Home, Sweet Home
Mallorca traditionally was a rural society including animal husbandry and livestock. Animals are not seen as pets but as working dependants or else, for breeding or for food consumption. Things […]
Forum Romanum
In Palma de Mallorca there is a place near the cathedral where the local Forum Romanum was once situated, some millenniums ago. It is not there anymore, but the Studium Generale […]
When it’s Hot, You Need Shade
In the old days, Palma’s inner courtyards were places to meet with the neighbours. On sunny days, here you were finding shade. And passers-bye were given water for the asking. […]
Menu del Día
I do not know what these ladies had at this Palma restaurant, but it was coming up for lunch time, and a Menu del Día was advertised on the blackboard. […]
No Parking, Please
Parking can be a bit of a problem in Mallorca’s old towns and villages, especially on Market days when just everywhere is parked up. Even your own, private garage gets […]
Zen Garden in Palma de Mallorca
Not quite as special as the famous Zen Gardens in Kyoto, this little corner at the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Palma de Mallorca invites you for a little […]
Tengo Hambre
‘Tengo hambre’ is Spanish for ‘I’m hungry’. This is a graffiti that I found spray-painted onto a bunker shell from the Spanish Civil War, at the beach of Es Trenc, […]
Reading the News
Mallorca with its 1,000,000 inhabitants offers the interested reader a choice of 3 daily newspapers in Spanish, one in Catalán, and one in English. The Majorca Daily Bulletin is the […]
Let There be Light
Porto Colom, Mallorca, affords the largest interior harbour basin of any of Mallorca’s puertos. This particular harbour is graced by a very proud lighthouse. The photo was chosen from my […]
A Delicate Balance
The island of Mallorca, Spain, offers about 26 lighthouses, called faros, to the seafaring community. That number includes two faros each on Isla Dragonera and on the Archipelago of Cabrera. […]
Past its Prime
Although this lady’s bicycle must have seen better days, the owner still bothered to take it to the bike shop to have new tyres put on. Have a safe journey. […]
Do as the Romans do
The island capital of Mallorca is Palma de Mallorca, a city of around half a million inhabitants. Palma is said to have been founded by the Romans almost 2,000 years […]
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