Majorca, Spain

Sunrise from our balcony

Several months ago John and I started planning a vacation, without Hannah, the first in 2 years! John's mom and a friend were going to come and take care of Hannah and Bear, so we decided on a 5 day trip to the Island of Majorca. Unfortunately about 2 months before our trip John's mom broke her leg, right at the knee in 5 places. For a few weeks we weren't quite sure we would be able to take this much needed trip. Thankfully one of our good friends here offered to watch Hannah!! Her husband was (is) away on travel for work and she volunteered to even stay at our place so Hannah  would be more comfortable. What a blessing... thanks again Tammy!!

View from church out onto Palma harbor

Majorca is very popular destination in Europe, and can be quite touristic in the summer months. Since we went in October, it was not overly crowded and the temperatures were a bit more manageable for us, but still about 90 degrees.

Gothic church in Palma

We stayed about 10 miles outside of the big town of Palma de Majorca, a harbor town with tons of shopping and restaurants. The town we stayed seemed more touristy/cheesy, but again since it was off season the pools were still open but there weren't people everywhere.

Infinity and wave pool looking out onto the Sea

Majorca has nice beaches on the south side and mountains on the north side.  It is also a great place for road and mountain biking. There was actually a triathlon and marathon on the island while we were there. Of course I wasn't going to be doing any hard core biking, but we did enjoy two hikes, and a run. One hike was on Dragon island, which is on the southwest side of the island.

View of Majorca from Dragon Island

Selfie from the top of Dragon Island

Not a bad lunch view!

Hiking at 27 weeks pregnant :)

The second hike took us up the second highest peak on the island. The highest peak is private military ground and not open to hike up to.

 

View from 2nd highest peak 

The mountain we hiked is in the background.

The hiking was great as was swimming in the ocean. But the best part was just enjoying lots of time with John, eating good beef for reasonable prices, and being on the go all day long (although pregnant ladies like a short nap as well).

Refueling

Delicious beef

We realize that we won't be able to take another trip alone for quite a long time so we are SO thankful that we pulled this one off!