brilliant thread!
first visited pp about 12 years ago, we were staying all inclusive in the
don pedro in csv and visited friends for the day who were staying in the pollensa mar
apartments, 1st time in pp and loved it from day one
we decided to book the pollensa mar for the following year soon after we returned home, duely booked me, mrs gers the 2 bluebells and the inlaws for the following summer (the inlaws had visited pp many times between mid 60's and early 80's but hadnt been for about 20 years)
flight left very late from glasgow and we didnt arrive in pp till about 4 in the morning, not good with a 3 year and 7 year old girls, after a few hours sleep went next door to the bonanza for a bite to eat and thats where it all really started, we were welcomed by a fat spaniard with a broad scottish accent (miguel) as we found out later that day the accent was picked up from his long term girlfriend at the time as she was from rutherglen and he had it down to a "t" and my girls, wife and mother in law loved it
i myself wasnt as impressed when he disclosed he was celtic daft
over the years when our children were young we holidyed up that end twice a year and have great memories of watching our children learn to swim in the pool, memories of friends and family who came with us over the years and great memories of people whom we had great times with there that are no longer with us, has also been great meeting new friends too
as time went on i became great friends with miguel and was honered a number of years ago to be invited to his and frans birthday party (yes they are actually twins) the bar was closed for the evening and wile juan, raffa and manolo cooked up the fayre in the kitchen mrs gers and myself were made to feel very welcome by the rest of the family, one of the best nights out of our lives
we all feel badly about the demise of the bonanza as i'm sure many others do but we are very much looking forward to our first visit to batacuda in the next few weeks, cant wait to share a beer with my old friend