The Atlas Maior By Joan Blaeu
Long before the advent of photography, aeroplanes, rockets and satellites, human imagination was relying on clever people’s craftmanship such as carthography when it came to envisioning a picture of the […]
The Volta a Sa Dragonera in a Kayak
Those of you who don’t want to go to the Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva tomorrow could go to Sant Elm instead. Tomorrow’s Volta a Sa Dragonera in a […]
The Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva
Sunday June 14th is the date for this year’s Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva at the foot of the Tramuntana mountain range. If you haven’t been to the Selva […]
The Patio Tours in Palma
One of the cultural highlights of the year in Palma de Mallorca are the Corpus Christi festivities, celebrated sixty days after Easter. As so many other festes this is originally […]
The Art of Shoemaking
Last weekend, like every year in June, Lloseta at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains not far from Inca celebrated a Fira de Sa Sabata (shoe market). In the old […]
The Rite of Spring
Springtime is the time for a Rite of Spring if you so want for many boys and girls in Mallorca, the First Holy Communion. Last weekend this Catholic ritual was celebrated […]
The Absent Voter
Yesterday was the day of voting for the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It was an election with the lowest participation of voters ever. Throughout Europe with a total of 350,000,000 […]
Son Danús Vell
Mallorca has a plethora of stately country houses. These estates are called possessions. Some of the great houses go back to the 14th or 15th century. A small number of […]
The Palma Book Fair
This year’s Fira del Llibre (Book Fair) can be enjoyed in Palma’s Passeig des Born for two more days, today and tomorrow. A visit is recommended if you like reading, […]
Speaking Mallorquín
Language in Mallorca is a pretty complicated issue, or so it would seem to the outsider. Before my wife and I came to Mallorca to settle here 22 years ago […]
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is known to most people as a bit of a weird church sect of a Christian denomination, often found in the streets of Britain or the USA […]
The Oratori de Santa Anna
The Oratori de Santa Anna just outside of Alcúdia (bang opposite the town’s cemetary) is thought to be the oldest surviving church in Mallorca, dating from the early 13th century. […]
Castellers de Mallorca
I just love the spirit and effort of castellers and the art of forming human tower-like castles (hence the name). Manacor hosted a festival with three groups of castellers last Saturday. […]
Día Mundial Sin Tabaco
I daresay that the Día Mundial Sin Tabaco (World No Smoking Day) today will not leave much of a mark in Spain, certainly not in Mallorca where I live. Let’s […]
The Sa Nostra Garden
We are really quite lucky in having so many beautiful gardens and parks in Palma de Mallorca. It is marvellous that many of these are open to the public. One […]
Kite Surfing
We had an unusual amount of wind in Mallorca yesterday, and cold wind it was too. But some people were not bothered by yesterday’s wind, quite the opposite. Kite surfers […]
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