Prova olivolja

Så, idag lärde vi oss hur man provar olivolja på mallorcanskt vis.
Tag en skiva bröd, tag en tomat och dela mitt itu på tvären, gnid in brödet med tomaten, salta, häll därefter på rikligt med olivolja - smaka - GOTT!
Och till det lite vin såklart.
Detta var förmiddagens övning på en gammal gård uppe i bergen. Efter det skulle vi få tapas till lunch - vi hade förväntat oss lite småplock, som ju hade varit lagom för vårt kaloribehov, men det serverades  fem rejäla rätter som avslutades med en stor maffig tårtbit till dessert. Allt var såklart jättegott och det vore ju oartigt att inte äta av allting.
Som tur var fick vi gå 5 km mellan de olika matplatserna -enligt endomondo så brände vi 300 kcal, det täckte väl till ett glas vin i alla fall.
Vinkällaren på bilden borde räcka till oss alla :)

Det ljuva livet på Mallorca ...

Ja, så är etiketten på resan och visst - det är ljuvligt, men tro inte att det är nåt latmaskliv!
Upp tidigt på morgnarna, iväg med buss till nån bodega, prova ett flertal viner, lära sig allt om vinodling, mandelträd, olivträd, Mallorcas historia sen Kristi födelse, smaka på inhemska maträtter o tapas. Vidare till nästa bodega, vinstopp på vägen så att vi inte blir uttorkade.
Hem sent - redan lite lullig - är det dags för middag och sen äntligen får man vila en stund på balkongen i solnedgången med lite ost o vin och en god bok.
Vi är 28 pensionärer där jag tillhör dom yngre, men alla är glada o pigga och hänger med på allt.
Idag var vi hos en hobbyodlare - lärare till vardags, han odlar fem olika viner ekologiskt och det var en jätteintressant. Jag köpte flera flaskor och nu är mitt problem hur jag ska få hem dom utan att dom går sönder och väger för mycket.
Här är det fortfarande full sommar - havet är ca 30 grader varmt. Solen skiner 12 tim om dagen. Tänk att det är bara 4 timmar som skiljer oss från sommarklimatet!

Äntligen sommar

Lördag 30 mars
Yesterday we spent the day on the bed, reading all day. The weather was worse than ever.
We felt that we deserved a day of rest.
Today, the last day, we woke up to brilliant Sunshine and warm winds. All we had time for was a nice crêpe with icecream.
The plane is leaving in a couple of hours.

Bergspasset

Torsdag 28 mars
Today we took a bus trip to the mountins where we walked 10 km. Nice weather, and lots of beautiful flowers.
Coming home we could have used a nice nap. Unfortunately there seems to be an international soccer tournament for little boys going on and four houndred boys are staying at our hotel.
They are rather noisy!

Utflykt till Ayamonte, Spanien

Måndag 25 mars
The weather continues to be iffy!
We decided to take the Ferry to Spain.
There, lo and behold! I finally found the tile-covered square I remembered from the last time I was in Portugal, where I thought it was, and one of the reasons I wanted to go here. Turned out it was in Ayamonte, Spain. Of course, that was16 years ago.

Utflykt till Travira

Löerdag 23 mars
Bad weather. We rented a car and went to a little town, Tavira. And stumbled onto a big camera obscura-construction. We were told that the first was built during da Vinci's time.
It was absolutely fascinating! Watching what was going on in real time on a disc, about 2 m in diameter.
The guy turned the objective on the Roof making it possible to see the town 360 degrees around.

Vi kämpar på!

21 mars sunny and a bit chilly in the Evelina
We are still hanging in there. Yoga at 7, Ulla is whining that it's really tough. Malin has been dismissed from yoga class because her back is killing her. She spends a lot of time and money at the chiropractor. Other than that she hangs in there and works harder than the rest of us.
Other then My knee, I am ok.
About 200 people are in our group - of which only three are drinking wine... Hmmm ....

Första dagen

The day started early with yoga, then circuit- training in the gym, then Malin went to runningschool an me an Ulla went to learn trekking Pole school. Never knew there were so many things to do with the Poles.
Then we went for a walk in the town to buy necessities, such as water and wine. And the rain was pouring down.
This morning we woke up wondering how to get out of the bed!
Morning yoga was even more painful. Malin went to the chiropractor,  who excused her for the afternoon activities, so Ulla and I kept her company in her day of rest. So instead we took a slow 8 mile walk to the neighbouring town.
The weather was fantastic Today.

På väg till Portugal

The last glasses of wine before leaving for bootcamp -at least, that's what Malin thinks, Ulla and I are a little doubtful about that -  we probably drink a little more than we exercise.

Sista dagen på Elba

Lördag 29
Today we hiked a small peninsula close to Portoferraio where the ferry to the mainland was. The hike was easy compared to the other days - about 7 km and not more than 300 m up and down.
Picnic and swiming for some, not us however:-( . We finished up with a nice cup of coffe and then the bus picked us up to take us to the ferry.

After we had reached the mainland we drove for about one hour to Castiglione della Pescaia where we stayed for the night. Lovely town. After a nice farewell drink and dinner we went to bed early since we had to leave at 6 o'clock in the morning.

Söndag 30
About two hours ride to the airport outside Rome. Total mayhem at the airport - but we all managed to get on board on time but we had to wait for the luggage to be stowed, so we were a bit late taking off.
Arrived in Stockholm with decent weather and starting to plan our next trip.

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