Mallorca

After a long week of midterms I was so ready to get away! It was our "free weekend" for the month so a group of 7 of us decided to leave the Iberian Peninsula and head for the Balearic Islands! After a short 50 minute plane ride we landed in Mallorca. We took a short (but eventful) bus ride to Palma and looked around town. We couldn't pass by the opportunity to have some helado (ice cream) and try out the pastry most famous of Mallorca: Ensaimada. We looked around town some more but all we knew was that this weekend was going to be a cathedral/museum free weekend. All we wanted to do was enjoy the sun on the beaches of the Mediterranean.
We left Palma and headed for the Port De Pollenca (where we would be staying) We got there in the evening and first found our accommodations: Hostal Paris. (I'm not sure why it was called Hostal Paris when it was run by British people and it's located on a Spanish speaking island?) Regardless it was 100 meters from the beach! We looked around town a bit and grabbed some Chinese food for dinner. The next day we woke up and headed straight for the ocean! Because it's not the tourist season yet, we quickly realized that we basically had the island ENTIRELY to ourselves...EXCEPT...for our biker friends. Apparently the island of Mallorca is really popular for those training for the Tour d' France, so all day long we saw bikers in their fancy spandex riding around town. We got inspired and found some bikes for ourselves.

We spent all day on our bikes riding along the coast of Port De Pollenca. We picnicked on the beach, checked out all of the little towns and didn't have a care in the world. Our day ended with this beautiful sunset! It couldn't have been better.