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The Annual UMSDT Madness
Someone, a while ago, started an extreme, long-distance mountain challenge event, somewhere in the Alps. A few dozen fanatics participated in that first endurance event, sometimes dubbed as sky-ru...
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http://mallorcaphotoblog.com/2015/03/31/the-choice-is-yours/

The Choice is Yours
Mallorca is quite a unique island, really. Here, everyone can find what makes him (or her) happy, be it the long beach or the solitary cove, the old town of Palma and its exciting history of 2000 y...
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The Art of Poetry
Allow me, please, to remind you that today, March 21st, we celebrate the World Poetry Day. The marking originates from a decision made by UNESCO in 1999 in Paris to support linguistic diversity thr...
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The Balearic Constitution Day
Spain is politically organized into a total of 17 comunidades autónomas (autonomous communities), plus 2 ciudades autónomas (autonomous cities), Ceuta and Melilla. The Balearic Islands are one of t...
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http://mallorcaphotoblog.com/2015/02/02/alive-and-kicking/

Alive and Kicking
Blogging is a strange and sometimes funny business. I have been blogging about Mallorca, and a few other topics, more or less regularly since 2005. After a number of initial blog ventures, I starte...
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Blessing of the Animals
Mallorca's annual Sant Antoni celebrations include a ritual called Beneïdes (blessing of the animals). The origins of this tradition are probably pagan when in the countryside one suffered the weat...
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Sad News For Music Lovers
Paco de Lucía, one of the greatest guitarists of all times, died yesterday in Cancún (Mexico). Born in Algeciras in Andalucía in 1947, the musician made his home in Mallorca in 2003 when he bought ...
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This Blog Has Moved
The Mallorca Daily Photo Blog is no more. After nearly six years of daily blogging I experienced some rather serious health problems, albeit unrelated to my blogging activities, and had to spend so...
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http://mallorcaphotoblog.com/2013/01/24/play-it-again-sam/

Play it Again, Sam
I am rather pleased that the old Renoir cinema in the Escorxador area of Palma managed to be rescued by the very able and enthusiastic XarxaCinema people, a citizens’ initiative. Two months a...
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Good-Bye to All That
It’s time to say good-bye. After 1,928 daily blog entries between June 10th, 2007, and September 18th, 2012, a serious heart condition caught me unawares whilst on a short trip abroad. I unde...
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http://mallorcaphotoblog.com/2012/10/31/into-the-dawn/

Into The Dawn
Hello. I’m back in Mallorca, back from the brink of the Neverland. A lot has happened since I last posted here, too much really to pretend that the show should go on as it always as. I don&#8...
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http://mallorcaphotoblog.com/2012/09/18/ex-nicotine/

Ex Nicotine
Apologies to all loyal MDPB readers, but due to some medical problems of a rather serious character, there will be a temporary period of no daily blog entries. Even though I had given up smoking 31...
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The Fortification At Es Fortí de Cala Llonga
When I last visited the cliff top fortification at Es Fortí de Cala Llonga in Cala d’Or, some twenty years ago or even longer, it was in a pretty bad shape; one might have called it a ruin. T...
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The Port Authority in Mallorca
Ports in Spain and the Merchant Marine are managed by state-owned institutions called port authorities, ultimately a section of the Ministerio del Interior in Madrid and the Spanish government, dep...
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Agatha Christie in Mallorca
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (née Miller) was born 122 years ago today (September 15th, 1890). You may be interested to know that there is a link between Agatha Christie and Mallorca and...
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Geocaching in Mallorca
Geocaching is a craze which has now besieged Mallorca, just as it has the rest of the world. Geocaching is this incredible GPS-assisted treasure hunt that you can do virtually everywhere, from Viet...
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