Palma de Mallorca

The Adoration of the Magi

Today, Spain celebrates the Festividad de Los Reyes Magos. The Three Kings, Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar, arrived last night to pay reverence to the recently born baby Jesus, and to […]

Gardens

The Jardínes de Natzaret in Palma

Some of the nicest places in Mallorca are those that we have yet to discover. Take Palma, for example, and the Jardí de Natzaret, in Paseo Marítimo below the Terreno […]

Customs & Traditions

How to Avoid Bad Luck in the New Year

New Year’s Eve is called Noche Vieja in Spain. In Mallorcan, that would be Cap d’Any. The end of the year is particularly significant this year, both in Spain and […]

Customs & Traditions

The Festa de l’Estendard

One of the most colourful celebrations in Mallorca is the annual Festa de l’Estendard on December 31st (tomorrow), celebrating the conquest of Madînat Mayûrqa, now Palma, by the troops of […]

Beaches

The Weather Man

You may have noticed over time that I have a thing for the weather in Mallorca. I love this island and I am totally smitten with the weather here. More often […]

Customs & Traditions

Siurells as Nativity Scenes

I like Mallorcan Siurells or Xiurells, hand-made white clay whistles decorated subtly with green and red markings. During the Christmas period, we can find Siurell figures and animals molded into […]

Architecture

The Winter Solstice Performance

I am very sorry if this blog entry happens to be an annual rerun but, there you go. We are coming up for another Winter Solstice the day after tomorrow (December […]

Customs & Traditions

Modern Street Poetry

Sometimes, if luck is on your side and you are patient enough to look, you can encounter poetry or lyrics in Palma’s streets, and proverbs. Such outpourings might come in […]

Customs & Traditions

This Year’s Nativity Scenes

It’s this time of the year again. Belén time, Betlem time, time of Nativity scenes. I have a number of personal favourites, as every year. In Palma, I would suggest […]

Boats

The Latest Addition to the Spanish Armada

Sometimes it happens that I get excited. This mostly happens when I get a chance to do something or go somewhere that I have longed to do or to go […]

History

The International Day of Human Rights

Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights as stipulated by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10th, 1948. At that time, just three years after […]

Mallorca

Spain is celebrating another public holiday today, that of the Immaculate Conception. Fittingly, the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears “Ciutat de Palma” will hold a concert in Palma’s La Seu Cathedral […]

Art & Artists

Andy Warhol’s Sleep

Pop artist Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, does not really have a very close relationship with Mallorca, at least not one that I would know about. However, you […]

Architecture

The Iglesia de Montesión

In Mallorca, and in particular in the island capital Palma, one continuously encounters relics and historical monuments indicative of wrongdoing, bloodshed, skirmish, conflict, struggle, defeat, massacre, annihilation and general misdemeanour. Often, these […]

Boats

The Yo-Yo of Politics

Politics is a funny business. Actually, I don’t think it is funny at all. It just seems funny, or ludicrous maybe, to witness the yo-yo effect of some local and […]

Mallorca

Beato Ramon Llull

Spain is a country largely influenced by the Catholic church. The impact of religion here may be somewhat diminished when compared to, say, fifty or a hundred years ago, but […]

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The Mallorca Photo Blog

Palma de Mallorca

The Adoration of the Magi

The Jardínes de Natzaret in Palma

How to Avoid Bad Luck in the New Year

The Festa de l’Estendard

The Weather Man

Siurells as Nativity Scenes

The Winter Solstice Performance

Modern Street Poetry

This Year’s Nativity Scenes

The Latest Addition to the Spanish Armada

The International Day of Human Rights

The Concert de la Immaculada

Andy Warhol’s Sleep

The Iglesia de Montesión

The Yo-Yo of Politics

Beato Ramon Llull