The Mallorca Files. Reimagined . | Life Through Basia's Eyes Menu Skip to content About Life Through Basia's Eyes The Mallorca Files. Reimagined . Here you can sing in the sunshine I like being a tourist and doing touristy things. I don’t go as far as wearing a kissmequick hat, but I like to see the sights and take the photos. Most of all I like quirky forms of transport. This holiday has been no exception. Now that we’ve settled in to our charming hotel, we thought we’d go a bit further afield …. A couple of years ago we were in Malaga and happened to see some beautiful objects in a very arty shop. We excitedly bought some very beautiful oversized brass and turquoise coloured spoons and we’re thrilled to hang them above our fireplace at home. Then I looked more closely and saw they were in fact Calla lilies. Top marks for observation, Basia. Anyway, they are beautiful. And I remembered the artist was based in Majorca. But I couldn’t remember where. Luckily I have a daughter who knows. She’d been to the island and had actually come across the artists shop herself. But where was it. Thank goodness for the internet. She sent a photograph of the shop over the ether and it was in Soller. Fabulous. We took a taxi from Palma and were soon in a very narrow street shaded delightfully with colourful umbrellas. We walked in and found lots and lots of beautiful objects. Oh for a little snail Aladdin’s cave of sculptures, jewellery and a little gallery. For those with too much cutlery The artist was tantalisingly on the other side of the wall; but his bodyguard- or shop assistant- the beautiful Ela – would not countenance us meeting him. And that was that. But she did say he would get in touch. Hockney? One end of the gallery We have five of these lilies In the end we bought a little something and went in search of lunch. The shop front Now Soller is lovely but very, very crowded. We found ourselves in the main square, chose a cafe at random and proceeded to eat extremely well. As we were eating , the rumble of the Soller tram made us look up a number of times. Old wooden carriages, on ancient tramlines. Of course we had to have a ride. Especially as they figured heavily in a TV programme I had managed to get addicted to recently -The Mallorca Files Isn’t it romantic? So we finished our meal and ran to find the stop by the Cathedral. Suddenly we heard panting and fast footsteps. A yellow paper bag was being waved in front of us. Excuse me, you have forgotten this… another minor miracle: or my Carlos Tellichea artefact would have been lost forever. Profuse in our thanks we hopped on to the tram. I say hopped but in my case I had to be hauled on, the step was so high. We tried to get OAP tickets but nothing doing! The journey itself was delightful as we rattled towards the Port of Soller. We clambered down, went for a glass of wine and clambered aboard again. All great fun. And the flowers on the way were intoxicating. Stunning colours Oleanders. Bougainvillea. Morning Glory. Bamboos. Lemon trees. Palms. Cypresses. And olives. Olive groves everywhere. Back in Soller we had to find a taxi to take us back to Palma. Efficient. But not nearly as much fun as the tram-train. Share this: Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Email Like this: Like Loading... Related by Basia Korzeniowska on September 2, 2021 September 2, 2021 Art, Autobiography, Creativity, Objects, Travel Art, autobigraphy, Egerton Court, holidays, inspiration, Soller, Spain, tram, Travel Post navigation « Stress. And minor miracles. Valldemosa » 10 comments on “The Mallorca Files. Reimagined .” Maja says: September 2, 2021 at 8:48 pm What a brilliant day you both had. I look forward to hearing about tomorrow’ day. 😘 LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Basia Korzeniowska says: September 3, 2021 at 10:08 am You will! LikeLike Reply Yeah, Another Blogger says: September 2, 2021 at 10:32 pm The photo of the umbrella street is great. What a brilliant idea to suspend colorful umbrellas way up high. This should be done all over the world! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Basia Korzeniowska says: September 3, 2021 at 10:07 am Yes. It would be so jolly LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Carol Congalton says: September 3, 2021 at 12:24 am Oh wow! I would have loved the gallery! :O LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Basia Korzeniowska says: September 3, 2021 at 10:07 am It is indeed a great place LikeLike Reply Tony Steel says: September 4, 2021 at 5:27 pm Tell me more of these beautiful oversized bras. Yes, I had to read it twice, I think that actually says much more about me that I’d be willing to admit… 😀 Nice trams. LikeLike Reply Basia Korzeniowska says: September 4, 2021 at 6:46 pm I’m not quite sure what you’re referring to???? LikeLike Reply Tony Steel says: September 4, 2021 at 10:17 pm If I may quote you: “We excitedly bought some very beautiful oversized brass and turquoise coloured spoons…” LikeLike Basia Korzeniowska says: September 5, 2021 at 7:40 am I’m very slow! Just the pun my husband would make. But he doesn’t read me so doesn’t! LikeLike Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Search for: Recent Posts Desperate Measures – Putin Escalates The War (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #196) 69 September 11 September Mallorca 3 Recent Comments Tony Steel on 69 Basia Korzeniowska on 69 Basia Korzeniowska on 69 Basia Korzeniowska on 69 Basia Korzeniowska on 69 Archives September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 October 2018 September 2018 July 2018 May 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 August 2017 July 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 August 2015 July 2015 May 2015 March 2015 August 2014 March 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 Categories Africa Art Autobiography autobiography children Creativity family Gap year History Humour Literature London Memories of war and after music Objects People Reblog review School sport story Syria Theatre Travel Ukraine Uncategorized Verse work Meta Register Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.com Blog at WordPress.com. Follow Following Life Through Basia's Eyes Join 266 other followers Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. Life Through Basia's Eyes Customize Follow Following Sign up Log in Copy shortlink Report this content View post in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website %d bloggers like this: