Mallorca

So we're just out of the Jewish holiday, which conveniently for us a) created a series of four-day weekends and b) fell during the low point of the European travel season. Along with some upcoming Spanish holidays, we used the long weekends and low fares to get around a bit.

Three weekends ago was Mallorca. Why Mallorca? Because three years ago Facebook figured out that I’m the kind of gal who likes Spain and also the kind of gal who likes trains. So FB suggested that I friend a Mallorcan train…and I’ve been watching its adorable exploits (think Thomas) around the island ever since. When it came down to deciding where to go for one of the long weekends, Mallorca made the list.  Score one for the Tren de Soller’s marketing department.

It’s pretty easy to see why Mallorca is known to draw the rich and famous. The entire island either looks like this:

Or like this:

We stayed in Palma, which is a city with its own castle:

Cathedral:

And cool fish market:

As far as we can tell, these are the essential requirements to be a small European city.

The kids’ favorite activity was the Tren de Soller – it goes 7km through the countryside, over a mountain range and into the town of Soller.  Here's Seth playing around outside the train:

We also visited the Cuevas del Drach, which were pretty spectacular:

A quick flight home and back to school. The next day, J & H set to googling "cheap flights from Madrid" to see where the next weekend would take us...