Been back since last Tuesday so thought it was about time I reported in
Arrived at Palma airport around 10am and had an interesting time collecting our Car – see separate post under Record.
Initially it was just Mr CD and I and 2 friends who had visited PP with us once before but in the winter.
Arrived to sunny weather and pleasant temperatures so quickly got changed into shorts and T Shirts, dumped bags and went straight out for lunch ....... logic was that if we didn’t eat soon we would not have enough time to recover for dinner.
Day 1
Tapas at IRU
We ordered the tapas for 2 which consists of a choice of 6 dishes plus a bottle of wine and added a couple of extra tapas dishes and 2 large beers. Cant remember what we had but was really nice ..... cost was about 45 euros for the 4 of us. We then strolled round to
Stay for coffees and sat in the sunshine until late afternoon drinking a combination of beer and coffee
MDD at Trio
We ALWAYS eat at Trio on our first night and this was to be no different ............. we all ordered of their great value MDD and our choices included Langustines; Mussels; Spag Bol and cannelloni for starters and Pork; Beef and Lamb for mains , all washed down with the excellent house Faustino. Total cost 68euros for 4
Day 2
We pottered around , wandered here there and everywhere , had our usual balcony lunch ( bread ham majorcan cheese pate those lovely green melons etc )Went to the beach and swam in the sea in the afternoon.
Dinner at Maxims
Had their excellent MDD which is now back on their menu ..... choices included the rustic salad ( fantastic mix of salad leaves; parmesan; dates and Serrano ham) pumpkin ravioli; soup; a “fish” based starter .............. mains included pork with apple and calvados; Sea bass; and I forget the rest but again great value at 60euros for 4 of us.
We then went on to
Nostalgia which was quite quiet that evening and then a fantastic night at O Haras listening to the Hustlers .............. shame that Mr CD and I had to miss some of it due to the need to do the airport run to collect daughter and friend who couldn’t join us until the Friday evening due to school. Anyway we saw the first few numbers from the Hustlers and then still managed to get back to see most of their last set ....... those guys played from 10.30 until about 1.30 .......... amazing more about them in this post
http://www.forum.puertopollensa.com/...html#post51734
Day 3
Lazy day with light tapas/snack lunch at Stay cost a very reasonable 65 euros for the 6 of us. Weather still great ,
In afternoon went round to the large beach at Alcudia ( past all the tat shops and where the
villas and
hotels are )
On way back we called at Bonys to have a hot chocolate with brandy as it was blowing a little bit cold ( well that was our excuse )
Dinner at Trio
Back to Trio for dinner as Daughter also has Trio as her first night tradition ...... she has known Juan, Catherine and Daniel all her life and just loves the place................ food good value as always.
Day 4
VERY full day .......... got up early and went to Pollensa, bought pastrys from Il Gardino and then went round to the cafe to get a coffee and hey we were so early they were still closed ....... but never mind, we went to Cafe Espanol , explained what had happened and they were happy for us to eat our own food whilst drinking their coffees ........... how lovely of them. Did the Market and the trek up the steps and were still away for 11.30
Went straight from Market to catch the boat to Formentor where we had a great bread; ham and cheese picnic including a couple of 48cent cartons of Eroski red wine we had bought for a laugh ...... I promise you it was perfectly drinkable , very light ( maybe even watered down a bit ) but just the job for a lazy sunny afternoon ................ even daughter who hasn’t quite grown into Red wine yet thought it was ok )
Dinner at
El Posito
Party split for dinner with teenagers going to Joker bar and adults going to El Posito ....... can’t comment on Joker but am sure the chicken burger and chips were just fine. El Posito was tremendous ............... Tony told us what we were having for starters ............. I mean it .... he was rushed off his feet and basically just asked us if we wanted him to keep bringing us a selection of items for a shared starter whilst he arranged for our suckling pig to be cooked ...... so we had Frito Majorcian; Squid in a light chilli sauce, tumbet; cod and peppers and prawns .......... delicious. We all had Suckling pig, we had a bottle of wine and 2 beers and finished with coffees ... no room for desert. Cost was about 120 euros for the 4 of us. Evening had added benefit of a quick chat with Sparky ..... sorry we couldn;t stay longer Sparky , we had a date with The Hustlers
Finished off this long day by meeting up with the teens again in order to visit the
Hotel Paris to see The Hustlers ............. as you will have read in above post .... different experience to Friday but equally enjoyable. Can I also say that the drinks prices in the Hotel Paris are like a throw back to “old Spain” and the measure of Gin in my G&T was unbelievable ...... I needed 2 bottles of tonic to make it drinkable
Day 5
Left PP mid morning and drove to Soller where we got the lovely old train to Palma ......... due to the timing of the trains we only had about an hour and a half for a quick look around Palma and so ate baguette on the hoof for lunch. Train back to Soller in time for a quick trip down to Puerto Soller and then home for dinner
Dinner at C’an Ferra ( aka the little people )
This has been a favourite of ours for many many years but we had a bad experience there a couple of years ago and were unsure about going back with friends ................ but daughter really wanted a paella and MR CD was ready for something quite basic and loves their Spanish omelette
We shared a Paella for 2 between 3 of us and the other 3 had Spanish Omelette and salad ... deserts included Creme Catalana; Tiramasu; Ice Cream and Almond Cake .............. drink of choice was a large jug of Sangria and some beers for the blokes. ................ cost for 6 was about 75euros and food was excellent as was service from our lovelly "Tom" ....... not his real name I know but he does bear more than a passing rememblence to Mr Cruse
Day 6
Lunch at Neptuno
Last day .............. but we were not leaving until late afternoon and my sister and her husband were arriving around lunchtime so this certainly called for a Lunch somewhere ................ we had planned to go to Neptuno ( somewhere else I hadn't been to since someone posted about crawlies ...... but hey ho The Little people came good and we had wandered past earlier in the week and it looked fantastic ) ............. was worried about the weather as it was so windy ............... anyway fortunately the weather eased at just about the right time and the 8 of us had a lovelly tapas lunch outside Neptuno which was an unbelievable 77 euros for 8 and we were all full to the brim. They do a tapas choice for either 10 euros or 15 euros for 2 of you ...... cost just depends how full you are .............. most of us went for the 15 euro version and that gave us a choice of 7 different tapas dishes ... I can report no sign of crawlies and food excellent
Then sadly we had to come home