Cap de Catalunya

Escape to Mallorca, Part 2

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February 13th 2005
We departed Lluc headed for Port de Pollenca, where we planned on finding accomodations for the night. The drive was down an extremely windy road, much like the highway we traversed to get to Lluc. This does provide for a lot of beautiful vistas, even if they come on sharp corners with heavily-dented guard rails that pitch over thousand-plus foot high cliffs that cause my wife to grab the "covert ... 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