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