The Lost Posts – Palma

Palma de Mallorca was an amazing weekend. Maren and I, along with some friends from her program, stayed in a small town outside of Palma, the main city on the island of Mallorca. This town, Arenal, was basically little Berlin. That’s what the guidebook called it. Arenal reminded Maren and I of Cozumel, from its slightly run downness in the local’s part of town, to the glitzy tourism sector right next to it. Most of the toursim was aimed at the Germans though, so I have no idea what hey were saying. Germans vacation/move to this set of islands for the cheap cost of living and the weather. People kept thinking we were German, and all they got from us was confused looks. We stayed in a very nice hostel ran by a British man that was about a block from the beach. It was wonderful. Our weekend consisted of lying on the beach, eating cheap food, and drinking a bit… and not speaking Spanish. The beaches were amazing coves and the weather, in October, was nice enough to lie on the beach from about 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Wonderful weekend, and I’m going back at Christmas! Well not to the beaches, but to the mountains…