Mallorca - Day 7/8

Took a late night Ferry over to Mallorca from Ibiza.  It was an easy 4 hour ride, they had a pool and DJ on board.  I heard them playing bingo at some point and there was a magician entertaining kids where we were sitting.

Not sure why there are windmills in the middle of the city, they must have provided some sort of power.  They faced the sea but they were not twirling but i bet they don't any more.

So on our trip earlier we stopped at an original commerce center in Valencia well i guess it was modeled of this one.  Mallorca was a huge trade hub in its day and again this one has the spiral columns that turn into palm trees up top.

This particular real palm tree was just a little odd to me.  It was massive and had a lot of branches.  That was it for our short stay in Palma.  We will be back another day but we headed for the hills, literally to checkin to the house we rented.  Its basically at one of the highest points on the island and the road had hairpin turns galore to get up there.  But it still only took about an hour to get here.  Distance is just not very far.

Today we drove around the north east portion of the island.  The above picture was a lighthouse (Faro) that was way out on a mountainous skinny peninsula.  The road again was windy with deadly drops off one side.  The views were wonderful.

On the way out to the lighthouse there was a secluded cove.  It had crystal clear water.  I was too lazy to walk all the way down.  Didn't have my swim suit and it was hot, the climb up would have been tedious.

Another view from one of the lookouts along the road to the lighthouse.

We also stopped in 3 towns.  Pollença, Port of Pollença and Alcúdia.  This house was a renovation but i like the style.  one thing about this place is there are a lot of rocks everywhere.  So they really use their natural resource to put in their houses and any fences they build.  This door was also impressive.   Even on my tippy toes i couldn't reach the knocker, and if they closed the door in your face you would get spiked from the all the sharp spikes.

Pollença had a very simple church but on the inside was all painted.  Seems like we have seen a lot of painted ceilings lately maybe thats typical for this area.

At the port we walked along the beach and had lunch.  One of the neat things we ran into was someone had made this very impressive sand castle.

There have also been a lot of goats just wandering around.  They were in town.  we saw them on the road out to the lighthouse.  Pretty much everywhere you look.  Even now listening out side i can hear bells that are tied around some sheeps necks ringing in the distance.  Yesterday when we arrived we saw a Mink run along the wall.  It was very graceful and fun to watch.

In Pollença there was a large market today that we bought artisan cheese and ham.  Yum.  And of course some pastries and fruit and a few vegetables.  The place we are staying at has an area for turtles.  She asked we give it some left overs such as lettuce or fruit.  Not sure why but above where they had the market they had this white ribbon attached.  In Alcúdia they also had it and it made for a very cool view as it flapped in the breeze.

This view was also out to the lighthouse.  This was the first hill we climbed as we left the port of Pollença.