Daily Life
When I started this blog, just a little over three years ago, it was the idea of a photo blog, just as the name would suggest. However, somehow and I […]
Farming
Figs are not really ripe until later in the Summer. Unless, that is, unless you do as the Mallorcans do and leave part of last year’s branches unpruned. In that […]
Mallorca
Suddenly, it’s getting hot. It seems that Summer is breaking out with a vengeance. There is a Yellow alert on mainland Spain with temperatures yesterday reaching 38° C in Sevilla […]
Daily Life
July 1st, 2010, is a date with a certain significance for Spain. The Standard rate for IVA (Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido) is being raised from 16 % to 18 […]
Architecture
Not very often are we allowed to enter a private home in Mallorca. In the olden days, it was customary to receive visitors on the ground floor. No-one other than […]
Fiestas & Festivals
Ok., here’s my World Cup blog entry. It has probably been inevitable. I admit that the World Cup 2010 in South Africa is not strictly speaking a Mallorcan affair. But. […]
Daily Life
Passengers travelling from Palma de Mallorca to Manacor by train will find themselves being asked to change to a bus service for the second part of the journey. The track […]
Events
Port d’Alcúdia is celebrating its Festes de Sant Pere (the Patron Saint of fishermen) with a gathering of the giants and also, a correfoc. Whilst the main day of festivities […]
Animals
The pueblo of Muro (Mallorca) is in the middle of celebrating its Festa de Sant Joan. Or rather, has been celebrating. Yesterday was the last day of this year’s activities. […]
Customs & Traditions
The Festes de Sant Joan are a big date in the festive calendar of Balearic events. None, of course, are as big as the equestrian events in neighbouring island, Menorca. […]
Mallorca
Pernoctaciones. What a wonderful word. It means overnight stays. Pernoctaciones are used as a denomination to tot up the nights that tourists spend in a defined holiday area. According to […]
Animals
I am not suggesting that the swans in the Jardins de s’Hort del Rei in Palma de Mallorca are singing their beautiful legendary song. A swan song is sung only […]
Art & Artists
If ever you have visited Ramon Llull’s tomb, inside the Basilica de Sant Francesc in Palma de Mallorca, you may have found yourself confronted with seven beautifully carved pieces of […]
Mallorca
The weather has been a bit imbalanced of late, here in Mallorca. There was quite a drop in temperatures of some seven degrees Celsius. There was even a Yellow weather […]
Beaches
The annual Volta a Dragonera en Piragüa, now in its 18th year, should have started this morning (09h00) from the beach of Sant Elm. However, due to adverse weather conditions, […]
Art & Artists
The Museu de Mallorca continues to be closed. Tancat. Cerrado. Fermé. Geschlossen. I elaborated earlier on the museum of the closed doors (last August), in case you wanted to freshen […]