Mallorca

We made it to Spain!

 Mallorca (Pronounced Ma-yor-ka) is the biggest of the Spanish Islands. It’s well known as a popular British and German holiday spot which can be a bit gross.  But we were lucky enough that Alex has friends who live there and didn’t mind putting up with us for a week; so we got to see a whole other side to the island.

Apologies in advance for the length of this post but Spain’s so cool that I want to share all of it. As requested I've also tried to include a bit of food porn. 

We stayed in Puig de Ros with Jayne and Chris (our amazing hosts). It’s about a 15 minute drive from Palma, the capital of the island. These were the digs:

We spent our first day in Spain exploring Palma. Our first attempt at getting a meal was a fail, the waitress brought us our drinks but forgot our food completely (it ended up being easier to just pay for the drinks and leave). But after that it was all smooth sailing. People seemed pretty happy at our attempts of Spanish. We walked the streets of Palma, stumbled upon a Gaudi building we didn't know existed and got some delicious tapas.

Our Fist Meal in Spain - a plate of meat and cheese and a Spanish Waldorf Salad

Detail on the surprise Gaudi Building - it's used as a dentist

The Cathedral - turns out it's also a Gaudi design

We explored the local area around Puig de Ros. There’s a nice spot for snorkeling and hanging out by the water. Since there’s no beach it’s a pretty quiet place to visit, except for the photo shoots.

It was slippery

We also found Oktoberfest near-by

We stayed at Jayne’s parent’s apartment in Soller one night to visit a real Spanish village. We had amazing tapas (I love tapas) and got to test taste at the local market.

The view from the apartment we stayed in - amazing

Local olives at the market

Test tasting some ham. mmmmmmm.

This is half a rabbit roasted with Garlic. It doesn't look so photogenic (I maybe need to work on my food porn) but it tasted pretty good. (They eat a lot of rabbit in Spain. You can buy whole ones, head included, at the butcher)

On the way home we had a pit stop in Valldemossa, another cute little village.

The Mallorca we got to see on this little trip was beautiful. 

Olive Tree