European Day of Jewish Culture
Many Spanish towns and cities were vibrant hubs of Jewish life, a long time ago, such as Toledo, Girona, Barcelona, Cáceres, Segovia, Córdoba, Jaén, León, Ávila, Elche, Palma de Mallorca […]
Open Doors At Palau Reial
The Palau Reial in Palma de Mallorca (shown here) is a fabulous building dating from 1882. It is now the seat of the Consell de Mallorca, currently presided over by […]
Travessa Xtreme Open Water Swimming
The annual Alcúdia Xtreme Swim Open Water competition, now in its eighth year, will race across the Badia de Pollença from Platja Formentor to the Platja de Sant Pere (near Mal Pas), […]
Roman Sanctuary Excavated in Son Fornés
Montuïri is, amongst many other things, a place of great interest to those of us interested in pre-history. The archaeological locality of Son Fornés just outside of Montuïri is the site of […]
Correfocs Are Hazardous Fire Runs
Correfocs are amongst the most striking of Mallorca’s festive events: diables and dimonis ignite fireworks everywhere, above your head, below your feet, beside you, ahead of you and behind you, […]
Breaking the Fast During Ramadan
This year, Ramadan (or Ramadhan) starts today, September 1st, and will continue for 30 days until September 30th. In Spain that is. It is more complicated than it appears. Since the moon […]
The Torero’s Trophy
I was commenting about the Felanitx bullfights the other day. Here is some follow-up. In Spanish-speaking countries, if and when the crowd considers the matador or torero to having done exceptionally well, […]
End of Summer Delights
Ah, the delights of late Summer. The fig season is starting now, at the end of summer, and figs are sold either fresh off the tree, or else, dried. The ripe […]
Six Young Toros Came to Felanitx
These six young bulls were branded with their respective numbers, no. 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 and 115 (one of the bulls is just outside of my frame, in case […]
The Diocesan Museum in Palma
The Palau Episcopal, the residence of the Bishop of Mallorca, has undergone an extensive renovation, recently. Nine months ago, the Museu Diocesà re-opened in the new setting, and a visit is highly […]
Carriages, Before Hispano-Suiza
The first motorcar ever to be matriculated in Spain was a Hispano-Suiza, in 1898 in Barcelona. The Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles was founded that very same year by Emilio de la Cuadra […]
Mallorcan Coal Mining
Coal mining is not necessarily an activity that one would expect on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. But, perhaps one should. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were […]
The Rise of China
China demonstrated their abilities of competitiveness with great ease at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, winning 51 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Bronze medals during the last fortnight. Not all competitions […]
Rambla dels Ducs de Palma de Mallorca
The Rambla in Palma de Mallorca used to be called Passeig de La Rambla. During the Franco years and after the Spanish Civil War, the Rambla was, however, called Vía […]
Basket Weaving
During the Summer village festes, one can sometimes see the demonstration of traditional Mallorcan arts and crafts, such as here, the weaving of baskets, hats and other some such trinkets. […]
La Gota Fría
The weather in Mallorca has been erratic this year as any local campesino would testify should you care to ask him. However, I dare say that one of the regular features […]
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