Vacation Time!

Last week was a blur of events. On February 24 we set off for Palma de Mallorca for a 5 day vacation on an island in Spain. This island is in the Mediterranean Sea and we found ourselves reflecting often about how we were touching the same Sea that Jesus had once touched. Our flight over was with Ryanair, a cheap European airline that prides itself on being on time. After every flight, there is a recording of trumpets that is played to announce that your flight was on time! If you're ever searching for Ryanair in the airport, just go to the last terminal or check in counter that you can find, and Ryanair will be there.

We packed our backpacks full with our swimsuits, changes of clothes, and snacks for the beach. We wanted to save as much money as possible without missing out on the experience, so we decided that making bocadillos for lunch would be best. Hence this picture:

We didn't have to buy lunch once, but decided to splurge a bit for dinner!

The first night we were there we arrived around 10 pm and checked into our hostel. The first thing that we wanted to do was to touch the Mediterranean Sea and find a good tapas restaurant to fill our empty stomaches. We stumbled upon a small family owned restaurant that was filled with locals who were all very welcoming. The next day we woke up to a continental breakfast and spoke with our very helpful hostel receptionists. They told us literally everything we needed to know about Palma. We caught the number 15 bus into the center of Palma to explore the capital city. Of course, it has a massive, gothic Cathedral that overlooked the ocean, so we had to check it out.

Although we stayed right by the beach, the city of Palma is known for its ports. We found it very interesting to look at the many beautiful and huge boats, hoping that someone would take us out into the ocean for a day. The rest of our day consisted of getting lost in the streets and looking at some sweet shops.

I was so happy!

Streets of Palma. 

Saturday evening three of our friends arrived, so on Sunday we decided to have a relaxing day on the beach! There was hardly anyone laying out because it is still winter for these locals and not peak season for tourists, but us crazy Americans found this weather to be perfect.  Saturday night, we all got dressed and took the bus back into Palma to eat and hang out. We stumbled upon an American run diner in the middle of Palma!!! What luck!! Naturally, we went in, and enjoyed one of our first truly American meals since we left the states. It was delicious, cheap, and more food than we could eat!

We successfully watched all 4 sunsets! :)

Monday was fun day! We took a day trip into Porto Cristo, on the other side of the island to see the world famous Caves of Drach! While we were taking a tour, there was a ten minute classical concert and boat show in the large lake within the cave which added even more beauty. Porto Cristo was a really quaint beach town and all in all it was a great day trip. 

On our last day in Palma we decided that we wanted to relax and spend another day on the beach. We got to enjoy all of Tuesday because our flight didn't take off till late in the evening. We were sad to leave Palma, but once we got off at our bus stop in Sevilla we were surprised how much we miss this city!