Lovely Mallorca

After some well deserved R&R with family in Devon it was time to let H loose on the unsuspecting islanders of Mallorca.

We said goodbye to family in Honiton and made our way to Bristol Airport without too much drama as long as you don't count threatening to have an all in with a Hertz employee who tried to shunt us out of the way as we attempted to return our hire car !.

Our evening flight to Palma took off late with a plane load that seemed to include (much to H's annoyance) a high proportion of English Hens parties and Schoolies looking forward to the supposed party Isle of Mallorca.

We were greeted by my daughter and her husband (Tegan and Billy) who have been living in Mallorca for the past 6 months not because they have any partying desires but instead a want to experience a foreign culture and to help the local community - it was lovely to catch up after such a long absence.

After being smashed with little sleep form our first night we set about on a guided tour (T&B) of this remarkably beautiful island. Yes it might be a bit over run by tourists here for the hot weather and summer vacation period but beautiful it is .

Over the course of the next two days we took in some of the sights including the lovely old section of Palma with its majestic church and palace and narrow cobbled streets. Also on the agenda was some beautiful drives including a visit to Solle by way of a tourist tram and a visit to a spectacularly situated med style beach that could only be reached by a dodgy cliff top walk.

While our Air BnB has provided easy access to the old town of Palma it did provide a challenge to two travel fatigued oldies (us) yesterday. After being dropped off we wandered to the front of our street accessed apartment used our key which fitted the door and then found that we couldn't get in. Eventually a leaving resident allowed us access where we caught the lift to our 3rd floor room and found the building did not have our apartment !

A little wiser we exited and went next door to find an identical access door with the same lift and again with the same access problem I.e. the key fitted the front door but wouldn't allow us to get in.

After thinking we were going mad I wandered around the next corner to find a 3rd identical apartment with exactly the same wall tiles, the same front door and the same lift and this time yes the key worked !

We have two more days exploring the beauty of this island before making our way back to the UK.

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