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โ˜€๏ธ #46 The Blind Sightseers “Escape The Lockdown” With Distant Memories: “Minorca” ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ (2017)

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ย Buenos dรญas (Good Morning) ๐Ÿ˜€ ย 

The โ€˜Blind Sightseersโ€™ have arrived in Minorca! I love the way weโ€™ve had 3 different languages in 3 days..Italian, French and now Spanish! ๐Ÿ˜€ ย 

Today was a beach break on one of the south coast beaches. Letโ€™s hope itโ€™s a relaxing one but you never know, lol!ย 

On the dock…

After another lovely breakfast ๐Ÿฅ“ we headed out onto the dock to get the coach.ย 

row of coaches in front of the ship

Beautiful town of Minorca

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Me in Minorca

The beach…

This beach was much easier to find (unlike the one in Corfu) and Sarah instantly walked across the sand and into the sea, yay! ๐Ÿ˜€ ย ย 

Sarah walking in the sea ath Minorca

Sarah walking in the sea ath Minorca

ย Sarah then came back and found a place to put our towels, sit and put our bagsโ€ฆThen walked straight back into the sea! ๐Ÿ˜€ ย 

Sarah walking in the sea ath Minorca

Sarah's head just visable in the sea in Minorca

Me on the beach in Minorca

Sarah in the sea in Minorca

Photo of me burning on the beach

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Map on the iphone of a GPS location in Minorca

ย Although it wasnโ€™t really a hot sunny day and it was very windy and cloudy, i still was boiling and had to go for a cooling off. ๐Ÿ˜€ ย 

Me walking up from the sea after cooling my feet holding my sandals

Me walking closer with my new Amalfi vest on

ย We had a lovely time although sand blasted and totally covered in sand. it was a lovely place and it was good for me and Sarah to chill out for a while. ๐Ÿ˜€ ย ย 

view of rolling hiss joining the sea with the beach in the front

ย Back at the dock…

After a quick refresh on the ship we were sand free and ready to explore. The main street ran parallel to the ship so we couldnโ€™t get lost. We found a few shops and in one of them Sarah found a lovely necklace, yay! We continued walking up the street until we reached the end. โ€œOoooohhh palm treesโ€ i said. ย 

me stood on th main street of Minorca dock

row of palm trees along the street in Minorca

Long row of palm trees along the road

Sarah just crossed the road beofre getting run over

House on top of a cliff

ย The cafe and the storm…

ย The black clouds were moving in quickly so when we found a lovely cafe i said โ€œAs these tables are 3 deep and completely covered, if we sit in the middle the rain will never get us hereโ€. We sat down and waited for the waitress.

And then…

Iโ€™ve never witnessed rain like this ever. It gave no warning and came down (sideways) very hard, very heavy and very fast! Even though we were sat a long way from the end of the shelter we were getting soaked. The waitress ran out collected something off the tables and ran in. I thought โ€œSheโ€™s done this before, lol! Sarah grabbed me and we flew inside.ย 

The whole point of coming to a cafe in a Spanish countryโ€ฆWas we wanted to ask for ‘Patatas Fritasโ€™. Sarahโ€™s dad and brothers spent a lot of time in Spain and can speak fluent Spanish, so when the waitress came over to ask us what we wantedโ€ฆBoth Sarah and i said ‘Patatas Fritasโ€™. The waitress looked at us and said โ€œSo you want chips!โ€ โ˜น๏ธ Although we didnโ€™t get the Spanish languageโ€ฆThe chips didnโ€™t disappoint.ย 

We could still hear the thunderous rain storm outside and we had to get back to the ship soonโ€ฆI think we were going to get soakedโ€ฆ.We did! ๐Ÿ˜€ ย 

On the ship…ย 

Wow what a beautiful sunset… ย 

Beautiful sunset over Minorca

ย Yay we finally have a photo of my lovely wife Sarah in the evening restaurant and sheโ€™s wearing her new necklace!

Lovely wife Sarah whilst having our last evening meal on the ship

ย Now we know why this ship is called the Thomson Majesty..Such a beautiful piano set in a lovely part of the ship with my lovely wife Sarah (meaning Princess).

Lovely wife Sarah and the piano

ย The Blind Sightseers have had another lovely day exploring yet another islandโ€ฆAnd although itโ€™s the end of this ‘Treasures of the Mediterraneanโ€™ Cruise itโ€™s not they end of our monumental tour during this lockdown.ย 

So letโ€™s jump from this Thomson Majesty ship onto the Marella Discovery. Thomson were also bought out by Tui and now the ships are called Marella instead of Thomson.

I wonder where this ship is heading??

To be continued…ย 

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