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ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Palma</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#menorca_mahon" TITLE="Balearics 2007"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.gif" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mahon</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="palma"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Palma, Majorca, Balearics, Spain July 2007</B></div> <bR> <div> This is our second visit to Palma, having been here once before in 2003.  We had very positive memories of Palma and Majorca.  We had rented a car and drove about the island, mostly exploring the northern and western  reaches of the island. This time, we spent a more leisurely time exploring Palma itself.  We can summarize Palma this way:  It is a miniature version of Barcelona with a population of 350,000 (While Barcelona has a population of 2 million in the city itself and 8 million including the surrounding suburbs.  There are other elements that differentiate Palma from Barcelona, namely, the streets are clean, there is  more flora and fauna which is more attractively arranged and presented, there is a lot less crime and peddling, and the people who have dogs appear to respect the pooper scooper ethic.  We were in Palma for one week and decided that next season we will come back again.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b5ab8f40.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Dakare can be seen in the chart in the upper right of the harbor</B></div> <div> <B>at Pier 46.  It is a wonderful location central to and the nearest to Old </B></div> <div> <B>Town Palma across from the Cathedral</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b5cf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Picture of the Cathedral taken from Dakare's Cockpit </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="738" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 269 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b625e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b605e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 269 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b6c5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b665e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 269 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="b6a5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="b745e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 289 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b705e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>View of the Harbor from Castle Bellver</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b945e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 357 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b7a5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above:  Looking South eastward from Bellver</B></div> <div> <B>To the Right:  Lookout tower Bellver Castle</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b7c075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 357 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b7e5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above:The Circular Courtyard, Bellver </B></div> <div> <B>To the Right:  Cheese and Sausage Shop</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b82075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 308 WIDTH="365"><div> <B><IMG SRC="b845e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Rambling on Palma's Version of Barcelona's  Las Ramblas</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="354"><div> <B><IMG SRC="b865e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Like Barcelona, Gaudi had his influence here </B></div> <div> <B>in Palma</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 730 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="b885e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I love gargoyles and Palma has plenty of them</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b8e075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Plenty of Mature Palm Trees</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="354"><div> <B><IMG SRC="b8a075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Plenty of Flowers in the streets<IMG SRC="b8c075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b90f4840.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>After Leaving Palma, We Explored the Harbors on the Eastern Side of Majorca</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="menorca_mahon"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Minorca, Mahon</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b92f4560.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The Harbor at Mahon, Minorca</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Around and About in Mahon</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="738" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 269 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="c6a5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 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