The Churches Of Petra
I’m always amazed when small Mallorcan pueblos pride themselves of more than one Catholic church. Petra for instance has two very formidable churches, the església de Sant Bernardí de Sena […]
Drystone Walls
There must be hundreds of kilometers of drystone walls on the island of Mallorca. The technique of drystone building uses nothing but the stone and the tools to hammer and […]
Dried Apricots From Porreres
Porreres is one of my favourite pueblos on the island. Around this time of the year Porreres is in the news because of its apricot harvest. In the past, the […]
The Writing on the Wall
On one of your shopping excursions in Palma’s old town you may have noticed some small graffiti doodles over the last year or so, such as in Carrer Sant Feliu, […]
Cool Mallorcan Persianas
Newcomers to and visitors of Mallorca are often amazed about an initial impression that Mallorcan villages seem closed off and shut down. All the houses have their window shutters closed, […]
The Chicken And The Egg Question
Which one came first – the chicken or the egg? That’s the question. But in our day and age the real question seems to be: where do the eggs come […]
Es Coll d’en Rabassa
Es Coll d’en Rabassa is a suburb of Palma de Mallorca, not far from the Palma International airport. The suburb is home to just over 10,000 inhabitants, mainly Mallorcans, foresters […]
The Felanitx Mezquita Sunna
After a very long year of hard work and some unexpected paperwork struggle, the new Felanitx mosque is now reality and has finally been inaugurated. The non-Muslim folks of the […]
The Garden in Plaça Reina
At the bottom end of Passeig des Born in Palma de Mallorca you will find the Plaça Reina and its fountain displaying some beautiful cascades of jets of water. Opposite […]
Stone Slinging
Some people argue that the name for this lovely archipelago, Islas Baleares, has its roots in the word Balearides which apparently means ‘stone slingers’. I cannot vouch for the accuracy […]
The Portocolom Lighthouse
The lighthouse in Portocolom is called Far de Sa Punta de Ses Crestes. Its tower has a height of 82 m with the light signal being 137 m above sea […]
Geodetic Surveying Stations
Surveying and ordnance are means and methods for governments to map and survey a territory and its elevations, and to know what is positioned where. Ordnance surveying was first commissioned […]
The Dance of Sant Joan Pelós
One of the nice things about Mallorca is that things (and traditions) are done differently from one pueblo to the next. For instance, many villages celebrate the saint day of […]
The Dancing Sun In Sant Joan
Yours truly had to get up nice and early this morning to see El Sol Que Balla (the dancing sun) rise and dance above the pueblo of Sant Joan in […]
Midsummer Hay
The time leading up to the Summer solstice is the time for making hay here in Mallorca. Now we can find many fields in the island’s landscape harvested with the […]
Emil Racovitza And A Shrimp
Driving along Palma’s Passeig Marítim, just after you pass Ca’n Barbarà, you’ll find the statue of an important looking guy on your right. The statue is in honour of Emil […]
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