Hotel Portofino Palma
Carrer de Trafalgar 24, Playa Ciudad Jardin Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, 07007, Spain and Canary Islands
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Drinkn Watneys Red Barrel and singing Tore Malenos
Well we have stayed in the Spanish Domain (@spaintoolong.com) and headed for the holiday isle of Majorca.
Well not sure if we will stay long..too many bloody tourists!
Pics and screenies to come of the flight..very uneventful..no weather, no sheep and little else to speak of.
Ole!
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The Sailing Begins
... are off limits until 1pm. We made our way to 4568 and opened the door at 1:01pm. No balcony, but a nice friendly window stared right back at us. We had found our home for the next 14 nights. Grandeur, Palma to Panama.
And here’s the truth (as if everything else is false). When we bought the trans-Atlantic on the Grandeur it sold for a much higher price, but our friend Shirley from South Africa, whom we met on the Costa Victoria, ...
Waiting For The Dream
... takes only several weeks to produce a Mallorca pearl while it takes years to obtain a sizable oyster pearl and only 5% are gem quality pearls.
· Mallorca pearls lack individuality as every Mallorca pearl is perfectly matched and round-shaped whereas no two oyster pearls are alike. Oyster pearl's peculiarity stems from its certain blemish just like birthmark or fingerprint.
A gift as nice as the fellow who gave it. ...
Mallorca, Baby!
... really knowing what it is. But, it is advertised everywhere. Like big-****in time! So, we went to a fancier restaurant and both ordered it. All I can say is "Yuck!". It's a dish with spiced rice (cumin, I think) mixed with a bunch of trash ingredients and then baked. It's like whatever they had left over, they threw into the mix - like chicken bones (aka: wings), mussels and chicken and shrimp. Truly disgusting.
The bagette sandwiches we bought were ...
Life of the Rich & Famous and Tax Evaders
... of staff around. The airport is so big that some staff get around on electric bikes or segways. Found a cosy little cafe with couches got a few hours sleep. Plenty of other people doing the same thing, felt quite pleased coming in well under budget today. Must confess did not feel quite so pleased the next morning. Woke up feeling like had slept on floor, bad BO and no shower or clean clothes. Never mind will have to wait until we get to Lisbon.
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