Fandango
I love music. Spain is great for music, not least for the prevalence of flamenco and fandango. Both have their origin in Southern Spain, in Andalucía to be precise. I […]
Eco-Friendly
Mallorca is not really well endowed with dunes. The island proudly offers a multitude of beaches, mostly sandy, but beaches with dunes, only few. There are two stretches of dunes-y […]
Migration
Spain is a country with a high percentage of migrants. For a start, there are lots of Northern Europeans, like yours truly, that have migrated to the South. Then, there […]
Ball de Bot
Festivities and celebrations in Mallorca are always accompanied by music and dance, as they were last Sunday during the Beneïdes, the blessing of the animals. The typical Mallorcan folk dance […]
Energy Husbandry
People living in rural areas in Mallorca do not always have everything available to them. Some fincas do not have mains electricity connected, or telephone, water, sewage, or Internet, you […]
Sant Antoni
Yesterday saw the blessing of the animals in Felanitx (and other villages) as part of the Sant Antoni celebrations. The blessings are given by the parish vicar with the patron […]
Black Beaute
Two beautiful black swans live below the Palau de l’Almudaina, in Palma de Mallorca. You’ll find them on the way to the Ses Voltes complex – former army barracks (built […]
Honouring Sant Honorat
Algaida is this lovely small village on the wrong side of the Randa mountain, if you see what I mean. The wrong side in this case is the right side, […]
Aquatoris
It’s a fact that life would not exist without water. Although Mallorca – as an island – is surrounded by water, we need more than that. We need drinking water, […]
Picking the Menu del Día
Menu del día. A picnic. When I took this picture, I couldn’t help but think of that famous Impressionist painting by Édouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863, Musée d’Orsay, […]
Tortoises’ Fountain
Everybody knows the tall fountain at the top of Passeig d’es Born, opposite C & A, in Plaça Rei Joan Carles I. Most people realize that the tall obelisk is […]
Primary Education
Mallorca always used to be a rural society, predominantly shaped by farming and agriculture. Rural communities had their own infrastructure, with parish churches, local schools and farmers markets. But times […]
Chapel in the Romanesque Style
Off the beaten track, almost hidden away, is the complex of El Temple, in Palma de Mallorca. El Temple forms part of the Almudaina de Gumara precinct, pertaining to Mallorca’s […]
A Cyclists’ Paradise
Love it or leave it. Mallorca turns into a cyclists’ paradise every year, usually sometime in January and February, well before temperatures get too challenging. Thousands of Tour de France […]
January’s Moon Aids Mallorcan Wine
January marks the beginning of a lot of arduous work, should you be in the business of growing vines. The fortnight between New Moon (January 8th) and Full Moon (January […]
First Day of Spring
I know, the Spring Equinox is not due until March 20th this year. That’s another eleven weeks to go. But in Mallorca, the first signs of Spring can usually be […]
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