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Day 1 Sunday 20 October 2002 Bristol to Palma, Majorca

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Within five minutes of joining the M4 I was in my car stuck in traffic! What a start! 30 m.p.h. and 50 m.p.h. advisory speed limit signs were in operation and everybody was taking notice of them in the wet, dark driving conditions. Luckily there were only two more sections like that near London and where the M4 crosses east/west the M25 London orbital before we joined the M1 to exit Junction 10 for Luton Airport, or Luton London as it’s markedly described. I left the car with Central garage Storage for £5.00 per day and was given a form that would mean, by booking with them (who else had I booked with?) it would only cost me £4.00 per day.
I checked in about 40 minutes in advance, had a partial tea and a cheeses petite baguette and I was aboard. The Boeing 737 was new and the flight over was excellent. In two and a quarter hours I was in Palma. An extremely fast taxi drive at 12.15 a.m. from the airport and I was booked into the Hotel 5 Isles, St. Cristopal. Basic, 11 Euros per night was cheap. Slept like a dead man.

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HOTEL ISLAS, RUE ST. CRISTOPAL, ARENAL, PALMA NOVA, MAJORCA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:56:00.000-07:00

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LOOKING ALONG RUE ST. CRISTOPAL TOWARDS THE SEA, ARENAL, PALMA NOVA, MAJORCA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

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ARENAL, PALMA NOVA SEAFRONT, LOOKING TOWARDS CITY OF OLD PALMA, MAJORCA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:45:00.000-07:00

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AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD THE TARMAC SEEMED TO HAVE RUN OUT;

2004-06-20T11:39:00.000-07:00

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A WORKMAN DOING SOMETHING USEFUL AND INTERESTING AT A HOLE IN THE GROUND, PALMA, MAJORCA, BALEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

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THE DISUSED SANDSTONE QUARRY NOW USED FOR STORAGE, ARENAL, PALMA NOVA, MAJORCA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

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A CLASSICAL SPANISH GUITARIST BUSKING IN PALMA CITY CENTRE, MAJORJA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:30:00.000-07:00

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Day 2 Monday 21 October 2002 Walking around Palma

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After breakfast of coffee, du pain and jam I walked down to the seafront in about 40 minutes or so. The temperature is about 20 Centigrade at 0930 a.m. I’ve just been walking along the clean and tidy interesting seafront. Palm trees with their fruits growing in the sand. Looking out over the sea towards the mountains is relaxing. Looking back towards The Flying Haggis, Fantasia, Fotos in 1 Hour, Inibis, Gisela, Euro-Boutique isn’t. The sand is white and clean and the mountains are still hidden in mist. I forgot my toothbrush! E1.95 bought me a new one as I walked and walked and walked along the seafront to its never-ending end. Everything is much of a muchness on the seafront: Restaurants; Pizza Places; McDonalds; Burger Bars; Pubs; Caves British-owned pub; Sportsman Pub: a cubicle with bar stools and a TV – Watch Live Football, as if anybody is going to watch the Dead, games; Hotels; Souvenir Things on Sale; an Underground Supermarche and many Clothes Shops all competing for the tourists’ money. There were very few public services to be seen. Spanish is the main spoken language.
I came out to see what Majorca was really like not this tagged on Commercialized, Touristy ”Palma Nova.” I walked up arising road at right angles and away from and behind the seafront and the tarmac ran out! The houses were very well kept, crisp-looking tiles; cacti and succulents growing in pots on the steps of the homes; shuttered windows to keep out the heat. All very nice but the road was in the state of an old stream bed. I carried on explore.
I saw a 1E Potage sign so I went in and had an ice cold beer and a delicious bean, vegetable, sausage, lamb and bread soup for what I thought was an absolute 1Euro bargain, or so I naively thought. Up to my table came the cigarette-puffing barman with a plate full of fatty chips, pork and vegetables! I said, “No thanks.” There didn’t seem to be any problem until I realized I was charged for a whole three course meal, about 5E in total. I argued but to no avail. Later on my walk back on the seafront I saw soup at 3E.50 so I didn’t feel totally ripped-off because by then I had made my food purchases away from the over-priced, over-hyped seafront. I carried on walking.
I passed a few dilapidated windmills, an old rectangular hole in the ground, orange sandstone quarry that was now being used as a storage yard for equipment of different types. I decided that it was too far to walk into Palma itself so I headed back into Palma Nova.
I flopped on the bed back in the hotel, tired out, fell asleep and awoke at about 9.30 p.m. I went out to buy a drink and enjoyed it in the still lovely and warm evening weather watching batch after batch of five rows of small waves blown inshore by the sea-breeze. Southampton 1 Aston Villa 0 was the score advertised outside The Sportsman’s Pub.
I recalled watching a television programme in Faro, Portugal which explained that this place, Palma Nova was swarming with middle-aged and elderly Germans some of whom suffered from the absence of public welfare facilities for their age groups. This may or may not be the case. It does seem to be an area of limited interest but that’s probably only the case until you get to know what’s going on. I posted four postcards home today and phoned Jennifer last night to let everybody know I was here OK.
I am definitely pleased I slogged through word-processing my Port Hope Simpson diary and sent it out to Margaret Burden, The Mayor. Also of course, that I was able to take up her wonderful invitation of visiting everybody again after 33 years. I hope my research work will be of some benefit to the people. Who knows?
I also thoroughly enjoyed my stay on the island of Newfoundland, especially St. John’s and Gros Morne fabulous Mountain National Park and World Heritage Site.

