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