It just so happened that our friends, the Kelly Family (Chance's friend Ava), decided on the same place and so we booked our vacation at the same time so the kids would have a little friend to play with. It worked out quite nice actually....fun on the beach together first part of the day, and the kids danced to the mini disco every night after dinner. We even got to trade a couple nights of kids free dining which is always a plus.
Everyday was a bit like groundhog day......just like we like it.....first part of the day at the beach enjoying the sun, cool breeze, warm calm ocean water. Ryan did a bunch of snorkeling, even dragging Chance out on his back one day venturing really far out in to the deep waters to see some fish around a rocky, grassy reef. Chance learned that it was more fun to dive under the waves than ride on top. Our hesitant toddler from last year transformed in to quite a little fish himself! The pools were a little too cold for our liking but the beach water was mighty nice so long as the sun was out and the wind was calm. Our 2 year stint so far in cold-country has toughened us up somewhat to swimming in the cold!
And sand castle building is never complete without also supporting the longhorns at every opportunity we can.
After naptime each day, we'd head down to the pool bar. We indulged in some Sangria and worked hard coloring pictures. Check out the detail.
One day we venture out to a look out point, where there was a castle, fort-like thing with a moat. We saw the sign directing us there and decide to start the hike.
2 minutes in to the walk and Chance is complaining heavily, so Ryan nicely offers to carry him on his back.
A little while down the road, this more descriptive sign appears,
and Ryan rethinks Chance's mode of transportation. :)
The last day our flight was a late one so we drove across the island in to the mountains to 2 lovely towns Deia and Valldemossa. We went to Deia first, looking for lunch as my guide book said that "on the way up to the church on the hill it'd be lined with restaurants". Well there was not a one. We finally settled on the only restaurant we could find, paying 16 euros for a little tuna sandwich (that's like 24$)! Then on the way back out of town (I might add that we left the town the way we came in)...some how we passed all the restaurants that we should have seen driving in. So is life I guess.
Now it's back to the grind, adios Mallorca, perhaps we'll be back next year. Check out the pics in the left hand column.
