Yesterday we pretty much stayed in all day, as per advice. It started looking better in the afternoon, so Annie and Joab had a break while we did grandparent duty.
We managed to get out to the nearby playground during a break in the rain. Armed with a towel to wipe down the swings etc.
We also managed to find somewhere to have a drink.
We had another bbq, Pete, in the rain with various umbrellas positioned in places.
It wasn’t a bad day, just a bad weather day.
Today we walked to the town centre with Joab and Bea, went to the local produce shop, a cafe and the playground. I got various salts, honey and jams. We have passed fields full of lemon trees, vineyards and fields awash with rosemary bushes. Initially wondering how things grow in this arid climate, the level of rainfall put us right.
The salt is known as flor de sal. The salt comes from the thin layer that forms on the surface of seawater as it evaporates.
At the cafe I shared a cake with Pete. It was lovely, a thick custard over trifle sponge. Joab had a cream puff and Bea and car biscuit.
After this we went to Sa Bassa Blanca Museum, near Alcudia, which is located within a protected wildlife sanctuary.
The foundation was started by artists Ben Jakober and Yannick Vu, with the support of philanthropist George Coulon Karlweis.
A bit like Yorkshire Sculpture Park but with a few stark differences. On the plus, in this heat, the sculptures coveted a relatively small area. On the downside, they could not be touched. Some French children were roundly told off for touching an outdoor bird sculpture. You also had to keep to paths. It was really hard as Bea was supposed to have come the day before, the sculptures scream out to be touched.
We had refreshing gazpacho and tempura before looking around the place. It was all very stylish,I don’t think there was anything in the gift shop below 300 euros,beside the postcards.
One underground gallery was dedicated to 16th and 17th century paintings of children, or as the images depict, mini adults.
A case in point is a snowman sculpture.
This sculpture was created as apparently a ‘playful and poetic creation’ to enable Mallorcan children to experience something that is common place in other lands. But it screams out to be hugged znd touched and interacted with.
There were a lot of animal sculptures.
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At first, I thought these megaliths were the real deal but realised they had been produced in 2007. Twelve stones each weighing some 10 tons.
Returning home Bea helped us to make tea, chopping peppers,mushrooms and cheese, she was truly amazing!
Our evening ending in the town square….
Random Acts of Travelling 