Off Season
When I first came to Mallorca, almost 30 years ago, Cala d’Or could perhaps accommodate some 5,000 tourists at any given time. Since then, beds on offer in this resort […]
Happy Birthday, Mossèn Alcover
February 2nd (yesterday) was the anniversary of Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, also known as Mossèn (father) Alcover. He was born in Manacor, 146 years ago, in 1862. Mossèn Alcover […]
Preludes
Frédéric Chopin spent three months in Mallorca in the Winter of 1838-39, some 169 years ago. He came in the company of George Sand and her two children from her […]
Carnival Time
Carnival has a rather early date in this year’s calendar due to Easter happening as soon as March 21st (Good Friday). All this, of course, is part of the customs […]
Carnal Desires
There are some topics of everyday life that many sources do not want to talk about, pretending they do not exist. Prostitution is one such topic. Presently, some 2,500 prostitutes […]
Miró’s Egg
Joan Miró is the artist of the sculpture Monument a la dona (1972), reputedly the work of art most often photographed by tourists visiting Palma de Mallorca. The public has […]
Tilling the Land
Not so many years ago, Mallorca was a predominantly agricultural society. Almonds, carob beans, oranges, apricots, wine and olives were the main crops, together with a bit of sheep farming […]
Police Force
Municipal police forces in Mallorca seem to have undergone a tremendous change over the last two or three years. In my estimation, local police forces have at least doubled in […]
Fandango
I love music. Spain is great for music, not least for the prevalence of flamenco and fandango. Both have their origin in Southern Spain, in Andalucía to be precise. I […]
Eco-Friendly
Mallorca is not really well endowed with dunes. The island proudly offers a multitude of beaches, mostly sandy, but beaches with dunes, only few. There are two stretches of dunes-y […]
Urban Development
A colossal amount of building work has transformed the island of Mallorca since I moved here, twenty years ago. That’s building as in the construction of roads, motorways, railway lines, […]
Migration
Spain is a country with a high percentage of migrants. For a start, there are lots of Northern Europeans, like yours truly, that have migrated to the South. Then, there […]
Energy Husbandry
People living in rural areas in Mallorca do not always have everything available to them. Some fincas do not have mains electricity connected, or telephone, water, sewage, or Internet, you […]
Sant Antoni
Yesterday saw the blessing of the animals in Felanitx (and other villages) as part of the Sant Antoni celebrations. The blessings are given by the parish vicar with the patron […]
A Winter In Mallorca
Amongst the loveliest sights that one can encounter on the island of Mallorca are the almond trees when in full blossom. Now is the time for these wonders of nature […]
Sant Sebastià in Palma
Mallorca’s capital, Palma de Mallorca, has a patron saint: Sant Sebastià. The saint is honoured every year on January 20th with an extended programme of festivities. The main activities, this […]
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