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A SKINK SCUTTLING TOWARDS A COOL POND, PALMA CATHEDRAL, MAJORCA, BALLEARICS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

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COMING IN TO SOLERO TOWN, NESTLING IN THE TRAMUNTANA MOUNTAIN RANGE, NW MAJORCA, BALLEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:20:00.000-07:00

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SOLERO TOWN, NESTLING IN THE TRAMUNTANA MOUNTAIN RANGE, NW MAJORCA, BALLEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:17:00.000-07:00

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SOME FARMING IN THE TRAMUNTANA MOUNTAIN RANGE, NW MAJORCA, BALLEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:14:00.000-07:00

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THE TRAMUNTANA MOUNTAIN RANGE, NW MAJORCA, BALLEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T11:02:00.000-07:00

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TERRACED HILLSIDE, TAKEN FROM A CLATTERING TRAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE PALMA, MAJORCA, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:59:00.000-07:00

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A DERELICT WINDMILL, MAJORCA, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

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MEN LAYING COBBLE STONES AND STONE MASONS DOING RESTORATION WORK AT THE FRONT OF PALMA CATHEDRAL, MAJORCA, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:52:00.000-07:00

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PALMA CATHEDRAL, FRONT ENTRANCE-DETAIL; MAJORCA, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

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A MIME ARTIST AS A ROMAN SOLDIER OUTSIDE PALMA CATHEDRAL;

2004-06-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

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Day 3 Tuesday 22 October 2002

