Mallorca Challenge 2008
The XVII Volta Ciclista a Mallorca is held from February 10th to 14th, and yesterday, the cyclists whizzed through Felanitx. Belgium Philippe Gilbert had taken the surprise lead during Day […]
Wondrous Plant World
Garden lovers and friends of the plant kingdom would be well advised to pay a visit to the Jardín Botánico de Sóller. We went there last Saturday, and what a […]
Plenty of Water
Gorg Blau is a water reservoir that Mallorca’s capital city, Palma de Mallorca, relies upon for most of its water supply, together with the Embalse Cúber. Well, here’s the good […]
Sleepless in Inca
Inca is Mallorca’s third biggest city, after Palma and Manacor, and is home to approximately 30,000 inhabitants. Inca is big in the leather business, including shoes. The main parish church, […]
Sa Feixina and the Fallen Heroes
There is a nice park in central Palma de Mallorca, right next to the Sa Riera torrente in Passeig Mallorca, and bordered by the Baluard, a fortress now converted into […]
Happy Chinese New Year
February 7th, i. e. today, marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat, in China and in some other – but not all – parts of Asia. The Chinese […]
El Entierro de la Sardina
The changeover from Carnival to Lent is marked in Mallorca by El Entierro de la Sardina (funeral of the sardine). A mock funeral is staged by some villages with a […]
Rock Climbing and Abseiling
Last Sunday we headed to Cala Magraner on the east coast, not far from Porto Cristo, to do some abseiling. A good rock wall can be found in the Xorics […]
Off Season
When I first came to Mallorca, almost 30 years ago, Cala d’Or could perhaps accommodate some 5,000 tourists at any given time. Since then, beds on offer in this resort […]
Happy Birthday, Mossèn Alcover
February 2nd (yesterday) was the anniversary of Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, also known as Mossèn (father) Alcover. He was born in Manacor, 146 years ago, in 1862. Mossèn Alcover […]
Preludes
Frédéric Chopin spent three months in Mallorca in the Winter of 1838-39, some 169 years ago. He came in the company of George Sand and her two children from her […]
Carnival Time
Carnival has a rather early date in this year’s calendar due to Easter happening as soon as March 21st (Good Friday). All this, of course, is part of the customs […]
Carnal Desires
There are some topics of everyday life that many sources do not want to talk about, pretending they do not exist. Prostitution is one such topic. Presently, some 2,500 prostitutes […]
Miró’s Egg
Joan Miró is the artist of the sculpture Monument a la dona (1972), reputedly the work of art most often photographed by tourists visiting Palma de Mallorca. The public has […]
Tilling the Land
Not so many years ago, Mallorca was a predominantly agricultural society. Almonds, carob beans, oranges, apricots, wine and olives were the main crops, together with a bit of sheep farming […]
Police Force
Municipal police forces in Mallorca seem to have undergone a tremendous change over the last two or three years. In my estimation, local police forces have at least doubled in […]
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