Gran Playa Ca'n Picafort

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 arrived in Cala de Calobra around 5:30. We anchored in the small bay and took a tender to shore. The little village has a small pier along one side of a steep hill and the village is crowded on the hillside raising between two much larger and steeper hills. The whole thing looks like some Hollywood set because of its idyllic setting on the small bay. There are several bars and restaurants where we got drinks and ate an early dinner.

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 ...

... one you shouldn’t miss if you ever make it to Mallorca.

None of my pics looked very good so, instead of posting my bad pics, below is the link the caves website. Their pics are much better than mine and also show the boats on the underwater lake. http://www.cuevasdeldrach.com/

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... bad at all!
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 ...

... gambas, eating tapas and a lot of Aioli, hmmmm! And always enjoying some nice glasses (or should I say bottles?) of wine! Just great!
Of course we also went out to have professional Tapas as well, excellent!

So just a very nice, relaxed holiday which we really enjoyed!
Just wanted to go back as soon as we got back home ;-)
Thanks girls for such a good time- hope we can establish this as a tradition!

... I climbed the road up the hill to photograph it but found the small area in front of the church filled with trucks that had apparently come up from Palma for some film project. There would have been no way to get a picture of the church without having it half-obscured by the trucks.

The road to Orient is a very narrow little track with lots of 180 degree switchbacks that had me turning the wheel of my little car until it hit the stop in order to make it ...

... 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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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)

... gave way to the Porto Petro marina. It was so quiet here compared to the other towns. A few tourists walked down the sidewalk or sat for lunch in the marina restaurants where they serve Paella menus for € 6 or free buffet for € 8. World cup flags were being hung everywhere, and although one would think Spanish flags would be he norm here, German and Dutch flags were what I most saw. This whole island was colonized. Ed ...