Today was our last full day of the cruise. Tomorrow I will disembark in Barcelona and head home. It was another bright, beautiful day and actually it was pretty warm. The ship docked a little distance from the downtown area but there was a shuttle bus running back and forth every half hour.
The last time I was here with Al and we had arranged a private tour that took us to the far side of the island. Today I didn’t arrange anything. Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands which are an autonomous zone of Spain. Catalan and Spanish are the official languages but in school Catalan is used.
My goal was to visit the Cathedral which is supposed to be quite beautiful, but it was not to be. The shuttle left us off along the small boat harbor below the hill on which the cathedral is built. There were LOTS of steps to go up to the entrance. One of my friends went up as I waited halfway below which turned out to be wise. You had to have tickets to get in and the earliest ticket time was 2:30, later than we wanted to go. She decided to tour the palace; I opted to walk down and stroll around a shaded promenade which had a lovely serious of fountains. I sat on a bench for a while and watched the people going by. There were some cafés around but it was too early to eat or drink anything so I passed.
After a little walkabout I headed back to the ship. I had yet to pack so I needed a little time for that. It turned out that we did have one more trivia match and we managed to blow that one too. Oh well, it is only a game or so they keep telling us.
I had a nice dinner and then I said my goodbyes to some friends and headed off to bed. I’ll write some final thoughts later.
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Safe travels, Ann. I have SO enjoyed “traveling” with you! 😀
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