palma

being the budget travelers that we were, we booked the most affordable flight we could find from mallorca to london pre-olympics. this meant of course that not only would we be taking a random airline (anyone heard of monarch air?), but our flight also departed at 9pm. since we had to check out of our hostel in cala millor at the standard 10 am time and the airport was back near the port where we arrived, we decided to make a day of it and travel back early to spend the day looking around palma, one of the main towns on the island. plus, i had my eye on a pair of pants from zara that i had yet to find successfully in my size, so we pretty much had to go.

passeig des zara (at least as far as i was concerned).

palma was a much busier side of the island with more touristy destinations for entertainment versus the options of going to a beach or eating gelato as we had grown accustomed to in cala millor. still, there weren't too many options as the name of the game in mallorca seems to be "relax."

we walked around the port, went to the market, and did a little shopping for souvenirs. we unfortunately didn't find anything we wanted to purchase. i was on strict orders from my mother to find a specific type of pearl necklace, but all i seemed to be able to find was wooden bottle openers shaped like giant penises. seriously, what exactly is that meant to represent for mallorcan culture? i wish so badly that i had taken a photo when i had the chance, as i just had to succumb to googling "mallorca penis bottle opener" and "mallorca wooden dick" in the middle of starbucks with no accurate image results. awkward...