USS Nassau Aircraft Carrier
USS Nassau was anchored in the Bay of Palma de Mallorca yesterday. The US navy ship is classified as an amphibious assault ship. She is visiting Mallorca with a total […]
The Metro That Wasn’t
The city of Palma de Mallorca decided a few years ago to become a real capital metropolis and be in with the big ones. A one line underground system, the […]
World Music Day
Mallorca celebrates the European Day of Music today, June 21st, now also known as World Music Day. The photo shows the Banda Municipal de Música de Palma, performing bits of Carmen […]
Burned at the Stake
Spain went through the dark ages half a millenium ago. Intolerance reigned under the name of the Inquisición from 1482. It took 25 years for the abysmal witch hunting to reach the […]
Plaça de Ses Columnes
The Plaça de Ses Columnes in Palma de Mallorca is a nice place to sit, relax and recover from a shopping trip to nearby Mercat Pere Garau, a very lively […]
Coliseo Balear
Bullfighting is more of a Spanish affair, rather than a Mallorcan one. Thus, there remain only five active arenas in Mallorca for bullfights, with less than a dozen bullfights per […]
Tea Time
One of Palma de Mallorca’s landmarks has to be the Forn des Teatre pasteleria, diagonally across from Bodyshop, and just down from the Teatre Principal. This pastry shop cum bakery cum […]
Life in the Bicycle Lane
Mallorca is a bit of a dream for cyclists. The island’s geography offers everything for the bicycle lovers, from the easy country lanes of the Pla de Mallorca to the […]
The Battle of Bailén
This year, Spain celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Spanish War of Independence (also known as the Peninsular War). That was the war between the intruding army of Napoleon I from France […]
One Exceptional Tree
I love trees. This one here is a real beaute. It is a giant Ficus macrophylla, known as the Ficus de la Misericòrdia. You can find it in the Jardins de […]
25th Anniversary
Last Saturday was a big day for Mallorca. The Parlament de les Illes Balears celebrated its 25th anniversary. Mallorca’s self-styled Queen María Antònia Munar Riutort threw a party on Saturday night […]
Mediterranean Poetry Festival
A few days after Hay-on-Wye celebrated the Hay Festival, Mallorca looks forward to another, the 10th edition of the Festival de Poesia Mediterrània, which will be celebrated at the Teatre […]
Books for Thought
One of the most beautiful libraries in the whole of Mallorca, in my mind, is the one inside the Parliament building, in Carrer Conquistador, in Palma de Mallorca. The Parlament […]
Last Orders
Time to clean up and shut down for the day. The staff in this bar establishment in Plaza Santa Eulalia in Palma de Mallorca has had a very busy day, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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