An afternoon flight meant we have a rather relaxed start to the day compared to our usual trips. Caught the bus from Stratford and then boarded the flight without any dramas. Ryan airs new policy of deliberately separating people on the same booking even if there is an empty seat next to each other. The flight left at around 2 and we arrived in Majorca at 5 p.m., where we took a shuttle to pick up our rental car, a Kia picanto (quite ugly). We drove for about an hour to our accommodation, or where we thought out accommodation was, unfortunately the description that airbnb and the owner had sent to us was a somewhat mangled translation of German instructions. We eventually, after driving around for about 20 minutes, managed to find the place. The owner is a lovely German lady who speak Spanish and German and probably a number of other languages, but she doesn't really speak English. She tried to convey to us in German what she wanted us to do because the house has solar power and it has bore water, which we aren't allowed to drink, and she didn't want us using too much electricity... so hopefully we got what she wanted us to do but we're really not sure. She has a number of cats which kind of run wild on the property, one of which, Luna, always tends to come onto our balcony and wants to come into our room, and she also has a dog called BB. The property is located a few minutes out of Campos, one of the larger towns, but it's very nice and quiet, and at night there's no lights so we're enjoying it and getting some good sleep.
As soon as we had decided what the owner wanted us to do we ran off to the nearest beach and went for a swim. Unfortunately the weather was quite windy and the waves were really rumbling in, but once we got into the water we realised just how warm it was, much warmer than anything that you would have in Australia. Jackie wasn't too impressed though because the sea was kicking up a lot of grit in the water which was getting all over her. We also saw our first semi naked or partially or completely naked sunbathers. For dinner we found a restaurant that was quite expensive in one of the nearby touristy towns, but we had a really nice meal; some chicken, mixed paila, some potato croquettes and nice wine as well, so it was a good way to start a first night.
The next morning we drove to the town Campos and bought some groceries at Lidl, and then it was time to find a beach to swim at. On our way we stopped at a tapas bar in a small town serving really nice food with wines, and for €30 we had a beautiful meal under the shade of a terracotta awning.
We then drove off to find a beach where we could swim; Jackie found one that was not very far away, but once we arrived we found we had to walk through the bush for about 15 minutes. The beach was at the bottom of a cliff, and infact there wasn't actually much of a beach, the water was so high it was just rocks. We ended up just climbing onto a patch of rocks, and set out towleas down and went for a swim, and then just admired all the topless girls that walking around.
We spent the remainder of the day there till the late evening, then came home and had a shower. At around 8 p.m. we drove to Campos for dinner at a local joint.
As soon as we had decided what the owner wanted us to do we ran off to the nearest beach and went for a swim. Unfortunately the weather was quite windy and the waves were really rumbling in, but once we got into the water we realised just how warm it was, much warmer than anything that you would have in Australia. Jackie wasn't too impressed though because the sea was kicking up a lot of grit in the water which was getting all over her. We also saw our first semi naked or partially or completely naked sunbathers. For dinner we found a restaurant that was quite expensive in one of the nearby touristy towns, but we had a really nice meal; some chicken, mixed paila, some potato croquettes and nice wine as well, so it was a good way to start a first night.
The next morning we drove to the town Campos and bought some groceries at Lidl, and then it was time to find a beach to swim at. On our way we stopped at a tapas bar in a small town serving really nice food with wines, and for €30 we had a beautiful meal under the shade of a terracotta awning.
We then drove off to find a beach where we could swim; Jackie found one that was not very far away, but once we arrived we found we had to walk through the bush for about 15 minutes. The beach was at the bottom of a cliff, and infact there wasn't actually much of a beach, the water was so high it was just rocks. We ended up just climbing onto a patch of rocks, and set out towleas down and went for a swim, and then just admired all the topless girls that walking around.
We spent the remainder of the day there till the late evening, then came home and had a shower. At around 8 p.m. we drove to Campos for dinner at a local joint.
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