So much has been written about Palma, the elegant capital of Majorca, in the Spanish Balearic islands, that it seems superfluous to add too much, so here are some photos with a few words to explain why I chose them. Hidden in a tiny street behind the cathedral the Arab...
One of the most popular tourist sights on Majorca is the Caves of Drach and I must admit to feeling a bit wary going there as so many of these places are a disappointment. Certainly the queues for the ticket office didn’t augur well, but once inside … … I...
Most children and a greater number of adults than probably want to admit it, love Water Parks. The combination of swimming pools and slides is hard to beat and if you add hot summer sun then you have a recipe for holiday happiness. The Hidro Park at Alcudia has all...
The thunder woke me up, clattering against the window as the noise boomed around the nearby mountains. For a few moments I’d no idea where I was – then remembered it was Majorca, the Pollensa Park Hotel and there was rain hammering to get in. As I drifted off back...
Sometimes life takes the most unexpected turn. You may think you have a plan, a map, a route to follow, then something happens and the plan/map/route is suddenly obsolete. It might be for a very positive or negative reason; whichever way, things change and are never the same again. In...
They came hurtling down the mountain side scattering rocks and debris along the way. As we edged our way closer to the side, they butted each other in their excitement at our arrival. “When they see us coming from top, they rush down because they know we’ll feed them some...
Flying on the little Manx2 plane from Blackpool, with its toy propellers, was like something from a 1940s movie. The stewardess gave the safety demo and then was multi-tasking as co-pilot a few feet ahead in the open cockpit. The smooth flight took just 25 minutes and then … we’d arrived...
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