Day 3 Port de Soller and town - Sunday 9th November 2024

 

Darren and I drove down to Soller, a lovely journey through gorgeous countryside. Zoe had things to do and caught the bus.

Soller, the house with Darren, Zoe and the cat. Such a beautiful multi story apartment. Very Germanic way of furnishings and bedding. 

Our amazing octopus tentacle, tasty.

Beautiful multi-story shop. Closed Sunday, Zoe was ready to purchase two bed side tables.

Church in Soller.

Mexican Cocktails yummy!!

Port de Soller, such good food, soooo much like Malta!!

Zoe took us for lunch of Tapas, garlic prawns, sardines, padrone peppers, olives bread, salad, octopus, scallops - delicious.

Day 3 Jasi (Darren's Boat), Bellver Castle - Saturday 9th November 2024

 

Darren showed me throughout his boat and we met Katie James who was looking after Jasi the gorgeous boat while Darren has time off to visit with his mama. Loved Darren's office, the engine room, everything in its place. Beautiful.

We walked to Bellver Castle. It was designed as a royal residence and defensive fortress, in keeping with strategies conceived by the Royal House of Mallorca.

The hilltop constituted an excellent lookout point for keeping a close watch on any external threat by land or sea. From the 18th centaury onwards, it was converted into one of the island's main prisons. The castle was a especially useful when highly influential political and social figures needed to be silenced and kept in isolation. For more than seven hundred years it has witnessed some of the most glorious, turbulent, sad and cruel episodes in Mallorca's history.

Now it is used as a wedding venue, we watched a bride and groom walking up the Castle steps on their way to getting married.

Day 2 Walk around Palma, Mary's Cathedral, (fish, meat and fresh fruit and veg market) Flamenco Show - Friday 8th November 2024

 

Ice cream after the Flamenco Show

The Flamenco show stage, Alma is part of their name

The different meats Tapas, delicious.

The other Tapas, oysters, bacalhau, petinga, savoury cakes, prawns and champagne. So good, we ate like kings.

A walk way (O Paceio, that ends in the fountain)

Mary's Cathedral

We started the day by going to gym, we then went to see inside the beautiful Mary's Cathedral and then onto the market for Tapas. Had a nap after which Zoe joined us for the rest of the afternoon's walk. We ended the day with a beautiful Flamenco show and Tapas for dinner. An awesome day and night!!!

The weather is warm throughout the day getting milder at night, warmer than St Francis Bay. 

Day 1 Afternoon walk around Palma - Thursday 7th November 2024

 

My bedroom in Zoe's house, I have flowers and candles on the bedside table, so beautiful. Just perfect.

Darren took us out for a dinner of Ramen, real Ramen served by a robot, was so great. Huge portion and yes it has floating eggs and it was really tasty.

Darren and Zoe loved their South African spoils, I was so worried about bringing them through customs yet there were no customs

View from a high spot in Palma

One of the narrow streets in Palma, done that way to throw of pirates and invading marauders, like Malta, they were often conquered by various mainland countries of Europe.

First view of the Cathedral and Gardens, So much like Malta.

Sculptures during our walk

Path to the Cathedral of Mary

1st Glass of wine in a Month, have not drunk since the 6th of October

View of the yacht harbour

First view of Palma