"I've got my flippy floppies..."

Ashley, Marissa, Amy, and Natasha at the entrance to the castle!

So this past weekend, 4 friends and I went to Palma de Mallorca, an island in between Spain and Italy. During Fallas, it's supposed to warm up significantly: tshirt and jeans weather. However, the weather decided to be weird and a lot of people are still wearing winter coats and boots. When we booked this trip in the beginning of Feb. we expected to be laying on the beach, getting tan and enjoying life.

While we did enjoy life, it was on the top of a tour bus instead of on top of the sand. The port/dowtown area of Mallorca is really cool and has some really great sites. We did one of those hop on/hop off narrated bus tours which was great! The King and Queen's summer home is in Mallorca so that was cool. Antonio Gaudi (same architect who did all that weird stuff in Barcelona) designed a Cathedral. We got out and explored a castle which was gorgeous. It was on top of a mini-mountain overlooking the harbor.

Our hotel was about 10 minutes by bus away from the port. We heard that Mallorca was a tourist destination for German tourists but we didn't realize how much that affected Mallorca. Most of the signs around our hotel were in German. On Friday night, we went to restaurant down the street from our hotel and were given a menu in German. We had to ask for a menu in Spanish and even then it was the managers hand written copy. All of the street venders spoke to us in German then French then Spanish then English. It was very surreal to be in a Spanish speaking country and not understand the language (German).

Saturday night, we needed a little American fix so we went to the Hard Rock Cafe. I had a burger that was 100% beef (in Spain, you never know if burgers are beef or bull... a little scary so I generally don't order them). It was just like a burger you would get at Sundries (place in Charlotte) or California Dreaming (place at USC). I was very content with my piece of America. We sat and chatted for a while, just enjoying the night, America, and each other.

Mallorca was great, carefree weekend. It was great after Fallas, which is anything but restful, and before the craziness of country-hopping for Spring Break happens.

This is probably going to be my last update before Spring Break but after, expect a LONG update about Athens and Rome!!

Love,

Lizzy