Three Little Bears Abroad: Day 8

APologies for taking so long to finish this. But then again, as I am pretty sure I am the only one who reads this, I guess the apology is to me.

In this post, we are in Palma, Mallorca. I have been learning how to use LIghtroom which is a photo programme, so I have been using it to play with the photos. I have found that I haven't needed to enhance the colours much (if at all), but it has been fun to do black and white and sepia versions of the pics. I have included them all here, even though it might be repetitive, seeing as I am the only one reading.

Anyway, after having done one lap of the cruise circuit we found ourselves back in Palma. We had decided that due to a hectic couple of days, and also the high cost of the organised tours we would just take ourselves into Palma and do a quick trip before returning to the ship for a quiet day. We disembarked, and were asked by one of the Ship's organisers/helpers, what we were planning on doing for the day, and then offered us a free tour. I think that because it is the start/finish spot for the cruise, they don't get many takers for the tours in Palma. We accepted her offer, and it was such a nice thing to be able to do a tour altogether.

Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands.
Bellver Castle, was the first circle castle in Europe.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma, more commonly referred to as La Seu, is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral located in Palma, Majorca, Spain, built on the site of a pre-existing Arab mosque. It is 121 metres long, 55 metres wide and its nave is 44 metres tall. Designed in the Catalan Gothic style but with Northern European influences, it was begun by King James I of Aragon in 1229 but finished only in 1601. It sits within the old city of Palma atop the former citadel of the Roman city, between the Royal Palace of La Almudaina and the episcopal palace. It also overlooks the Parc de la Mar and the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1901, fifty years after a restoration of the Cathedral had started, Antoni Gaudí was invited to take over the project. While some of his ideas were adopted – moving the choir stalls from the middle nave to be closer to the altar, as well as a large canopy – Gaudí abandoned his work in 1914 after an argument with the contractor. The planned changes were essentially cosmetic rather than structural, and the project was cancelled soon after.