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