Blogs from Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe - page 6

How time flies - having waited months on end to start my gap year, my time in Palma is slowly coming to an end and what a shame too! Palma has been everything we expected and more. This Island in the heart of the Med offers stunning architecture, culture and history and you are almost always guaranteed some sun...we have certainly been blessed with that over the past 3 days. Having arrived in Palma an hour later than scheduled due to the French air traffic control strikes, rest and relaxation (a few beers) has been the order of the day. We caught the bus from the airport (EMT 1) and walked from Plaza Espanya to Plaza Major where our apartment was. We couldn't have chosen a more central hub to spend our time here! I would ... read more

El Arenal, Majorca a.k.a Germany.Going on a holiday for a couple for the first time, it is good to go for a fail-safe beach holiday. Although our hotel was next to the beach, we didn't expect it to be the German version of Zante, Malia, Kavos and the like. Those Greek Islands get the condensed tin of Brits, El Arenal gets the 18 year old 'this is my first holiday without my parents and I'm gonna drink all my saved Saturday job money in five days” Germans.We definitely stuck out like two penguins in the Sahara desert walking along the strip. Even the pestering cheap watch sellers and impersonal promoters shoving flyers in your face were lost for words when we replied “no thank you” as opposed to “nein danka”.I'd say it was great motivation to ... read more

We regretfully had to check out of El Vistamar this morning. After one final breakfast, one final session of “stuffing of stolen treats into Rach’s handbag”, and one more demolition on the pool table, we left our Majorca paradise and waved goodbye to Tomeu’s. Armed with a Google search of Majorca’s best beaches, we proceeded to visit S’Amarador Beach, a quiet little beach paradise hidden amongst a national park. I emphasise HIDDEN…we couldn’t find the bloody thing. Sue the stupid GPS was barking instructions to head down streets that didn’t exist and we ending up on bloody goat tracks that our little Toyota buzz bomb was never equipped to drive down. To say we were lost was an understatement as we almost drove into a drug lords beach side mansion (let’s go with that anyway). After ... read more

Wake up, super excited this morning as today is bike-ride Majorca day. I spring out of bed, throw open the curtains expecting a blast of morning sunshine but am quickly disappointed with the presentation of a grey and overcast day, and the soft pitter-patter of rain on the ground below. Umphhhhh, it’s not supposed to rain in Majorca, especially not during summer. That’s the sort of shitty weather we left for little Queeny as she floated down the Thames for her golden jubilee. But I digress. So we bugger the morning away, slowly eat breakfast and wait for a break in the weather. It comes just prior to lunch, and we venture out and select our shiny new 2-wheeled beasts from bike shed. On looking up at the heavens, we decide we’d better grab lunch as ... read more

So last night we had a relatively painless flight to Majorca however it was full of hens and stag groups very drunk and making ALOT of noise! I got picked up at 12pm by a driver from bens work and met him in the car only to realise id left my togs at home so raced home to get them. Whew! Other than that we arrived safely in Majorca and realised we hadn’t booked a transfer and all the transfer desks said we had to have 2 hours before so 70 euro taxi it was. Meh! An hour later we arrived at our hotel and got kinda dropped off just outside on the road and were so confused where to go as our hotel was spread over about 4 complexes! Eventually we sorted it out, explored ... read more