Dia Cinco. Despite Alcuida being in the top north of the island, it doesnt take that long to get there, probably because it's a tourist hot spot. There's a motorway that goes straight from Palma to Alcuida and it only took about an hour to get there. This place is worth a visit, initially the area was inhabited by Phonenicians and Greeks, then settled by the Romans as far back as 132 BC! Vandals, Byzantines and Arabs all came to tear the place apart and eventall...

Dia Cuatro. The island of Mallorca has had a pretty bloody history really, everyone back in Blighty thinks of it as one of those places to go for a cheap beach holiday, but get off one's bottom and head North Easterly and you can catch up on some of the more exciting things that happened here. Pirates from the Ottoman Empire and Berbers from North Africa would show up regularly and treat the place as if it was Market Day, they would steal, pillage, ransack the v...

Dia Tres. We're up bright and early, the weather is good and we're lounging about on the balcony getting to know our host Catarina a bit better. Everyone has a story and Catarina's is a bit more interesting than others. Catarina is an English teacher and is from Venezuela. She upped sticks about three years ago when things started getting a bit hot over there. Catarina went to a few places before coming to Palma, she spent a bit of time in London but found the p...

Dia Dos. We get up pretty early and have a quick chat to our host Catarina, who's heading out the door. For some reason we blob out a bit, enjoying the balcony views. The weather is pretty good here, a bit nipply in the am but picks up after a while. The temperature has been between 14 Deg C. & 20 Deg. C plus, so it's T shirt weather in the daytime and fleece on after 5 pm. It's now time to get a coffee, so we head on into the old city. There's a McDonalds ...

Dia Uno. By all accounts we shouldnt be here, for this we have a mutual friend to thank. It was pretty much his idea that we should all head off to Palma as Grant is learning Spanish and it would be a decent break. However, our mutual friend then flaked out quite spectacularly and so it was left to Grant & Myself to get things sorted. Grant arranged the Air BnB and flights were booked. We left at 4.00 am as the flight was at 7.10 am - If you've read any of t...