Actually set an alarm today as we had heard there was a market in Valdemossa on Thursdays and wanted to get there in good time. I took lots of pictures today so am going to separate them into two blog posts.
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Looking back down towards Soller. We took the mountain road but it was a grey day which has rather washed out the pictures. |
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The road was twisty and turny with hairpin bends, which was fine until there was a bus, a car cutting the corner |
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or bicyclists. |
We did have a couple of heart rate increase incidents, both with buses coming in the opposite direction.
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Once through the pass from Soller the road followed the coast with breathtaking homes hanging on the edge. |
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Bus shelter. Public buses do this route very regularly. |
We parked on the outskirts of Deia and walked in to the village with its church on the top of the hill, overlooking the Med.
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We walked up steep roads and steep steps. |
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Everywhere we looked there were stone buildings, colourful shutters, cute patios, |
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old olive trees |
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and scattered around the village; tiled stations of the cross. |
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Finally, at the top of the hill, the church. |
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Inside it was cool and dark with a recording of hymns being played. At the far side of the church was this model with the nativity in the foreground and the village of Deia in the background. |
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The cemetery, beside the church, sits on the top of the hill, overlooking the sea and the valleys on both sides. |
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The church from the cemetery. |
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We took a different way back down, this time facing the Tramuntana mountains. |
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Many of the old tile roofs had rocks on them so the wind wont blow the tiles off. |
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Eve suggested I might want to rent here next year but I wouldn't want to have to deal with that mountain road any time I wanted to leave. I would certainly have to learn how to use the buses. |
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Snoozing on a patio. |
Back in the car, we continued on the mountain road to Valdemossa.
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