2004-06-20T10:35:00.000-07:00
I had a brilliant time in proper Palma, the capital city. I had a 1E ride on a bendy bus. An Irish couple at the bus stop were very helpful with their suggestions about places to see. An attempt was made to pick-pocket me by a so-called flower seller and her accomplice but they ran off. Another friendly couple warned me to check that nothing had been stolen. Nothing was taken because they didn’t have the chance as I kept on returning to her the “Festival Flower” that she tried to give me. Palma Cathedral was a sight to behold. I took photographs of two mime artists outside the cathedral. I think one was a Queen, a Cuban who really knew her stuff and the other one was an all-over, gold-painted Viking in front of a wooden cross. After a most enjoyable time in the Park including sculptures and fountains by the seafront, I was lucky enough to hop aboard the touristy electric tram-train from Palma to Solero in the Tramuntana, mountains in the north west of the island.
The tram’s tracks were embedded in Palma’s streets to begin with before we left the city. The tram itself was magnificent, reminiscent of a largely bygone age of transport back in the UK at least. Inside the coach was polished red mahogany panelling with bright chrome fittings; brown, plastic-backed seats with chrome holding rails and interior lights protected by a mesh covering. All in all, an extremely authentic, if not actually original electric tram. It was a fantastic ride up into the high mountains that rise to 1445metres above sea level, passing olive, orange, lemon and almond groves. There was an incredible amount of terraced stone walls enclosing fields that maximized the amount of land available for farming. Rural Majorca is very beautiful notwithstanding the bric and brac that is probably also found along so many other railway lines around the world. There were many windmills scattered all over the landscape and it was quite exhilarating rattling and clattering through red, sandstone deep cuttings and tunnels. One tunnel was in fact quite long at about 10 miles at our speed of about 30 m.p.h. I didn't spend much time in Solero, nestled there in the mountains because it was doubtful there was another train returning after ours. I sat in the most elegant Town square outside a church where I enjoyed lunch of a meat and vegetable pie and two cups of tea. I found out that Michael Douglas apparently lives at Valldemossa with his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones from Swansea I think in Wales. On the return trip I had close-up views of ripening-ripened oranges and lemons on their small trees. Almond nuts looked solitary on their branches. It was a good glimpse of the real Mallorca.

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PLACA DOS TORROS, BULLRING, PALMA, MAJORCA, SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

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OUTSIDE PLACA DOS TORROS, PALMA, MAJORCA,SPAIN;

2004-06-20T10:33:00.000-07:00

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A FIGHT TO THE DEATH, PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE WALL OF THE BULLFIGHTERS' BAR, PALMA, MAJORCA;

2004-06-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

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PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE WALL OF THE BULLFIGHTERS' BAR, PALMA, MAJORCA;

2004-06-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

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A DATE PALM GROWING IN THE BEACH AT ARENAL, PALMA NOVA, MAJORCA;

2004-06-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

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A MIME ARTIST AS A VIKING IN FRONT OF A WOODEN CROSS OUTSIDE PALMA CATHEDRAL;

2004-06-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

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A MIME ARTIST AS A QUEEN OUTSIDE PALMA CATHEDRAL;

2004-06-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

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Day 4 Wednesday 23 October 2002

