frayed at the edge: Culture!

I wouldn't want you to think that all we did on holiday was lie beside the pool, eat lots of delicious food, and drink wine ........ we also indulged in a spot of culture!

We went to Alcudia to see the Roman ruins ...... Malcolm, as ever, provides the scale!

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It's amazing to think that the original buildings were constructed over two thousand years ago

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But perhaps this grafitti isn't quite so old!

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We walked on round to the amphitheatre - you would have had to take a cushion to sit on, on the rough stone seats!

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Having seen lots of films involving gladiators - I could imagine them waiting behind the bars to go into the arena to fight .......

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..... if only these walls could talk, and tell us if it was really the way that it is portrayed in films

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On our last day, we had plenty of time to get to the airport, so instead of driving straight down the motorway to Palma, we took the mountain road, stopping at Lluc.? While everyone else was taking photos of the magnificent architecture ......

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...... I was distracted by what was going on in plants in the bottom left hand corner.? At first I thought it was very large bees, but as I got closer, I decided it was actually tiny hummingbirds flitting from flower to flower.? After many, many attempts, I managed to take two photos, neither of which is very clear, but I hope you can see the tiny hummingbird (if you click on the photos they?should enlarge)

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Malcolm eventually dragged me away (but not before I had been joined by another woman, who had wandered over to see what had caught my eye, and immediately got her camera out!).? We then went in to the museum, where amongst all the glorious treasures, was a textile exhibition!

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It was only when I was sorting out the photos that I realised that I hadn't taken any of the textiles, just the machines!

The weather still isn't very good here - although better weather is forecast for the rest of the week.? But?to cheer us up while we wait for 'flaming June', here is?beautiful Majorcan blue sky over the villa.

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