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First month in Mallorca

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s been already a month since I came to Mallorca and that&&num;8217&semi;s why I decided to write this post&comma; just to point out some things about the life here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Language barriers<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The beginning here was a bit difficult&period; I was used to working in Greece where I could understand what people say and I could have a nice conversation with locals in Greek&period; Four weeks ago I came to Mallorca&comma; to the hotel where I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t even supposed to be placed in &lpar;that&&num;8217&semi;s another story&rpar; and to the country where I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t understand much&period; Because I forgot most of my Spanish&comma; it was really difficult to communicate with staff in the hotel where most of them don&&num;8217&semi;t speak English&period; I felt a bit lost&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even now I feel a bit lost sometimes&comma; especially when I go out just with Spanish people&period; It is&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s say&comma; quite amusing&period; After some time I stop concentrating on trying to catch particular words &lpar;with their speed of talking that&&num;8217&semi;s almost impossible anyway&rpar; and to understand at least the main topic of conversation&comma; and I just listen to the sound of the Spanish and watch people&period; Usually they talk very loudly&comma; sometimes more people talk at the same time&period; They also gesture so much that sometimes I&&num;8217&semi;m afraid they will hit me by mistake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anyway&comma; Spanish language is not the only barrier here&period; Cala Ratjada&comma; the village where I work&comma; is actually more German than Spanish&period; People here immediately start to talk to you in German without asking where you come from&comma; and most of the signs are in German&comma; too&period; There are so many Germans that locals actually don&&num;8217&semi;t need to speak English and that&&num;8217&semi;s sometimes quite complicated for me&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><b>Coffee<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Another complication or rather a sad thing for me is the coffee&period; After spending so much time in Greece &&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;coffee paradise&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; I&&num;8217&semi;m quite dissappointed that they have no idea what &&num;8220&semi;freddo espresso&&num;8221&semi; or &&num;8220&semi;freddo cappuccino&&num;8221&semi; is&period; The only thing I can do here is to order espresso and a glass of ice separately or simply ice coffee &lpar;coffee with ice cream&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anyway&comma; these &&num;8220&semi;stupid&&num;8221&semi; things cannot destroy nice moments that I spend here&comma; I always find a way to be happy&comma; I want to enjoy it as much as I can&period; I should also mention something about the island&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Mallorca<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>I cannot say anything bad about Mallorca&period; It is really beautiful here&period; I haven&&num;8217&semi;t seen much till now&comma; but I went for three short trips and it was always very nice&period; The first trip was to the lighthouse  &&num;8211&semi; you can check the amazing view from there on the photo &&num;8211&semi; and the beach Cala Gat&period; My second trip was to Capdepera&comma; I went there on foot and it took me one hour to get there &lpar;it was pretty crazy idea in such hot weather&rpar; but it was worth seeing the huge castle there and drinking such an amazing ice coffee &colon;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last trip I made was to the town Arta that preserves its character and where I visited some museums&comma; church and a sanctuary&period; There are many beautiful places to visit in Mallorca and I still have a lot of time for travelling around&period; This is just beginning&excl; I&&num;8217&semi;ll keep informing you about my adventures &colon;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;2&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-0--egHQp0q8&sol;V5Zmi87&lowbar;3dI&sol;AAAAAAAAF70&sol;o2dZae6gTqUHMvZra9T9ltfhSnjpLcClACLcB&sol;s1600&sol;DSC04452&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"View from the lighthouse in Cala Ratjada" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;DSC04452&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

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