friends ~ changes ~ magical places ~

hello everyone!

  back in Frankfurt since yesterday, after a long weekend in Mallorca,

  which begun with a delicious dinner at Sa Farinera* on Friday evening, 

 marking the beginning of our effort to...

   catch up with ourselves

  amongst many changes in our lives.

{* a place we are willing to fly to, just for a dinner!}

secretly wishing for more days,

arriving back in autumn, grayish skies,

has not been exactly ideal after 3 full days & nights

in a summer climate 

still totally grateful for this short escape in paradise...

 not to mention that today, in contrast to yesterday,

 the skies are heavenly blue here

&

the sun is shining in full strength!

and then, little things, like the huge straw summer bag seen above,

made in Menorca & purchased 

for a rather very fair price

at Porto Colom

&

your more than wonderful response to the {previous post}

about the story behind our home's

current feature in Ikea Family Live magazine

have been bringing so much happiness around here!

Thank you kindly with all my heart.

 a small but important parenthesis here:

I'm a very strong believer

that it is through life's happy occasions that real friendship evolves

and know through personal experience

that real friends, good friends, potential friends

are there to say a positive word & to tap gently on our shoulder

when good things happen.

not that good friends do not stand by our difficult times,

but that strength of both a person & a relationship is determined

by the ability of one

to congratulate someone in his/her smaller or bigger happy moments

and share them disregarding their current state

can you think of anything more magnificent

that somebody's smile to be able to bring a smile on your face, too?

I see you smiling with me and this makes our relationship

through these lines strong

we are consciously part of the same circle,

bringing together our similarities & differences

I thank you so much for that 

& deeply appreciate your support and friendship 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

now, back to the weekend...

would you perhaps like to see which our favorite place to swim was?

if you are expecting sandy beaches, then you guessed wrong {!}

not that we have anything against beautiful white or golden sand,

{ we actually visited various such places, too}

but just that the clarity of the water is our number one criteria

for deciding where to swim

&

during a high season, being among hundreds of other people

is not our idea of relaxation

so, we chose alternatively

rocky places,

with crystal clear waters...

few people,

concentrating on swimming,

rather than lying on the beach...

pure magic

swimming is for me as natural as walking,

with my mother having "thrown" me in the sea water

while I was still 3 months old...

how thankful I am for that!

cannot imagine of any other exercise

benefiting all parts of the body

while

enhancing our psychological & mental state

perhaps yoga... 

anyways... 

Mallorca offers numerous places for swimming

and its nature is almost identical to the one of Greece.

and I'm not only talking about the Greek islands,

but also dreamy places and beaches in a range of maximun 100 km

around Athens...

still, one as a tourist needs "insider tips" to know where to go

to discover paradise just next to a city like Athens.

{I'll have to see what I can do in the future about that!}

In the meantime,

here is a list of the places we visited on the East side of the Mallorcian coast,

while driving the brand new, Citroen C3 we had rented...

{a smiley detail: we were upgraded to such a car, despite having chosen

a lower class so as to save money, due to my partner's birthday being the same date

with the girl who was arranging our papers. Just love when people think and act outside the box!}

so, with our base being in Calles de Mallorca,

these are the places visited:

 ~ Porto Christo

 ~ S'Illot {where the pictures are taken}

~ Costa de Pins

~ Capdepera

~ Portocolom

~ Cala Figuera

~ Montrago

~ Colonia de Sant Jordi

 ~ Llucmallor

~ Palma de Mallorca

you can imagine that I'd love to spend hours and hours going through our pictures,

choosing favorites and working on them,

sharing them with you...

I'm actually looking forward to choosing a few more favorites!

still, with:

1. the procedures of having our current home rented,

which you can check {here}

 and the demand being already quite big,

not to mention the interest expressed in

purchasing the whole interior {!}, 

which is perhaps not exactly possible,

 but then so very extremely flattering for me & my work!

I'll gladly offer my services as an interiors consultant : )

2. organizing a movement 

3.  deciding on technicians

who are going to help us make the new place a home,

you can also imagine that all these, together with 

4. working for {our shop},

5. moving on with {this} styling & photography project,

as {yes!} I have been chosen to proceed with the work,

6. and a few other side projects 

are keeping me busy as a bee in Spring!

~ ~ ~

So, my dears, there is already a next post prepared,

dedicated to something I 'm so content to 

be finally sharing with and presenting to you

and below is a clue...

see you later tonight ~ enjoy your days!

much

♥