From the Melon Capital of Mallorca
One of the villages in the central plains of Mallorca is called Vilafranca de Bonany. This pueblo is famous for its annual Melon Festival. It was celebrated this last weekend. […]
Thirst Squelcher
This year’s verbenas in Felanitx have come to an end. A lot of cerveza has been consumed. Six novillada bulls have perished. Now the party is over. See you next […]
Smoking Allowed With Your Food
Even though Spain has new Anti-Smoking laws in effect for more than 18 months, there are many loopholes. Smoking is not allowed in bars or restaurants or anywhere with food […]
An Alternative to Chocolate
At this time of the year you will see farmers in Mallorca beating long dark locust beans off their trees with long sticks. Now is the time for the annual […]
After the Bullfights, it’s Correfoc Time
Most every village in Mallorca has a correfoc, a run […]
Felanitx Has Its Own Pamplona Day
Felanitx celebrates a bullfight only once a year, on August 28th, the day of Sant Agustí. The photo shows the Plaza de Toros (bullring) with the novillada going on inside. […]
Ready, Steady, Go
Felanitx is the third largest town on the island of Mallorca, after Palma and Manacor. Felanitx is known on the island for its wine and for the annual verbenas. The […]
After the Race
The 23rd Almirante Conde de Barcelona Trophy was raced in Palma de Mallorca last weekend. The beauty about this particular, annual boat regatta is that it is being raced between […]
Library of Mallorcan Artists
One can find a lot of art in Palma de Mallorca. Plenty of the artworks are sculptures, lots of which are placed in public spaces. This one here is a […]
Beautiful Entrance
You can see the beauty of a person in the eyes, or some other small detail. The same is true with beautiful objects of any kind. A church, a castle […]
Lavaderos Publicos
Municipal Police forces on the island of Mallorca have recently changed their livery to this loud and cognitive colour scheme. But only the Policia Local of the town of Felanitx […]
Lazy Saturday Afternoon
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday, we enjoyed a drink in the local Palmtree square, and feeling lazy. Temperatures were high, some 28° Celcius. No tourists were to be seen, anywhere. Bliss. The […]
A Taxi Ride, the Old Way
If you want to explore some of Palma’s historic sights, you could take a taxi. Alternatively, why not take one of these horse drawn carriages? They will take you on […]
Tourist Season
There are some 13,000,000 visitors coming to Mallorca every year. Most of them come in July and August, at the height of summer. There should be some 1,500,000 tourists on […]
In Praise of Libraries
I really like public libraries, especially those that have an air of tradition to them. Spain is well placed for history and tradition, and so is Mallorca, this jewel in […]
Bats, Anybody?
Palma de Mallorca, believe it or not, has a bat in its coat of arms. Yes. Not many people know that. Have a closer look when next in Palma. You […]
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