Local Majorcan Food

Hi, there!!

How are you? I think that all of us returned to the boring reality. In Poland we say “Święta, święta i po świętach”. This sentence means that we are preparing a very long time for Easter and then everything happens in one second. This is the sad truth but on the other hand during this preparation we always spend a lot of time with the family . I love this time!! :-)

In this post I want to focus only on the local food from Mallorca. At the beginning, I have to underline that the “Mallorquin” dishes contain usually local almonds, olives, walnuts, but what is the most characteristic on the meals of Mallorca are tomatos called Ramallet which are native to the island.

Ensaimada

Typical breakfast in Mallorca includes an ensaimada what is a delicious spiral yeast bun dusted with icing sugar. The local people say that make it off the island are never successful because it is impossible to do ensaimada without “the sea air” from Mallorca. All tourist come back to home with this delicious spiral!

Fideua

Another great majorcan dish is a type of paella called fideua. The mallorquin paella is made with noodles rather than rice. Every day all restaurants are serving this popular meals.

Okey, in the end of this post I would like to recommend the Mediterranean Diet. I firmly believe that this is a healthiest diet in the word! 

See you later,

Kamila

Happy Easter!

Wishing you a Happy Easter! May the Easter bunny bring you lots of chocolate and it be a wonderful time spent with your friends and family.

                                                         Kamila

Spanish dishes

Hello My Dear Readers!!

How are you? So, as I wrote in last post, I have to catch up on writing a new messages. Today, I would like to change a little bit a topic of my blog.  Now I will tell you about something that everyone wants to know which is Spanish dishes. In this post, I don’t want to focus only on  the local food of Mallorca because food is as integral to all Spain as its rich history. I choose only 3 dishes that in my opinion every tourist should know:

Paella

This delicious dish is well know internationally. There are lots of types of paella, but the three best know are:  paella valenciana, paella de marisco and paella mixta. The traditional version of paella it’s paella valenciana: rice, rabbit or chicken, white and green beans, vegetables.  The next version of this tasty rice- dish is paella de mariscos: rice, calamari, clams, mussels, fish, prawns. The last type is paella mixta, as the name says, is composed of paella valenciana and paella de marisco.

Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a tpically drink in summer. This cold soup made with cucumber, onion, garlic, olive oil and tomato is well know in all the word.  

Tortilla

This delicious dish we can give a name Spanish omelette made with eggs, potatoes, onions and olive oil. It is a great starter for breakfast and a lot of Spaniards couldn’t imagine a week without tortilla.  

In my point of view Spanish cuisine is rich of many flavors, but we have to remember that in all dishes can be the olive oil. I'm fan of paella :-) I can eat this delicious dish every day!

See you later,

Kamila

Deiá

Hi, everyone!

I know, I didn’t write a lot of time. Mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa! But there have been many changes and improvements in my life sine Iast post. I changed my job and I survived completely doing up my flat. It time was crazy but now I know that we can’t be afraid of change.

Today, I would like to write about a small coastal village in Mallorca, Deiá. It is located near of Valldemosa. This amazing place is well-known thanks for musical and literary residents for example: Robert Graves, Laura Riding, Seizin Press. Nowadays in Deiá lives the poet and novelist Claribel Algería. One of the most interesting fact about Deiá for fashion fans is, that, there Ana Rubik married Sasah Knezevic.  

I spend in Deiá one week and I know that I led a charm life because I had a opportunity to see a natural scenary of Mallorca. Also I knew a village life and I benefited to a tranquil, slow pace days. In addition, a views of narrow stony streets with old houses are breathtaking.

See you later,

Kamila

The Real Cartuja

Hi there!!

How are you? I finished all my exams. It’s time to relax! Zero books, zero learning! I’m very happy. I want to scream!! The first thing what I did when I finished me exams were sleeping. You may not believe me, but I slept 15 hours.

In the last post I wrote about Valldemossa. Now, I want to tell you something about one of the principal attractions of Mallorka, that is to say, the Real Cartuja. The Real Cartuja is nothing more that a monastery in Valldemossa but what is the most important for us is that in this place lived for some time Fryderyk Chopin with George Sand.  

The original part of the monastery dates from the times of King James II, who chose this unique place in the Tramuntana montain to build a palace for his son Sanc. However, in 1399 King Martín el Huamano donated all the royal possessions in Valldemossa to the Carthusian Monks. These funded the monastery, The Real Cartuja.

Currently, the visit to the buildings starts in the church, them monks’ pharmacy, garden, chapel, library, bedroom, etc. In the other word, the tourists have the opportunity to see how the monks lived. Also, in cells 2 and 4 there are a lot of mementoes of Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand’s stay in Valldemossa between 1838 and 1839.

Cell of Chopin

In addition, as a person who visited this magnificent place, I can say that it is worth to go to Valldemossa because a views of the mountains are breathtaking.
See you later!
Kamila

 

Views of the Real Cartuja

Valldemossa: amazing place and amazing people

Hi there?

How are you? Do you have so much to learn like me? Sometimes I want to covert oneself with a blanket and sleep only two weeks. Do you understand me, right? Returning to the subject  of this blog. Today I would like to write about a special place for me in Mallorca, that is Valldemossa. In this place I spend a lot of time with me Spanish friends. 

This amazing and small village is locket in the heart of the Sierra de Tramuntana, a distance of approximately 20 km from the capital of the Balearic Islands, Palma. The access to this mountain place is very easy, as it is communicated very, very well with many suburban lines. Thanks for this, travel to Valldemossa doesn’t last more than 30 min. This short journey characterized by amazing, breathtaking view.

Valldemossa

Sooo me dear bloggers I know that this post is very short, but really I don’t have time to write because in this week I have ONLY three test: today, tomorrow and after tomorrow. I hope that somehow, I don’t know how, I will pass all. To be continued….. 

See you later, 

Kamila

The nightlife in Palma!

Hi there!

In the last post I  started to write about Palma de Mallorca and now it’s time to mention something about the nightlife in Palma. Anyone who is looking for a fun, dancing, good music or food should go to La Avenida de Gabriel Roca known as Paseo Maritimo, it is place where the clubs, bars and discothèques light up the night. The atmosphere in all place is unbelievable. A characteristic feature of this street is a multiculturalism, it means that you can find there every nationality: Spaniards, Germans, Poles, Frenchmen, Englishmen, etc. Even thought Palma isn’t a big city but I am sure that everyone will find something special for himself in this crazy town.

The most famous nightclub in Palma is Tito’s. It was established back in the 1950. What is surprising for everyone in Tito’s a fun glass elevator. This place is quite amazing!! I know what I say J

The second most famous nightclub is  Pacha. The club embodies two different spaces one Main Room and one Funcky Room. Thanks for this division everyone can choose a music.

See you later,

Kamila