Back From Barcelona – Mallorca – Getting to Know The Place – #2

Getting to Mallorca from Denver is a LONG haul for sure. We flew non-stop from Denver to Frankfurt, Germany and had a 4 hour layover. Then from Frankfurt, we had about a 2 hour flight directly into Palma. Plus there was an 8 hour time difference. Once we rented out car, we headed out to Santa Ponca where we were staying. That was about another 30 minute drive. By the time we landed and got to our new “digs” we were exhausted. But that doesn’t stop me. No, no. We were up early and out and about. We had lots to see and explore.

This is our first “home away from home” and where we stayed while in Mallorca. It was a cute little holiday resort filled with little apartments. Ours was a studio apartment, but they must have bigger units as well since there were a lot of families, mostly from Ireland, staying there too. This is the view directly from our balcony. If we had done Barcelona first, this place would have been closed for the season, along with a lot of Mallorca, since the bigger tourist areas are mostly summer holiday resort areas.

Our apartments did not have parking on the premises, so we had to hope to find a spot at the local pubic parking area about 2 blocks away. There were only a couple of times we had to sweat it, but we always managed to find a spot in the end. By having to walk a couple of blocks away every time we got into the car, we got to know the local area pretty well. We were also right by the beach, so we didn’t mind the walk at all, which was very good, since we did A LOT of walking on this trip. Larry and I differ on the amount we ended up walking. I say we walked over 80 miles total, and I have the blisters on my heels to prove it. Larry doesn’t think we walked that far. And so much of the walking was really hiking up and down very steep hills all over the place, and up and down a ton of stairs. This was EVERYWHERE we went too.

Apartment living is how the overwhelming majority of people live in Spain, as well as in most of Europe. The only single family residences were in the rural farm areas, and even then, most people live stacked up upon each other.

Here are some of our local welcoming committee. They did a great job. We felt very welcomed indeed.

No, this is not the car we rented, though it would have been fun to drive around in.

We were headed down to get something to eat. There were lots of good eats on this trip too. We ended up eating a lot of tapas, which is perfectly OK with us. More on that following next.