2015: My year in photos (Part 2 – Beyond Paradise)
Living in Mallorca, there can be no doubt that we are utterly spoilt, for all around us, from the city of Palma to the beaches and mountains beyond, we cannot help but discover unhampered beauty wherever we go. And yet while we could quite easily have indulged ourselves for a year’s worth of admiration of the island, the travel obligations of work, a long planned weekend to Paris, and the most life changing of events – our wedding – took us further afield, to enjoy the incredible beauty of the world beyond Mallorca.
And so, in this second of my two photographic reviews back over the year of 2015, I feature just a few of my favourite shots of the incredible surroundings beyond the Balearics. For 2015 was significant not just for its being our first year in Mallorca, but also for the opportunity it gave us to finally tie the knot after almost 6 years of engagement. The honeymoon which followed made for the most unique of holidays, with a stay in the famous Riviera paradise of La Colombe d’Or in St-Paul de Vence rivalled only by a short but sweet spell in bustling Barcelona, and an acquaintance with the chic seaside spots of Cannes and Antibes.
But it did not end there, for months before our wedding, a trip to the world’s primary city of love enabled us a further reconnaissance with our most adored Paris, while post-marriage and still revealing in the new blushes of marital bliss, we were able to rest on the beaches of Marbella, indulge in the new cultural hotspot of Malaga, and drop into Madrid, onto Ibiza and back home again for the most magical of Mallorcan Christmases.
It’s been a magical year. Thank goodness I can relive it all in photos. Until the next… Happy New Year!!!
- Sunset over Ibiza Town
- Leger mural at La Colombe d’Or
- The Puerta Alcala, Madrid
- Biot
- Cannes
- Dusky pink, Ibiza
- Africa viewed from Marbella
- Big Wheel, Paris
- Autumn in the Retiro, Madrid
- Love and marriage
- Geometric baroque, Barcelona
- Calder’s pool
- Ibiza sunset
- The glamour of the Riviera
- Putting out the laundry, Marbella
- Greenery, Ibiza
- Sunbathing in the shadows of Alexander Calder
- Flying over the Riviera
- Fallen petals at the Colombe d’Or
- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
- The town of Vence
- A very summery wedding cake
- Returning to Barcelona
- Three muses, Paris
- Cibeles Palace, Madrid
- Getting ready for a Spanish Christmas
- Calder ripples
- Madrid rooftops
- Sunset over the Riviera
- Botanic garden, Malaga
- Ibiza ceramic
- Unique rooftop, La Colombe d’Or
- Jasmine in shadow
- St Paul de Vence
- The Tulleries
- Getting married
- The best day of my life
- Talamanca Beach, Ibiza
- The ultimate Paris shot
- A friendly visitor, Ibiza
- Marbella shadows
- Fresh produce, France
- Summer sunset, Provence
- Church detail, Madrid
- Christmas comes home
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