Thursday night, Tiffany, Camilla, and I left for Palma Mallorca. Our flight landed pretty late so we opted totake a taxi instead of the bus (which would have meant that we would have had to search for our hostel in thedark). The taxi driver dropped us off right at the door of the hostel and we checked into our hostel. Theowner was super nice and we had a nice 3 person room with our own bathroom. Since it was already so late, we ate our sandwiches that our senoras had packed for us and then got ready for bed.
Friday morning we found the nearest grocery store and bought really cheap clementines (I got 6 for $0.50) and I bought a muffin for breakfast. Then we caught the bus to the main city center of Palma to explore the sites. Our first stop was the Cathedral.
This is the outside of the Cathedral. Even though I've seen a ton of Cathedral now, I don't ever get tired of seeing how beautiful they are. The architecture, decoration, etc. is awe-inspiring in each one.
Here's a painting from the inside of the Cathedral. It was huge and sooo gorgeous.
Another decoration from inside the Cathedral. It has the cross in the center with Jesus. The colors were beautiful and I liked how original the piece was.
At the front of the Cathedral. Gaudi (who did the Sagrada Familia) did the piece hanging above my head. Another reason I love visiting the Cathedral's is because of the personal moments it allows me to have with God. Every aspect of the Cathedral brings out some thought, praise, or prayer.
After the Cathedral, we used our tourist map to maneuver about the city. We decided to head towards some of the marked "tourist" sites, even though we had no idea what they were. This is a picture of one of the really cute streets as we were heading somewhere or other. I love the colorful buildings and the narrowness of the street.
One of my favorite pictures of the entire weekend. We were in Plaza Mayor which was a very large plaza with several shops set up all the way around. The plaza was completely blocked in by the yellow building seen in the background. Right as I was attempting to take a picture of the plaza, these birds started flying all around. As you can tell, it made for a really good picture. :)
Before leaving for Mallorca, I was looking up to see if there was a Subway in Sevilla. Not finding one, I decided to check Mallorca and there was one! Not thinking we'd find it, I really didn't think anything about it until we decided to look for lunch on Friday. I mentioned it to Camilla and Tiffany and we looked at the map only to realize that the Subway was right where we were headed. We stopped in for lunch and I was definitely a happy camper. I got my favorite - turkey on wheat. :) It was a little pricey (4.50 euros) but so is Subway at home (unless you do the $5 footlong deal).
While sitting in Subway I started playing with the features on my camera. This is one of my favorite features - color accent. You can pick an object in the picture to stand out and then it makes everything else black-and-white. As you can see, it makes for some really pretty pictures.
After lunch, we stumbled upon a couple of free museums so we definitely took advantage. The first was an art museum that didn't hold many famous paintings but did have a couple of Joan Miro's works, a Dali painting, and a few of Picasso's works. I'm not really an art person, but it was free and neat to see. The second was a photography museum that had pictures from the 1930's and 1940's. I thought they were really neat to see. We stopped in the museum gift shop afterward and there was an atlas. I went to NC and found this map. You can even see SPRING HOPE (bottom right corner)!!! I was sooooo excited. It's a small thing, but it made me happy.
We sat in a small park waiting for it to get dark so we could see the Cathedral at night. We munched on some of the clementines we bought and Camilla showed us how to make an elephant mask out of the skin. She's such a nerddd!
Here's me at the Cathedral at night.
And the three of us at the Cathedral. It's sooooo gorgeous. It doesn't even look real. Wish you could've seen it Mom!
The following pictures will be your favorites, Mom.
We spent the day on Saturday exploring the coastline around our hostel. Not sure exactly how far we walked but I'd say at least 2 miles. The weather was perfect and the scenery was gorgeous. Again, one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
I love this picture!! The water was a perfect shade of blue and I loved the rocky coastline.
And this picture is probably my favorite ever!! It took a little skill to climb over to this little spot, but this picture was worth it!
Check out that water!! Absolutely breath-taking!!
Again, the water was phenomenally beautiful. I wish you could've been there Mom.
And me and my obsession with clouds! They were just soooo pretty!
Again, pretty clouds with the ships!!
LOVE the map with Spring Hope on it! The pictures are amazing! Can't wait to hear all about your adventures SOON!! You'll be home in less than a month! Ahhh! Love you, sistasistaaaa!
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