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