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Sunshine again

28 Thursday Jan 2021

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We got the nice weather back and today I had lunch with friends on the patio in the sun, it was about 22 degrees Celsius. Sheila is in Germany and made it through a second neck operation, doing very well. Because her surgery was put forward, I missed it and travelling is a little difficult right now. I have packed up the flat here in Mallorca though, and plan to join Sheila on Sunday. I will have to observe a quarantine time in Germany of at least 5 days. We will see what happens.

Winter

05 Tuesday Jan 2021

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Usually early January is sunny and mild in Mallorca. Not this year: The last few days have been cold, wet and windy. There is snow on the mountain tops and Puig Tomir is visible from the beach. Fortunately, there are usually a couple of hours of sunshine each day and I can go for walks. Sheila is in Germany for some unavoidable appointments, and helping my parents. My mother spent Christmas in hospital, but is home now and recovering well.

Merry Christmas and a good new year

24 Thursday Dec 2020

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We wish you a merry Christmas and a great new year, hopefully better than this one. Greetings from Mallorca to all.

Cap Formentor

13 Sunday Dec 2020

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A beautiful sunny day and we drove out to Cap Formentor. The landscape and cliffs are very impressive, but unfortunately the cafeteria at the lighthouse, which has excellent cakes, was closed. Now we are spending a sunny day on our patio, safely distanced from all.

Cold spell

03 Thursday Dec 2020

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We have had some rain, and even some snow on the mountain tops (above 1,100m) in the last few days in Mallorca. Today was still cool (max 15 degrees), but sunny and we went for a hike with friends, but stayed below 950m.

Isolated golf

24 Tuesday Nov 2020

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We are still in a state of very much reduced social contacts, only meeting friends occasionally outside. I play golf once or twice a week, but go early when the course is very empty and play by myself. Still fun on a sunny morning, but we look forward to vaccination and a return to normal.

An empty golf course on a nice morning

Mortitx again

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

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Today we met our friends Val and Rosie at the Mortitx Winery and hiked into the wilderness again, this time on the other side of the Mortitx River towards the cave of the witches. The landscape there is as wild as where we were before, the hike more difficult though due to very dense pampa grass and steep ravines. It was a great day out and we finished it with a little snack on our patio.

Mortitx

09 Monday Nov 2020

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We are enjoying quiet days here on Mallorca, meeting only occasionally with friends in restaurants outdoors or on our patios. Today we hiked from the vinery Mortitx to a high plateau close to the ocean, ses Basses. The good path leads through olive groves and then along wild mountains and cliffs. The area is used as breeding ground by Black Vultures and closed from February to July to protect the birds. In November 2008 some Griffon Vultures were blown to Mallorca from the mainland and there are supposedly a few breeding pairs of those here as well.

Two years ago we were on this trail with some friends from Germany and Vancouver and decided to go down to the Mortitx Gorge. Unfortunately, there was too much water in it to go through to the gentle return path and we had to scramble up a steep mountain to get back. Today we bypassed this and enjoyed a nice lunch snack at the field at Ses Basses. The weather was perfect for hiking and we picked up some wine on the way back as well.

Water reservoir for Mortitx
You have to be able to fly to get to the top of that

Mallorca

28 Wednesday Oct 2020

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We returned to Mallorca and are settled in our usual winter quarters now. Just in time too, as rising Covid rates have resulted in regional and national lockdowns across Europe, some with curfews. Sitting in the sun on the patio should allow us to weather this comfortably. Unfortunately, it looks like we will not have any visitors for the foreseeable future.

Goodbye Mallorca

19 Wednesday Feb 2020

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We have packed our stuff here in Mallorca and shifted it to the locker we rent. Tomorrow we fly to Germany. The time here was great and the weather especially nice during the last few weeks. We plan to return in November.

As I was in Palma today, I visited the Galleon Andalucia, which is docked in the harbour this week. This replica of a 17th century Spanish Galleon goes back to a time when Spain ruled the high seas, a bit of sailing nostalgia for me.

Galleon Andalucia completed more than 50,000 nautical miles

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