New Year's in Mallorca

Happy New Year everyone (albeit a bit late now)...after we came back from the US for Christmas, we flew to Mallorca, Spain and spent a week there. We stayed in a very small beach town called Cala Pi, which was about 30 mins SE of the capital city of Palma. We spent a good amount of time in Cala Pi because we couldn't resist a restaurant there called Cas Busco. We did get to explore the rest of the island in other coastal and mountain towns as well, though.

This was the view from our hotel room balcony, and Conrad about to hop in our tiny little Fiat we had all week long. :)



Prehistoric site remains near Cali Pi:



The Palma Cathedral fountain-side, and a view inside of how ornately it was decorated for holiday worshipping:



Conrad and I outside of Bellver Castle, waterfront-side. Bellver Castle, which sits NW of downtown Palma, once served as the city's fortress:



View from the terraced mountains in the NW of the island, and cross atop a mountain right outside one of the monasteries we visited closer to Cali Pi.



Our favorite restaurant...



where we celebrated on NYE. Conrad ate all of his 12 grapes (a Spanish tradition, apparently) before the stroke of midnight, and I made good use of some of the many props they were handing out.



And most importantly, this was by far the best paella we ever had!



We had a great time and are looking forward to upcoming trips we have planned to 1) Cologne, Germany to celebrate Carnival there with Conrad's high school exchange student 2) Paris and 3) Prague in the next coming months!