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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- Sunset over Palma old town
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- Tramuntana locals
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- Miramar monastery
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- Sa Foradada
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- Grape harvest
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- Rippled water
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- Valldemossa
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- Colour contrast
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- The monastery of San Francesc
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- Palma’s resident swan
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- The bay of S’Estaca
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- Valldemossa street
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- Soller’s famous lemons
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- Cala Figuera
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- The Cala Deia
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- The stunning landscape of Formentor
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- The mighty scale of the mountains
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- Sa Foradada, Deia
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- Skyline, Palma old town
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- The Caves of Drach
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- Sunshine in Deia
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- The coast near Valldemossa
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- Turquoise seas
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- Mallorca’s famous windmills
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- Ripened winter oranges
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- Yachts in Palma
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- The church at Pollensa
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- Flowers, Deia
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- Church doorway, Palma
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- Ducks at sunset
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- Palma’s enchanting old town
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- Deia at sunset
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- Porto Colom
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- Mallorca “lenguas” in production
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- Christmas light delight
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- Biniaraix
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- The Cala Deia in summer
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- Palms by sunset
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- Alfabia Gardens
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- The Baños Arabes
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- Mountain Valleys
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- Mountain resident
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- Lilies in shadow
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- Fountain, Passeig del Born
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- The palms of Palma
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- Cemetery tiles
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- Day of the Dead
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- Autumn arrives
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- The beach at Formentor
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- Awaiting his owner at S’Estaca
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- The freshest produce
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- Turquoise perfection
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- No photos! Mallorca produce for sale
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- Breakfast at the Son Viscos, Valldemossa
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- The best sweet shop
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- Sun through the reeds, Andratx
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- Old town basket shopping
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- The Church of San Francesc
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- The graveyard at Deia
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- Palma’s City of the Dead
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- Another incredible sunset
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- First days
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- Robert Graves’ house
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- Traditional craftsmanship
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- Old town reflection
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- Olive terraces
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- Easter parades
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- Refracted colour
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- 2 days before Christmas
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- Almond blossom season
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- The beach at Palma
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- Easter parades
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- Formentor
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- Beyond repair, Palma
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- The stunning beauty of the Malloquin countryside
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- Old Town fountain, Palma
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- Dominik, the explorer
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- Pollensa Bay
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- The gardens at Alfabia, Soller
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- Portixol
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- Wine harvest
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