Mallorca
When it comes to retirement we could all do much worse than be spending our last few years in peaceful splendour such as the one shown here. What you see […]
Customs & Traditions
It is Viernes Santo today (Good Friday). Spain celebrates Easter, along with the rest of the Catholic World. In Mallorca, Good Friday is the day for a dramatic reenactment of […]
Customs & Traditions
Easter in Spain used to be and still is all about penitence and repentance. Hence the Easter processions. In Mallorca, Confraternidades of all colours and confessional inclinations (as long as […]
History
Ramon Llull (or Raimundus Lullus) was a very eminent writer, thinker and philosopher. You ought to know a thing or two about him (perhaps you do). Llull is considered one […]
History
In the old days, the part of Palma de Mallorca shown in this photo was outside of the city boundaries by a long way. It is said that in the […]
Daily Life
The people of Felanitx are causing a bit of a storm in a tea cup, lately, amongst themselves. Some 1,500 inhabitants of this Mallorcan town are followers of the Islamic […]