Postcards from Menorca
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Just back from a week on the Balearic Island of Menorca, I only took the Leica P&S with me this time rather than my DSLR.
Been working through the photos, I'll add a few more when I've done them but I had to share these.
The beach at Cala Galdana:
On the second day, we went to the Fiesta de Sant Joan in the city of Ciutadella. This was simply nuts, with 200 Menorcan Stallions plowing through a crowd of about 15,000 people all crammed into a small town square. Health and safety, what's that?
It was hard to get a sense of the scale as we were jammed up against a wall by a several hundred drunken Spaniards, but this gives you an idea:
Menorcan stallions are famed for rearing up onto their hind legs - the locals think it's good luck to touch the shield on the chest of the stallion when it does this - watching some of the stallions front legs working the air, I think it's only good luck if you survive without brain damage.
When the horse wants to go sideways, it does, ploughing 50 or so boozy locals out of the way as it goes. All in all, it was bedlam, but I'm glad we went!
Back to a more peaceful scene, we went on a little walk from Cala Galdana to a nearby beach called Cala Macarella, the views were pretty special:
And because no post from me these days would be complete without a panoramic or two, on the walk back to Cala Galdana I go this - click for bigger:
The beach at Cala Galdana is a nice place to be - it's where they filmed the movie "The Blue Lagoon" which I've heard of but never seen.
I hope you like these, if I find any more decent ones I'll share them here.
Been working through the photos, I'll add a few more when I've done them but I had to share these.
The beach at Cala Galdana:
On the second day, we went to the Fiesta de Sant Joan in the city of Ciutadella. This was simply nuts, with 200 Menorcan Stallions plowing through a crowd of about 15,000 people all crammed into a small town square. Health and safety, what's that?
It was hard to get a sense of the scale as we were jammed up against a wall by a several hundred drunken Spaniards, but this gives you an idea:
Menorcan stallions are famed for rearing up onto their hind legs - the locals think it's good luck to touch the shield on the chest of the stallion when it does this - watching some of the stallions front legs working the air, I think it's only good luck if you survive without brain damage.
When the horse wants to go sideways, it does, ploughing 50 or so boozy locals out of the way as it goes. All in all, it was bedlam, but I'm glad we went!
Back to a more peaceful scene, we went on a little walk from Cala Galdana to a nearby beach called Cala Macarella, the views were pretty special:
And because no post from me these days would be complete without a panoramic or two, on the walk back to Cala Galdana I go this - click for bigger:
The beach at Cala Galdana is a nice place to be - it's where they filmed the movie "The Blue Lagoon" which I've heard of but never seen.
I hope you like these, if I find any more decent ones I'll share them here.
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