Mallorca My highlights – Part One: The First Year
A big move is in progress. The Daily Norm has one gelatinous leg in its new London home, and the other floating somewhere in transit as we await the delivery of all the possessions – and post importantly the computer – which makes writing of The Daily Norm a regular possibility. So excuses are sought from all readers for the temporary scarcity of posts. But at the same time, as any self respected blogger, I don’t want to lose this moment to reflect upon the magnitude of this change, nor to miss the opportunity to look back on my time in Mallorca. For two short years it may only have been, but those 27ish months provided a lifetime of unforgettable experiences for which I am so grateful.
So in the next two posts, I plan to reflect back upon those two years, doing so by way of the medium of my photos which is surely the best way of reliving the memories. For the mere process of selecting these photos for part one of these posts – the first year of my Mallorca experience – demonstrated with such potency what an incredible time we had. The colours alone speak of a thousand moments, of all those sunsets and sunny days and spring flowers and autumn leaves. The incredible mountains and the craggy coast, the windmills and the sheep and the little shops of Palma’s Casco Antiguo. All goes in the mix as I reflect on my first of two years in Mallorca – two years which can be very easily labelled the best in my life. So far.
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- The Baños Arabes
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- The bay of S’Estaca
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- The church at Pollensa
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- Formentor
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- Mallorca’s famous windmills
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- Another incredible sunset
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- Autumn arrives
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- The monastery of San Francesc
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- 2 days before Christmas
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- Sa Foradada, Deia
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- Old Town fountain, Palma
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- Palms by sunset
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- Palma’s enchanting old town
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- Olive terraces
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- Rippled water
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- Ducks at sunset
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- Old town basket shopping
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- The mighty scale of the mountains
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- Turquoise seas
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- Palma’s resident swan
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- Yachts in Palma
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- Palma’s City of the Dead
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- The beach at Formentor
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- Valldemossa street
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- Christmas light delight
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- Sun through the reeds, Andratx
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- Ripened winter oranges
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- Alfabia Gardens
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- Fountain, Passeig del Born
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- Grape harvest
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- First days
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- The stunning beauty of the Malloquin countryside
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- Tramuntana locals
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- Mountain Valleys
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- Colour contrast
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- Traditional craftsmanship
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- The beach at Palma
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- Porto Colom
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- Miramar monastery
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- The Church of San Francesc
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- Church doorway, Palma
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- Awaiting his owner at S’Estaca
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- Portixol
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- Easter parades
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- Pollensa Bay
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- Cemetery tiles
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- Wine harvest
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- Deia at sunset
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- The palms of Palma
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- Valldemossa
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- Lilies in shadow
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- The best sweet shop
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- The stunning landscape of Formentor
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- The graveyard at Deia
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- Day of the Dead
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- Dominik, the explorer
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- Biniaraix
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- Refracted colour
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- Almond blossom season
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- Mallorca “lenguas” in production
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- Turquoise perfection
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- Easter parades
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- Soller’s famous lemons
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- Cala Figuera
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- Skyline, Palma old town
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- Old town reflection
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- Flowers, Deia
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- Beyond repair, Palma
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- Sa Foradada
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- The gardens at Alfabia, Soller
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- Sunset over Palma old town
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- Breakfast at the Son Viscos, Valldemossa
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- Sunshine in Deia
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- Robert Graves’ house
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- Mountain resident
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- The freshest produce
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- No photos! Mallorca produce for sale
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- The Cala Deia
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- The coast near Valldemossa
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- The Caves of Drach
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- The Cala Deia in summer
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