View From Our Balcony - Cales De Mallorca

Ola From Sunny Spain

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June 18th 2016
After a hectic five days in the UK catching up with old friends and attending Steve and Lucy's lovely wedding in Garra Rock, South Devon, we boarded a plane bound for the largest of the Balearic Islands in Spain, Majorca. It is so unlike us to ever book a package holiday but the offer was too good to pass up, costing us only $1,600 for both of us for return flights, seven nights accommodation and ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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