Canyamel Classic

Die letzte Woche vor unserer Reise ist angebrochen. Wir geniessen noch immer herlichstes Wetter in einem November der so warm ist wie seit 30 Jahren nicht mehr. Winterpullis? Jacken? Nicht die Spur! Kofferpacken - jaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Nos queda una semana hasta que nos vamos. Aqui disfrutamos el Noviembre mas calido hace 30 años! Ni bufanda, ni chaqueta - de maravilla! Bueno, vamos a por las maletas! Siiiiiiiiii

We left Ciutadella around 8 AM to cross back over to Mallorco and into the Bahai de Pollença. It is a deep cut and large protected bay on the northwest corner of the island. We anchored out in the bay, away from other boats and the crew setup everything for watersports. Since everyone was more spread out and busy with different ...

... cave tour we took the heli to the yacht which was approaching Minorca island when we landed aboard. It was close to 6 PM, so we washed up and had dinner on the sun deck at 7 PM while we watched the sunset and as we entered long entrance to the Mahón harbor, the second deepest natural harbor in the world.

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And in the evening we all went out for a big dinner, before my sister and her friend set off to Germany the next morning already.

So I spend a lovely time with my parents, sleeping in in the mornings, having a big breakfast, spending the afternoon at the beach, enjoying the sun and the breeze, having yummy spanish food for dinner! Just perfect to relax!

Also I ...

... the girls some instructions on the beach (like how not to fall off the boat) and there we went... I took them out one by one and we had a really good time. Although the girls didn´t know how to sail, they managed really well, especially going out in the trapez. So we did some speeding up and down the bay! So exhausted in the evening!!

In the evenings we always cooked outside on the terrasse, barbecuing fresh fish ...

... Adam Diehl. He built a hotel for his friends who came to visit, but he and his sheirs have permitted no other development so the entire peninsula is still very wild. As rugged as the terrain is I'd think it would be hard for developers to blanket the place with hotels, villas, apartments and restaurants for tourists but I have to admit that developers have been much more inventive in this regard than I ever would have thought.

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... They are very commercialized, however and don't allow any photography whatsoever... with or without flash. To no great surprise, as you exit the cave there's a stand selling post card collections, CDs and other goods with all the pictures they wouldn't let you take with your own camera. So... I have no pictures of the cave interior.

The cave is about 1.2 kilometers long (about half-a-mile) with four very large ...

... designed to separate the tourists from their money. It is a pretty bay with a very large marina filled with yachts from all over.

Phoenicians settled at this site in about 700 BC, using it as a link for trade between Africa and Spain. The Romans came in, destroyed the Phoenician town and built their own town of Pollentia, the capital of the Island. In 426 AD, Pollentia was destroyed by ...

... on too late (she should have been asleep. I guess it never occurred to them that whoever saw her lights and criticized her wasn't asleep, either.). She was criticized for wanting to live on the edge of the village (obviously she had something to hide). Apparently she couldn't take it any more when she got annoymous letters accusing her of coming to the area for the sole purpose of acquiring a young man to return with her ...

Maths in the square at night, being awesome at the quiz, teaching it to swim, vodka and top trumps each night, the boy crying about play club, the boy loving play club, the convertible red beast (megane), fred dancing with me, all the AWFUL people that go to those places (us not included)