Being restrained by wind and a broken watermaker (we now have a new one) we stayed a bit longer around the west coast of Mallorca. We got visits by more family from Beatriz and also Jeff Bezos passed by with his new 500 million yacht ‘Koru’ (‘to box’ in japanese) and his 70 million ‘support vessel’. The painting Beatriz made of these yachts, including Jeff himself in his helicopter, was sent to jeff@amazon.com; we are still waiting for an answer.
On a different note, our dinghy got a ‘not so extreme make over’, by putting the logo of the boat on the outboard engine. Now we can easily find it among all the other ones at the dinghy dock.
In the north of Mallorca we visited the beautiful ‘cala’ (Cove) Portals Vells, meaning old portals; this refers to caves in the cliffs produced partly by erosion and partly man made. Some of the caves were dug out to provide for the stones of the cathedral of Palma, though the deeper caves are much older. The caves at the beach side are formed of sandstone and look as if they would disintegrate any moment but turned out being rock solid to the touch.
The last stop in Mallorca was Port Soller which is connected by a wooden train to Soller, which is 4 kilomers inland. Both are very touristy, but in this season still quite laid back.
The crossing from Majorca to Menorca was uneventful.
Until we caught our first big fish.
The first town we visited in Menorca was Ciutadella, a 10 minute ‘dinghy ride’ away from our anchorage. The town is located at the end of a deep cala which made a very nice arrival by boat in the old sailor’s way, by boat.
Menorca is famous for its beautiful calas, so we visited some of them: cala Son Saura, cala Macarella, cala Galdana and cala en Porter.
In Cala en Porter we saw the coolest club inside the rocks. We did not order the VIP room for 1500 Euro per evening, but we did drink a nice glass of cava and had the dance floor all for ourselves.
The capital of Menorca is Mahon, where Mayonaise (Maonesa) was first made.
Because of its strategic position within the Mediteranean, Mahon has enormous fortifications, which give excellent views over the bay (but do not beat a drone).
The coming week we will be sailing to Valencia (passing Mallorca and Ibiza again), where we will leave the boat for 3 weeks to visit family and friends in the Netherlands.
Wat een fijne foto’s, die van die tuin vind ik erg mooi. En wat een enorme vis Jos, die zal vast heerlijk gesmaakt hebben. Groet, Harmen
Ja die vis was lekker.