Majorca – Page 16 – The Mallorca Photo Blog

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 […]

Books & Authors

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 […]

Animals

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. […]

Farming

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 […]

Mallorca

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 […]

Art & Artists

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 […]

Art & Artists

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 […]

Felanitx

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 […]

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 […]

Beaches

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 […]

Customs & Traditions

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), […]

Customs & Traditions

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 […]

Boats

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 […]

Customs & Traditions

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 […]

Customs & Traditions

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 […]

Customs & Traditions

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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