelabrum), on the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, […]
Crushed Olives
I have told you about olives before, and the delights of Mallorcan olive oil. But olives are food in Mallorca as well, and in particular the oliva trencada, the crushed […]
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
Christmas time in Spain is Turrón time. Turrón (Torró in Catalan) is a confection similar to nougat, typically made of honey, sugar and egg white, with toasted almonds, hazelnuts or […]
Twelve Days Till Christmas
The countdown to Christmas has started. Christmas lights have been switched on in Palma and also in the villages. There are Christmas markets everywhere, and there are plenty of Betlems […]
Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia)
I am not sure that I like the Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia) as a flowering plant. At least, I did not before I came to Mallorca. I have never lived in […]
The XXXth Fira de Sa Perdiu
For thirty years now, the cosy village of Montuïri has celebrated the traditional Fira de Sa Perdiu (Partridge Fair). Every year, on the second Sunday of December (last Sunday), Montuïri […]
The Matança Season
Years ago, the matança was an all important event in the calendar of the Mallorcan country folk. Sometime between November and January, the escorxador was booked to help with the […]
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