Showing Mission Control Love

Day 3

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April 22nd 2009
Happy Anniversary to us! We spent the day in a perfect way cycling ourselves silly. Our plan which did not end up working was to cycle from Santa Maria to Manacor to buy Mallorcan Pearls. Let me clarify, Mallorcan Pearls are supposed to look just like the real deal but are painstakingly made in a factory with fish scales. I am intrigued so we decided that jewelery is easy to carry so it was ... read more

Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more