Food Shopping
One of the nicest and best stocked shops for food specialities of the Mallorcan kind is a place called Colmado Santo Domingo, in Palma de Mallorca. You will find everything […]
Green Tears
I have discovered a new Mallorcan olive oil that you must try. It is called Llàgrima Verda (green tear) and it is absolutely delicious. It has a buttery taste, is […]
The Hemingway Bar
La Bodeguita del Medio is a small bar in Palma de Mallorca’s La Llotja district, just around the corner from Abaco. La BdelM is an imitation of the famous bar in […]
Níspero (Eriobotria japonica)
The Níspero (Eriobotria japonica) is also known as a Loquat, Japanese Medlar or Mespilus japonica. This plant is widely available throughout Spain. It is indigenous to China and Japan, from where it came […]
Augustus Velatus
Ten years after Julius Caesar was murdered, Octavianus achieved supreme power in Ancient Rome. In 27 B. C., Octavianus was given the name of Caesar Augustus by the Senate of Rome. […]
Palma Boat Show
The XXV Saló Náutic Internacional de Palma (2008 Palma Boat Show) started a few days ago and will be open until Sunday, May 4th. Whilst my photo depicts mostly llaüt and other […]
Street Performers
May 1st is something like the unofficial beginning of the tourist season in Mallorca. In addition, as this year the holiday is falling on a Thursday, this marks the first […]
It’s a Dog’s Life
It feels as if Summer had started. The last few days, we were blessed with temperatures above 25º C. Time for a slowing down, perhaps even a siesta. At least, […]
Four Times, Rafa Nadal
Rafa Nadal may not be Number One in the Tennis world, but he managed to claim a fourth successive Masters title yesterday, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the first man to complete […]
Of Fish and Fishermen
When I first came to live in Mallorca, I was overwhelmed by the sumptuous presentation of fish and seafood in shops and supermarkets. I had found paradise, or so I […]
Arab Poets in the Balearic Islands
When I went to Palma de Mallorca on the occasion of Sant Jordi, the World Book Day, there were two finds that excited me. The first find was a book, […]
Portrait of a Virgin
The virgin in question here is Sainte Bernadette, born Maria Bernada Sobirós, from Lourdes, in the Occitanian part of the French Pyrenees, barely 50 km from the Spanish borders. The young Demoiselle is said […]
The Monastery of Sant Salvador
I have a confession to make: I like monasteries. I am not a devout person but I seem to react in a particular way to the spiritual vibrations that most […]
Oranges and Lemons
The Tren de Sóller to Palma de Mallorca was built in 1911 and inaugurated in 1912. Sóller was a prospering town then, thriving on a brisk trade in oranges and lemons. Whilst […]
Water Lilies (Nymphæa alba)
If one can believe the people of the Bishop’s Palace in Palma de Mallorca, the Nymphæa alba, also known as the European White Waterlily, White Lotus, or Nenuphar, is in fact an indigenous plant to the […]
Fira del Vi 08 in Pollença
Pollença in the north of Mallorca has an annual wine fair. The 5th edition of Fira del Vi starts today (12h00 to 21h00) at the Claustre del Convent de Sant […]
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