Mallorca May 20


There was a lot of Hoopla about going through the traits of Gibraltar but it is so wide (seven miles at the narrowest) that
you can't really tell when you passed whatever you passed..

It would have been nice for the Captain to Blast the Ships Horn at the crossing time.

The Map below shows the approximate path of Our Ship Galaxy on the morning of passage. You are looking West from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Africa is on the left. Spain on the right. Photos were taken at points 1, 2 and 3 on the path.

Map

Tangiers in North Africa is Photo 1  below. It was taken at the time Passage was announced.

Tangiers
             
Photo 1 Tangiers in the haze

About an hour later I took Photo 2 of a passing Tanker. It was about ten miles away in the haze. Later when studying my photos I discovered The Rock of Gibraltar was in the background Haze..

In the Map above the Shield symbol is the Ship location. Gibralter and the other prominent peaks are shown by Mountain symbols on the map.

Rock


Gibralter in the Haze taken from position 2 on map

Straits

Africa                                                The Straits of Gibratlar                                                                                                              The Rock                                           Spain   
Composite Picture Taken from Position 3      

As you can see from the photo above.  The Rock is way over by the Spanish Shore.  The Ships wake shows where we had been. Its several miles to the right of our wake.
This is a composite of four Photos taken an hour and a half after the Tangires photo.

check  Pass through The Straits of Gibralter

We were still another  450 miles to Palma that means a full day at sea.
Tonight would be the third, and last, formal dinner. There would be a special party with Baked Alaska.

last formal

Marion Is Carmen Miranda tonight
Last Dance

Call me Ricardo


Palma Pictures

Waterfront

The Palma Harbor
As usual we took the Hop-on-Hop-off Tour Bus. The main attractions are the Cathedral and the Bellver Castle
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Cathedral from the Water

Cat 4
From the Park

Cath moat

Cathedral Seawall

Butress

Flying Butresses and Rose window



Garden

Cathedral Garden
statue

Column or Nude?

Bellver Castle

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View of Harbor from Bellver Castle

Castle 1

Bellver Castle 14th century
A home of royalty through the ages.
It is "Storybook Quality"

Castle 2

Tower

Castle 3

Moat from Drawbridge


Caste 4
Inner Courtyard and well
 Castle 6

Drawbridge Entrance  from Tower


Castle 7

In Love

Harbor

Harbor Zoom shot

Palma definitely holds the Trumps on Beautiful, well preserved, Historic Monuments.

They also have Great Pizza and Beer.

Mallorca and the Baleric Islands are beautiful Cruising grounds.  We saw Many Sailboats in the Harbor.  Moorings has a presence here.  It could be a great sailing Destination.
  
  Checkoff Checkoff Bellver, the Finest Castle in the Mediterranean

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