No Guide books today....

We had a fun day touring the Northeast coast of Majorca today.  It is probably one of our first trips that we haven’t read many guide books and planned out all the things we wanted to tour.  I admit, it was fun feeling like an explorer today... not knowing what all we were going to see or do.  If we saw an interesting site as we were driving, we would point the car in that direction.  The one castle we were able to snag an English brochure giving us some insight on what we were touring, was “Castell DE Capdepera”.  Not only did the castle date back to the 13^th Century but it provided stunning views.  Much to Cooper's delight, they also had an exhibit with owls from various parts of Europe.  Just as I was telling him the owls weren't real, one started 'squawking' to tell Cooper "that is not true!" The island appearance is very diverse…one minute we were driving on the rock-lined ocean then within five minutes we seemed to be in a lush rain forest, and then out of nowhere would appear an old historic Spanish town.  After spending much of the day on our non-planned journey, we decided to stick to our theme and stumbled into a great tapas restaurant in a old town.  The whole day was a hit…especially the Spanish Olives!

Yep, it is real alright!

The things I don’t want to forget…

• Cooper continues to want to show the waiters that he “can speak Spanish” and proceeds to count to ten for them in Spanish.  He is quite proud of himself when he finishes. The waiters aren't sure what to think:)

• Karina decided to try my Caviar (even after I explained exactly what it was) as she put it in her mouth, she smiled and said, “this melts in my mouth and tastes like candy!”  That may be one “just taste it” I live to regret since it is a tad more expensive than a McDonald’s burger.  

Some more 'Spanish steps'