Hello dear readers! So, if you haven't already noticed, I'm just sticking to talking about what I have done over my weekends here in Mallorca. My weeks are pretty much the same. I have classes on three days of my week and my internship on the other two. In my free time, I go for runs, watch movies on my computer, go to the beach, check out cute little bakeries or go for walks with my friend, Emily. I only have about three weeks of school left and then I'll have my internship five days of the week for six hours each day. I'll have my afternoons free which will be super nice and of course I have weekends off. Having weekends of for internships is definitely not normal in the hospitality and tourism industry, so I am definitely going to be taking advantage of that and going to the many different beaches here in Mallorca or going on adventures to explore the island. So this past weekend my friend, Emily (also a fellow Boilermaker), and I hung out quite a bunch. On Friday (4/24/15) after our internships we went for a walk. The days have been so pretty here that it is a waste to just sit inside. So we have now been going on a lot of walks. I'm pretty sure we have seen almost every part of Palma. Haha. | On Saturday, we went to a beach called Ses Illetes. We packed our lunches and spent the whole day there for the most part. It started off cold, but luckily got warmer as the day went on. After we were finished at the beach, we went back to Palma and walked around some more before we went home. We also discovered that a gelato store called Amorino opened up Palma. So we went there and got sorbet. Amorino is pretty famous for shaping ice cream/sorbet into a flower if you order it in a cone. I have yet to get some in a cone, but I will next time and post it on Facebook. Speaking of Facebook, you can see all of my photos there. It's a little difficult to post all of them on here. I just highlight a few. But if you would like to see all of them, just go to my Facebook profile and you can easily see them there. So going back to my day on Saturday, when we both got home, Emily and I realized that we were sunburnt. My back was so splotchy! We will definitely be applying more sunscreen the next time we go. On Sunday, we continued our weekend adventure early and headed to the town of Manacor to get a bus that took us to Cuevas del Drach. This was by far one of, if not the coolest things that I have seen since coming here. One of the photos that I took is with this post. What was unique about seeing the caves was that we got a little orchestra performance as well. A quartet playing a couple of classical pieces on a boat in the dark with only lights around the boat and lights on their music stands to see. I took so many photos inside of the cave. Again, they can all be seen on Facebook. After we visited the caves, we went to a little town called Porto Cristo. This town was a refreshing change from the busy city life of Palma. There were still a lot of tourists, but the atmosphere was very much calmer and quieter than Palma. We walked around for a while and sat people watching on the beach there. This beach was so cool. The location was what made it different than the others that we have been to. On one side was the marina where all of the boats were docked and on the other was a cliff with homes that jut up right to the cliff edge. You can see one of the pictures I took to the left. After our walk we found an ice cream place and ordered by far the biggest ice creams ever. Haha. They were so good though! We both got back to our home stays very tired around 7:45 PM. Thursday night I will be on a flight to go see my friend, Nina, in Berlin. She has a ton of stuff for us planned. So from my side of the world and until next time, hasta luego! |
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AuthorMy name is Jordan and I'm a sophomore studying Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University. For five and a half months, I'll be studying, interning, and experiencing what it is like to live on the Balearic Island of Mallorca located off of mainland Spain. Archives
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