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A very nice little cafe. I always like when the fields are terraced. A lot of work to build those retaining walls, but once they're done, it does keep the water from sliding away.
I just can't imagine the work that went into them and I can't help but wonder whether people bother these days.
Now about my driving! Now when I drive normally the gear shift is on my left and thus no problem. But when hire a car in Europe the gear shift is on the right, now this usually is no problems unless you are negotiating sharp hairpin bends, where we go up and down gears in quick succession. But mistakes happen like 6th to 2nd instead 6th to 4th you get the picture. Also some gear box’s have a very close gear change especially some foreign cars, well that’s my excuse.
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Now about my driving! Now when I drive normally the gear shift is on my left and thus no problem. But when hire a car in Europe the gear shift is on the right, now this usually is no problems unless you are negotiating sharp hairpin bends, where we go up and down gears in quick succession. But mistakes happen like 6th to 2nd instead 6th to 4th you get the picture. Also some gear box’s have a very close gear change especially some foreign cars, well that’s my excuse.
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Mark - at least you have an excuse. I am one of the all automatic generation. I got to ride in a manual car during drivers ed and attempted to drive it, but, alas no luck. So, I wouldn't even remember where to begin with a manual no matter what side the gear shift is on.
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Waiting for our next adventure after enjoying our Alaska cruise. Jenn
Mark - at least you have an excuse. I am one of the all automatic generation. I got to ride in a manual car during drivers ed and attempted to drive it, but, alas no luck. So, I wouldn't even remember where to begin with a manual no matter what side the gear shift is on.
I hear you. Even though I learnt to drive in a manual and passed in one, I've driven an automatic as my main car since about 1997, so when I get in a manual, it's a bit like going back to the drawing board.
Saturday 11 January – part eight: now that’s what I call a view!
We were heading for the Castell de Bellver, which is at the very end of this long approach – the GPS told us it was a mile from the gates at the bottom.
The castle itself is very striking…
However, more striking was the view. It wasn’t that amazing here…
But walk a little further down, and this is what you’re treated to – the view over Palma, including its famous cathedral that we’d come here to see.
After admiring the view, we headed to get our tickets, an absolute bargain at €4 each ($5.40). Then you had to head to the entrance, which meant retracing our steps past the view we’d just admired. If only we’d have known, we’d have saved ourselves a bit of walking. We made our way up the steps to the entrance…
.. and wandered around the exterior of the castle. It was quite an imposing building, but I guess that’s what they wanted. It was originally built as the summer residence for King Jaume II in the 14th century, when Mallorca was still an independent kingdom. It later got turned into a prison, so it’s just as well they had all those defences and it was used as that until as recently as 1915.
It was when we went inside that we were in for a real treat. My trusty Dorling Kindersley (Ok, so it may have let us down a bit on La Granja earlier, but they’re forgiven… ) describes it as “one of Europe’s most beautiful Gothic castles”, and standing here, I could see why.
After admiring the courtyard, we explored the exhibition here, which sets out the history of Mallorca, and especially Palma, although of course we managed to do it the wrong way around, starting with recent history, and ending up with the very first settlements.
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But a bargain's a bargain... and of course my trusty Dorling Kindersley remains my fave! 
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Waiting for our next adventure after enjoying our Alaska cruise. 
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Even though I learnt to drive in a manual and passed in one, I've driven an automatic as my main car since about 1997, so when I get in a manual, it's a bit like going back to the drawing board. 
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