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