Tunnel Visions
It may not be a phenomenon specific only to Mallorca, but there are a large number of underground passages and tunnels burrowed into the island’s underbelly. Think of the Roman […]
Stephen Hawking in Mallorca
Three weeks ago, the popular scientist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday. The author of A Brief History of Time was diagnosed with severe symptoms of a type […]
Of European Shags and Eastern European Thugs
I went back to the scene of our bag-snatching robbery yesterday in Es Molinar on the off-chance of finding a stolen laptop computer or else, a sign of the culprits. […]
Mallorcan Almonds
Almonds in Mallorca are not in full bloom quite yet but, the first signs of the imminent beginning of the almond blossom season are apparent all over the island. The […]
The Twilight Zone
I am happy to report that in almost 25 years of living in Mallorca I have never suffered from any lawbreaking. Which is actually not quite true. I had my […]
The Matança Monologues
I went to the theatre in Manacor last night, to see Acorar by Toni Gomila. It was a bit like The Vagina Monologues but instead of sexual tribulations it was […]
Haute Couture, Made in Calonge
This may or may not interest you. I am writing about it because things like the following interest me. There is a small village between Felanitx and Cala d’Or with […]
The Coloms a la Sala
I don’t know whether this is relevant to you but let me tell you that I am interested in this kind of Mallorcan snippet. Shortly after we arrived in Mallorca […]
The Winter Night Sky
As we enter a New Moon phase today, I took a good look at the winter night sky last night. I am not equipped with a telescope nor with a […]
The Caleta des Portals Vells
Sometimes blogging is an endless accumulation of irritation and annoyance. To me anyway. For a couple of months now I have been meaning to take a photo of the lighthouse […]
The Year of the Dragon
After the Jewish New Year (September 28th, 2011), the Islamic New Year (November 14th, 2011), the Gregorian New Year (January 1st, 2012) and the Berber New Year (January 13th, 2012), […]
The Digital Deception
We are being cheated. Not many of us seem to care. First it was music. The vinyl records and audio music tapes were replaced by the Compact Disc and, more […]
Some Costa Concordia Implications
When the MS Costa Concordia suffered a tragic accident in Italy last Friday, a Friday the 13th at that, one did not immediately see any implications of the calamity on our […]
The Countdown to Lent
The Mallorcan folks are really quite clever people. They certainly were some time ago, let’s say, a hundred years ago. Then, school education was a matter of the upper class […]
Sant Honorat and the Cossiers of Algaïda
The patron saint of the village of Algaïda, Sant Honorat (Saint Honorat), is celebrated every year on January 16th. Yesterday, the saint was honoured with a special church service during […]
Light My Fire
The Fogerons of Sant Antoni are one of the highlights of Mallorca’s traditional calendar of Festes, coinciding with the farmers’ patron saint day and the Festa de Sant Antoni. Tomorrow […]
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