Neptune Grass
After the recent heavy rainfalls and stormy conditions, you may have discovered piles of matter on your local beach and wondered what was going on. Do not worry. We are […]
Hunger Strike
This lady is lodged outside Can Berga, the Audiencia Provincial de Baleares (Magistrate’s Court) in Palma de Mallorca in a hunger strike protest. Her daughter is a mother that has lost custody […]
Human Towers
Castells are a folkloric custom originally from Valencia, from the 16th Century onwards. It is a tradition of forming multi-tiered human towers of up to 10 m height, and sometimes more. […]
Urban Wildlife
Lizards like this one can be found and seen from a pretty close range, just underneath the Cathedral in Palma de Mallorca. All you have to do is, look closely, […]
Coffee Bars Galore
Porreres may be famous for its monastery, Monti-Sión, or be fancied for its great parochial choir. The unassuming village in the Pla de Mallorca may be famed for its Bodega, […]
Hortus Conclusus
We are rather spoilt for the choice of beautiful gardens, here in Mallorca. One such jewel is the garden of Sa Bassa Blanca, owned by the Fundación Yannick y Ben […]
A Gem of an Island
I like numbers. 347 is not a very special number, really, but it is quite a lot of daily blog entries. I am less than 20 days away from my […]
The Calm Before the Storm
We had a lot of stormy weather recently and a lot of rain, here in Mallorca. When I took this photo last Sunday, there was an eerie calmness. From the […]
Utter Joy in Carrer Vileta
The people in Carrer Vileta, no. 7, Porreres, from Vinyes i Celler Jaume Mesquida de Mallorca SA, are always proud of their fine wines. The Bodegas were founded in 1945, long before tourism […]
International Museum Day
May 18th, today, is International Museum Day. Mallorca is participating in this international activity with museums in Palma de Mallorca and elsewhere across the island. Museu de Mallorca, Museu Diocesà, Baluard […]
Bits and Pieces
Today is World Internet Day. Or rather, World Information Society Day. This place in the country, near Felanitx, does not have telecommunications, nor telephone, nor Internet. As a matter of […]
A World Apart
There are plenty of monasteries and convents all over Mallorca, perhaps 60 or so, with a good number of them in the island capital, Palma de Mallorca. Spain was an […]
The Mythology of Bulls
The photo depicts a detail from a 2nd Century Roman pavement mosaic in Ilici, now known as Elche (Alicante). The bull apparently adorned the bust of god Océano (not shown […]
Four Sphinxes For a Three Year Old
Four sphinxes with lion’s bodies in the Egyptian style adorn the Passeig des Born in the heart of Palma de Mallorca, one at each corner of the boulevard. They were sculpted […]
A Silly Seafood Scare
The prevalence of fresh fish and seafood in Spain is one of the many perks of living in the South. Or it would be if it wasn’t for that miserable […]
Leylines in Mallorca
You may have heard at least something about Leylines without realising exactly what they were. I found an interesting website on the subject; you could have a read and find […]
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