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As I write this lying here on the soft, fine, beige coloured sand of Palma Nova beach in the hot sun with the continuous dull roaring noise of the surf in my ears; with beautiful girls passing by; with planes taking off overhead at 35 degree angles in the distance from Palma, banking over the Tramuntana mountains with their highest peaks in the clouds; with a three-masted schooner passing by on the near horizon without sail; as the boats bob up and down to my left; as I turn to see the impressive Palma Cathedral visible about seven miles away at its seafront location; with a cool, fairly strong breeze blowing in from the sea; as the red flag warning of No Bathing flutters; under the shade of the Palm trees for only a few other people; as four yellow buoys pop up and down; with the terraces of hotels behind me and as the single lad windsurfing the three foot waves all I can think of is that it doesn’t get much better than this.
I caught a Number 15 Palma del Plata auto bus into the city of Palma this morning with vague ideas about wanting to see the Placa del Torro Bull Ring and maybe cross the island on a bus jaunt although I didn’t feel particularly enthusiastic about the latter. I found the Placa del Torro. It was an imposing piece of multi-layered architecture, a mini Wembley Stadium in London came to mind except that it was built from a light brown stone and most intricately put together. A Bullfighters’ Bar nearby was full of evocative photographs of the bullfighters and the beasts in action, highlighting the sheer ferocity of the bulls and the masculine aggression of the Matadors. It must take an extraordinary amount of courage whilst playing to the baying crowd, to face such gigantic animals. Their horns were hooked and massively long and its body packed an absolute powerhouse of raw strength. But the facial expression of the Matador in the photographs said it all for me as he made that killer thrust into the heart: absolutely determined to see it through.
Back to the beach watching…the windsurfer is an expert, skimming back and fro along the crests and the troughs of the waves. He is joined by another right now.
I treated myself to a meal today for E5.34 + a £1.50 mineral water bought up in the mountains. I had a spring roll, egg fried rice, ham and peas and an ice cream. It was superb value for money and eaten with great relish.
I collected a small load of what I thought might have been baby sponges but I tend to think they were horse droppings instead! (Each one was a mass of interwoven fibrous material.)
I enjoyed a half-pint of cold beer and saw Arsenal lose 2-1 at home to L’Auxere. Later on Barcelona sneaked a 1-0 victory over Locomotive they never deserved. Loco had two chances to score but thy managed to miss both. Newcastle beat Juventus 1-0 so they will have to meet Kiev in their next round to progress. Manchester Utd. Are through after beating Olympiakos 3-2.
Fabien, who is the young man running the hotel where I am staying told me that he used to work for George Best, who had given him a tape of his footballing years, in George’s two restaurants. Apparently you could set your watch by George’s attendance at a pub on the King’s Road in London. I told Fabien that George had nearly died when he had his new liver transplant and that he had said he had stopped drinking altogether. But you can bet on it that because he’s got a new liver he will start it all off again. Gives a new purpose for transplant surgery as if it needed one.
After a cup of tea at the hotel I watched some of the Barcelona match and had a brief walk down to the seafront and back again. This is the last night here. Seeing the sun go down behind the mountains last night, with the spectacular red glow it left behind was unforgettable.

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Day 5 Thursday 24 October 2002

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My return flight departs Palma at 0210 hrs and is due to arrive in Luton at 0345 hrs tomorrow morning. This short break holiday has worked out at £47.00 per day all in. By 0900 a.m. I left the hotel on a Number 15 Playa da auto bus. Beforehand I had a good chat with Fabien, the hotel’s front line desk operator explaining that Easy jet had made a mistake in advertising the hotel’s rate at £81.00 per night. He was very grateful and kindly knocked off one night from my bill! I spent this morning walking downhill through the centre of Old Palma, through its historic old squares and passing many mime artists on the way (Roman Guard; Viking Warrior; Monk; Charlie Chaplin and a silver coated Matador with a hypodermic syringe stuck in his life-sized, tin foil coated bull’s neck and head. As you might expect, there were expensive looking clothes shops and all the other shopping paraphernalia. I went inside the Church St. Eulain which had about 14 altars with dark, red candles that was extremely peaceful for all the hustle and bustle outside. I enjoyed the area outside the Cathedral de Palma most of all. The views out over the Mediterranean and over the harbour were wonderful. The Cathedral building is undergoing loads of restoration work. New cobbled stone paths were being laid and it was interesting studying the stone masons with their drill bits and electric-driven cold chisels going about their craft. Within a matter of a few yards there was a huge change in air temperature from hot to cool in amongst the shade of the trees and feeling the coolness of the water fountains and ponds. I particularly enjoyed listening to a Spanish guitarist and an accordionist on the back up towards the city centre. Armed foot police were quite in evidence around the streets. Local people were casually dressed in the relaxed Majorcan style. I caught a direct auto bus to Palma Airport and landed in Luton at 0210 a.m. I had a breakfast at Reading Motorway Service Station on my drive back home after re-charging my batteries. An excellent short break.

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REFLECTIONS IN A CURVED WINDOW IN PALMA CITY CENTRE, MAJORCA;

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THE STATUTE OF AN UNKNOWN WALKER ON A ROUNDABOUT in PALMA, MAJORCA;

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p.2 COSTA DA NORD, MALLORCA - tourist information leaflet;

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