Cala Boquer

We still have lots of details to add from our New Years trip through Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands- but in the meantime, I wanted to share a little hike we did yesterday! 

We took the bus about an hour North to Port de Pollenca.  We wandered around until we found the path to Cala Boquer.  The hike was only 2.9 Kilometers and pretty flat.  At the end of it was our own private beach!  It was cloudy so the blue in the sea didn't quite "pop" like it would on a sunny day- but we look forward to going back on a warmer/sunnier day!

 Chilling a little champagne in the cool water

 A very Spanish lunch

 

 A goat!

 

Happy February!

XO, Kelly & Will

Pollenca - Part II

The second part of our trip to Pollenca involved checking out the town.  Its been a settlement since the Roman Era so it has plenty of historical buildings around.

First we went inside one of the two large cathedrals in town.  Im pretty sure this one alone has enough seating for the entire town.  All of the walls and ceilings in the church are painted and they didnt show any restraint in the use of gold either/

This was followed by a hike up 300+ stairs to the old monastery in town.  It was a great workout and made for some nice views.

And someone found a cat...

After our roomies left we settled in at a cafe and 'watched' the Gamecocks while watching RCD Mallorca on tv (we eventually got our game to stream, yay!).

Pollenca - Part I

Friday night we went to Pollenca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollença) a town at the north end of the island.  After this guy read the bus schedule wrong, we made it into town around 7pm.  We had booked a cheap hotel in the center of town.  Turns out, hotel rates drop significantly in November and we had this view overlooking Placa Mayor, the main square in the town.

 The next morning we explored around the town and met our roommates, Breck & Aleena, who had taken the bus from Palma that morning.

We went to hike this...

Which looks like this...

And involves lots of these...

At the top of the 900' climb is a small castle/church,

that has beautiful views of the surrounding hills and Mediterranean Sea.

There was a full picnic area on the back (north) side that had even better views of Port de Pollenca, the Med, and the Cap de Formentor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_de_Formentor).