Daily Life
Early yesterday morning, we had the first Winter snow in Mallorca this year. There were small amounts only, perhaps 5 cm near Escorca, and nothing like in the photo. The […]
Fairs & Markets
Yesterday, we could observe another splendid full moon. I like full moons, every single time. Perhaps you can call me a lunatic. Whatever, enjoy my photo. This current October is […]
Daily Life
It is not unusual in Balearic latitudes for autumn storms to cause havoc. It is not always as bad as it has been over the last three, four days, but […]
Beaches
May I suggest, what with the current heatwave, that you consider some proper sun protection. Living here on the island, I am constantly amazed as to how ignorant and blasé […]
Mallorca
Suddenly, it’s getting hot. It seems that Summer is breaking out with a vengeance. There is a Yellow alert on mainland Spain with temperatures yesterday reaching 38° C in Sevilla […]
Mallorca
The weather in Mallorca is turning from warm and pleasant to a sudden and intense heat with temperatures reaching 27 and 28° C, and even 29 and 30° C in […]
Animals
The Parque Natural de S’Albufera is trying to get back to normality after unusual, in fact disastrous inundaciones (rainfalls) last week. The Northeast of Mallorca, together with Palma, had been […]
Mallorca
Palma International Airport (PMI) was almost back to normal yesterday, thank you very much, as was most of the airspace in Spain and, really, most of air traffic in Europe. […]
Ecology
I never thought that I would ever do a blog entry on the fallout of some volcanic eruption as far away as Iceland, but here we go. Mallorca, as well […]
Farming
Whilst there are still a number of almond trees flowering around in Mallorca, a second wave of fruit trees are out in blossom now as well: peach trees, nectarines, ciruelas […]
Architecture
The last time I told you about the Roman bridge in Pollença (blog entry September 25th, 2008), the Pont Romà was shown as spanning a dry riverbed, the Torrent de […]
Animals
We were all surprised to be hit by another wintery spell over the last few days, here in Mallorca. Temperatures dropped to a low of 9° C in the daytime […]
Beaches
We had snow in Felanitx (altitude 95.26 m) last night. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but still. Snow in Mallorca very rarely gets to as low as sea level, but last […]
Daily Life
Last year seemingly was one of the wettest years on record in Mallorca, or so we hear. In total, 546 litres of rain were recorded per square metre at the […]
Boats
We have been very lucky lately with the weather, here in Mallorca. Yesterday, a rather pretty formation of Cirrocumulus clouds could be observed in the late afternoon, as seen here […]
Customs & Traditions
I have an admission to make: I have failed you. I am terribly sorry. This is about the event of the Winter Solstice. You may know (or you may have […]