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