Rosarios For The Kids
Around this time of year, in the lead-up to Tots Sants (All Saints Day), you will find bakeries and patisseries offering a wide and colourful array of Rosarios (strings of […]
Trobada Internacional de Tir de Foners
The Iª Trobada Internacional de Tir de Passetja (1st International Meeting of Slingers) will be held in Sóller from today until Sunday. The main event and competition will be on […]
Caulking
There’s no point in sailing a boat out in the sea if the boat then sinks. To make sure this does not happen, one has to give special attention to […]
Highway Robbery
Somehow, a few years ago, car rental in Mallorca went down the wrong year. La Crisis, again. Car hire firms, there are about 40 of them on the island, not […]
Gínjols And Ginjolers
One of the oldest fruits on the planet is relatively common here in Mallorca, and yet, we do not seem to know much about it. The Mallorcans call the fruit […]
Playing Monte
I don’t see my friend Jaume very often, these days. He’s getting on a bit, being in his late eighties, and he rarely leaves home any more. There were times […]
The Art Of Wine Making
The 2011 wine harvest is done by now, at least here in Mallorca. It was a good year, or so one supposes. It may even make for an exceptional wine. […]
The Fira de Sa Sobrassada de Mallorca
I have an admission to make. This is not an objective blog. Much as I might try to be guided by objectivity when reporting about this island, how can I […]
Contraband in Cala Murada
Cala Murada on the East Coast is as strange a place as you will ever find in Mallorca. When I first went there, some thirty years ago, elderly people sat […]
A Gathering Of Human Castles
Tomorrow, October 15th, three Castellers organisations will gather in Palma to demonstrate their skills. Castellers are people who form Castells (human towers), a spectacular demonstration of strength, balance and courage. If […]
The Fiesta Nacional de España
Yesterday, October 12th, was a National holiday in Spain, the day of the Fiesta Nacional de España, formerly also known as Día de la Hispanidad. As is usual in Spain, […]
Almond Harvest
September and October are the months of the wine harvest and the cosecha of algarrobas and figs. This is also the season for the harvesting of almendras (almonds; ametlles in […]
The Barraca de Roter
In Mallorca’s countryside we can find a Chozo de Pastor (Mallorquín: Barraca de Roter, Catalan: Catxerulo) like this one, built in piedra seca (dry stone). This is a shepherd’s hut […]
The Fires de Llucmajor
The Fires de Llucmajor are a pretty big thing here in Mallorca. The Ferias are now in their 465th year, having started way back in 1546. There are four Fires […]
Ultima Hora
For one reason or other, Mallorca is said to be the place with the second highest density of sundials anywhere in Europe, only exceeded by Cuneo in Italy. Perhaps it […]
Canis Majoris
Apologies for my liberal use of the Latin language. Of course I know that Canis Majoris is a constellation of stars in our skies of which Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris) […]
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