Mallorca

Due to time constraints and delays, this blog post about Mallorca, Spain will be written as a photo journal.

We took a mini-vacation to Mallorca on Friday, April 13-Sunday, April 15, 2012. I traveled with my dear friends, Jenna (NY), Crystal (NY), Cora (SC), Rory (NC), Allan (NY), Geminis (Mexico), Karen (Mexico), and Carlos (Mexico). We had a great time!

Rory, Crystal, and Jenna: “We’re going to Mallorca!”

Friday, April 13, 2012

Allan and Cora: “We’re on a bus, in Mallorca!”

Plaza Mayor: Palma, Mallorca

Catedral de Mallorca
Rory: “You can delete that photo, if you want. Haha”

The view of the coastline, from inside the Cathedral Museum

“Here, take my picture, with some trees in it.”

Take 2. More trees.

Geminis, Carlos, Karen

Me and Jenna: “Take a picture of us jumping off this curb!” LOL

Palau de s'Almudaina (Catalán): Palacio de la Almudaina (Español): Almudaina Royal Palace (English)

In the garden of the Palace

Jenna and Rory, in the garden of the Palace

Seu de Mallorca (Catalán): Catedral La Seu de Mallorca (Español): La Seu Cathedral (English)

Cora: “Quick, while Rory is sleeping—take my picture!”

So pretty!

Playing by the water

We went out for dinner and some drinks on Friday night… but this house is upside-down, no matter if you look at it while sober or drunk, haha.

Rory, holding on tight to the neck of a bird statue so that he wouldn’t slide down (again…)

On Saturday, April 14, we decided to ride the Tren de Sóller, taking a beautiful scenic train ride from Palma to the coast in Sóller.

Geminis and me

Geminis, Carlos, Karen

Catedral de Sóller

The Ice Cream Factory was one of the primary attractions in the beach town, Sóller. They had a great deal: 4 scoops for 5€!

Looks just like downtown Annapolis!

Allan and Rory: Lookin’ good! “No homo”—we know ;)

Such a good looking group of friends ;)

Take 2—on the beach
Left to right: Carlos, Geminis, Karen, Rory, Cora, Allan, Crystal, Jenna, Me. 

The water was so clear and beautiful!

You know what I realized? No matter how many times I take a picture of the beach, it still looks like the beach. It’s incredibly stunning scenery, but it still looks like the beach.

Frisbee-fix for Crystal and me, on the beach. Check out that flick!

On Sunday, April 15, it rained. We were lucky to have great weather all weekend… except Sunday. We decided that we wanted to check out the Caves of Génova, Mallorca, but then we kind of got lost and had a little adventure:

It was raining.

We missed the bus.

We called for directions.

The next bus driver didn’t know how to get there.

We went to a café, to wait, and eat.

We caught the next bus, like an hour later.

The bus driver told us where to get off, but then he neglected to tell us when we got there.

We walked on the side of the highway for like half an hour, back-tracking the bus route, through the middle of nowhere.

We bought matching plaid umbrellas for 3€ each, from a street vendor.

We finally found a street sign, which lead us to a restaurant, where we asked for directions.

We stumbled upon this little hold-in-the-wall place, (literally). Welcome to the caves!

This photo effectively captured the mix of emotions we were experiencing when we finally arrived.

The adventure was worth it, in my opinion. I thought the cave tour was fun. Our guide, though a bit grumpy, was a really educated old guy. Quite fascinating, honestly.

Geminis, Cora, and Crystal, in the cave.

A crack in the column, which is outrageously old.

Attempted group photo, in the cave.

Navigation-Master Rory, directing us back to the airport.

En fin, the weekend was quite fun—money well-spent and memories well-made =)

Our flight back to Madrid arrived around midnight on Sunday night. I spent the night in the airport, awaiting the arrival of my grandparents on Monday morning, April 16… and the next blog post will be all about my fabulous vacation with Bobba and Papa!

Love, ~Taylor