Sunset, alone

Sheila left for Manchester and I will be alone in Mallorca for a few days. Time to play golf and deal with a few other things I have not had time for up to now. Tonight was a beautiful sunset, the forecast for this week is sunshine but cold (8-12 degrees Celsius max).

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Lunch with friends

After all the guests have left, we now have some time for our Mallorcan friends. Today, sixteen of us met for lunch at our place after church. The weather was perfect, everybody brought something and we had a great time.

Happy New Year

We wish all a happy and blessed new year 2019. We celebrated into it with Jenkins who are staying close by. Today we have calm and sunny weather, a teaser for the calmas de enero, which usually occur in the middle of January. Sheila took the kayak for a spin to enjoy the weather.

Back in Mallorca

We returned to Mallorca today, it is sunny and warm here. Feels very good to sit on our quiet patio after all the Christmas excitement. In the background is the castle of La Fortaleza, where parts of the series the Night Manager were filmed. The film contains some beautiful shots of Pollenca Bay with the views we enjoy from our patio.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

Siegelbach

We are in Siegelbach for the holidays and all went to the ice rink today. First time on skates for some of the kids, but they did well. Pizza afterwards was quite nice too.

Gansessen

Klaus hat eine Gans gekocht, da sind wir nach Kirchheimbolanden gekommen. Es war ein schöner Abend, und die Gans hat sehr gut geschmeckt.

Wanderung

Heute sind wir mit Matthias und Petra und Siegfried und Maike zwölf Kilometer im Tal von Soller wandern gegangen. Das Wetter war ideal, wir sind durch Fornalutx, Biniaraix und Soller gelaufen. Zum Abschluss haben wir in Port de Soller gut gegessen, jetzt ruhen wir uns erstmal aus.

Sheila’s birthday

We celebrated Sheila’s birthday with a nice long lunch in Santa Maria with friends from Germany and Mallorca. After that we strolled through Palma which is all decorated for Christmas already.

Walking on the beach in the sun

Jessica became a British citizen today, and Sheila who had helped her with the application went to Manchester to attend the ceremony. Great that this somewhat complicated process is completed now!

I stayed in Mallorca. One of the things I like doing is walking barefoot on a sandy beach in the sun. I indulged this passion for three hours today on the beach in the Bay of Alcudia. In summer this is terribly crowded and full of sun umbrellas and chairs, today there were only a few other wanderers like me.