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Trip around the island

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This time I would like to tell you about one of the best days off that I have had here&period; One weekend my Spanish friend Sergio&comma; who lives in Granada and works in Mallorca&comma; decided to visit me and for my day off we planned an amazing trip together by car&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&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;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-Yjpyu1rfC5E&sol;WZRvabIQkMI&sol;AAAAAAAAIMg&sol;AqiZNLNF7P46eAzIBs5iV3jgeM7kxFnXQCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;1500232899182&period;jpg"><img title&equals;"Trip around the island of Menorca" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;1500232899182&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"320" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1536" data-original-width&equals;"1536" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">First stop &&num;8211&semi; Cala Galdana<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Our trip started at 9&colon;00 in the morning&period; We were full of energy and excitement&period; The first place we went to was Cala Galdana&period; I had already been there with my Cuban friends but we stopped by because I wanted to show it to Sergio and to my colleague Krisztina&period; We were walking around&comma; enjoying the sea view&comma; cooling down our feet in the sea&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&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;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-2AyPSt1mAkI&sol;WaRCy53ovmI&sol;AAAAAAAAIQ0&sol;Vcj3vyKtNEUjm9HVwgYlScMPhNVmZc2aQCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC06881&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"Cala Galdana" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC06881&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1200" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3>Es Mercadal and Mahón<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Our next stop was quite short&period; We went to visit Es Mercadal because there was &&num;8220&semi;fiesta&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;celebration&sol;festival&rpar; and we wanted to show horses to Sergio&period; We also bought &&num;8220&semi;pomada&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;Menorquin gin with lemonade&rpar;&comma; typical drink of fiestas&period; After that our journey continued to Mahón where we had a nice menorquin lunch in one of the restaurants in the port&period; Because of the time&comma; after the lunch we decided to skip visiting the city and we went to La Mola&period;<&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;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-Q&lowbar;28HzM-klo&sol;WaGRbmlxMvI&sol;AAAAAAAAIMw&sol;OYJ9thFpud8PRv8LGTWbP9D1AGTPLdFWACLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC06974&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"Port of Mahón" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC06974&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"87" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"352" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3>La Mola<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fortalesalamola&period;com&sol;en&sol;home&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">La Mola<&sol;a> was actually the best part of all day&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a peninsula that lies on the north of the harbour of Mahón&period; There is the fortress of Isabel II there&comma; built between 1848 and 1875&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s quite huge complex and it&&num;8217&semi;s worth taking enough time for visiting&period; We spent there almost two hours and half&period; We were following the map&comma; walking through the tunnels&comma; enjoying amazing views from different parts of the fortress&comma; taking photos just to remember this wonderful place&period; The last part of the route we were just walking silently&comma; listening to the blowing wind and sea&comma; we were tired but actually we didn&&num;8217&semi;t need words anymore&period; We were full of impressions that we were trying to absorb&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&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;-ZEYy7AluBTs&sol;WaRFZ54BRtI&sol;AAAAAAAAIRA&sol;45axoSG7VnwFcEfn15smozFUnFyH-hbvgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07006&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"View from La Mola" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC07006&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"87" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"352" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&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;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-b&lowbar;ug6j25Dz4&sol;WaRFZ9tO18I&sol;AAAAAAAAIRE&sol;wd-I5lbIvw82jO2fkhgehySJoKz8O5QsQCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07026&period;JPG"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC07026&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"87" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"352" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3>Sunset in Cova d&&num;8217&semi;en Xoroi<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div>Nevertheless&comma; La Mola wasn&&num;8217&semi;t the last place we visited that day&period; At the end we went to see the sunset from the famous <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;covadenxoroi&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Cova d&&num;8217&semi;en Xoroi<&sol;a>&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a natural cave placed in Cala en Porter&period; The inside of the cave has many spaces connected by corridors&period; The cave can be visited during the day and night&period; Most of the people go there to see the sunset or they come for the party at night&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s beautiful place worth visiting&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s quite busy though so I recommend buying the tickets in advance if you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to wait in the long queue like we did&period; The entrace for the sunset is 13 € with a drink included&comma; if you want to drink more&comma; be prepared for higher prices&comma; for example one cocktail costs 12 €&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&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;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-ph5hR7f0WWI&sol;WaRGGEwbSiI&sol;AAAAAAAAIRI&sol;3VCt-uOOy0EsARGUPDoBLnxnptMy3K-SgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07060&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"Sunset in Cova d'en Xoroi" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC07060&period;jpg" width&equals;"240" height&equals;"320" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1600" data-original-width&equals;"1200" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&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;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-MGcb7s3dClk&sol;WaRGrLPjIlI&sol;AAAAAAAAIRQ&sol;ke-MIr2aiPsyBDYIYHfcp9QX07FXwLlXgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07072&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"Drinks in Cova d'en Xoroi" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;DSC07072&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1200" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The way back<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When we fully enjoyed the time in the cave&comma; we decided to go back&comma; it was quite late anyway and my colleague Krisztina and I had to wake up for work the following day&period; On the way back we also realized that after the lunch we actually didn&&num;8217&semi;t eat anything and we were quite hungry&period; At 23&colon;45 we arrived to Ciutadella and went to buy kebab in order to get our stomach satisfied&period; After the whole day we were super tired and the only place we wanted to be after that was our bed&period; We went to sleep late but we were happy&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There is a quote from Shanti&colon;<i> &&num;8220&semi;At the end of the day your feet should be dirty&comma; your hair messy and your eyes sparkling&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;i>and I think that&&num;8217&semi;s how we felt at the end&period; It was an amazing day&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&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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