Today started with a plan – bus to Deia, visit Robert Graves museum followed by a walk back to Soller.
It all fell apart when Google Maps didn’t bother telling us we were waiting at the wrong bus stop. Please don’t mention personal accountability, we’re simply not interested. With over an hour wait until the next bus, we didn’t have time for our Plan A and so Plan B was born – Valldemossa!
We researched our options while sitting in a cafe, next to what we hoped was the correct bus stop, while drinking the worst tea and coffee we’ve tasted all year. By 10:45am, we were surrounded by workers drinking beer and wine and could completely understand their choice of beverage.
Valldemossa is a pretty, ancient village on the north coast, famous for its Carthusian Monastery where Chopin and George Sand once spent a winter renting a former monk’s cell. The main draw, for us, was an exhibition of Miro posters.
Throughout the day, 15 minute Chopin piano recitals take place in the monastery which was a rather nice interlude before a late lunch and bus back to Soller.
Our bus journey was an adventure in a category all of its own. Equally exciting and hair raising. Bus drivers must have to pass a special test to prove they can get their vehicle around hairpin bends, on narrow roads, without toppling over the side of a sheer drop.
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