Majorca, Spain Photo Stroll

Bienvenido a Palma Majorca Espana. 

Majorca was a last minute addition to the cruise. We were supposed to go to Tunisia in which I was going to see Carthage...but nooooo the Tunisian government wouldn't allow anyone with Israeli passports off the boat - so Norwegian did the only right thing they could and picked another port. 

Enter Majorca. 

It was good Friday the day we were in Palma, Majorca and because we started so early the cathedral wasn't opened to visitors. So instead we got to see it from afar.

Oh look, there's our ship.  It looked so small from where we were standing.

Right, moving on. Our excursion was to take a train to Soller and then to Villademossa.  I had no idea what to expect in Soller as there wasn't much on the Inter Web about this little village on Majorca. 

The train ride was fine. A small electric train scooted along through the mountains and through tunnels (which I didn't care for at all) finally stopping briefly for us to hop off and take a quick look at the village of Soller from the hills.

We had very little free time, 25 minutes I think, in Soller. Just enough time to grap a cappuccino and a potty break. Sadly because of how long women must be forced to stand in line for their restroom, I didn't get to finish my cappuccino. That is sacreligious!!!

 

The sun was shining bright and behind the cathedral so the shots of the cathedral were challenging, to say the least.

But I did love this little fountain and the way the sun was back lighting the water droplets.

Oh and Flash made an appearance on the bus ride to Villdemossa. He was getting restless just riding along in the bag and not getting to see very much. I tried to explain to him that there just wasn't any time, but he wasn't listening.

Villdemossa was a quaint little village too. It's one thing that proved to be most interesting was this converted monastery. It was founded as a royal residence and later converted into a monastery of the Carthusian order. The monastery existed from 1399 until its secularisation in 1835.  Today, obviously, it's a museum.  It has a church, an old apothecary, various cells and rooms where the monks lived and tended their gardens. 

Cells No 2. and No 4 were for their most famous resident who was the Polish composer Frederic Chopin.  There's a long sordid story about Chopin and his mistress living here - very scandalous for the time period considering she was a divorced woman. Divorcing her husband to be with Chopin that is.

Chopin's original player piano

His view from Cell No 2.

I could have spent more time in and around the monastery, but again, we were on a deadline.  I had to find a gelato store and had to wander the streets of Villdemossa some.

Leaving the monastery I saw this little beauty peeking out of the ivy.

Oh look gelato!  Mom didn't come into the monastery and instead opted to walk around the town, have lunch and just rest. She was bringing me a sandwich for lunch, but I figured why not have some gelato as an appetizer.

The rest of my photos can be found here.