tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7050564510422385945..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Formentera.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4732783103228921672017-02-25T04:47:43.744+00:002017-02-25T04:47:43.744+00:00The only one of the islands that I haven't vis...The only one of the islands that I haven't visited is Menorca. The other three I've always managed to find quiet spots, even if it meant riding around on a moped. Some of the mountain villages on Majorca are totally without tourists, and are wonderful.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40141086234820541112017-02-25T04:44:59.241+00:002017-02-25T04:44:59.241+00:00We just have to look harder.We just have to look harder.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65515538214944533402017-02-25T04:42:50.199+00:002017-02-25T04:42:50.199+00:00I used to visit Kos in the summer.... I wouldn'...I used to visit Kos in the summer.... I wouldn't now, but for different reasons.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-26995469421085660972017-02-24T16:21:09.980+00:002017-02-24T16:21:09.980+00:00About 40 years ago I had a lovely week in Ibiza. T...About 40 years ago I had a lovely week in Ibiza. There was police van with a flat tyre gathering dust outside the police station. It never moved, or showed any signs of wanting to. There was no trouble or any sign of any. I only saw one drunk. A pie eater clad in a football shirt and shorts on his way to his bed, singing and arguing with God and the world. A Brit, naturally. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8431161686906782482017-02-24T13:57:42.779+00:002017-02-24T13:57:42.779+00:00Nothing stays the same, especially in these times...Nothing stays the same, especially in these times.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70979288823227616452017-02-24T12:17:46.213+00:002017-02-24T12:17:46.213+00:00I'll place flowers, when I'm next there.I'll place flowers, when I'm next there.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68448322220175827272017-02-24T12:17:17.889+00:002017-02-24T12:17:17.889+00:00Sounds like so many places here. I agree with Donn...Sounds like so many places here. I agree with Donna. You must definitely visit slightly out of season..and hope there aren't piles of rubbish.<br />local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77690808283871386442017-02-24T12:16:24.569+00:002017-02-24T12:16:24.569+00:00I remember flying into Palma airport in about 1960...I remember flying into Palma airport in about 1960; the buildings were just corrugated iron shacks. Very different now!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21938146209098479182017-02-24T11:51:08.039+00:002017-02-24T11:51:08.039+00:00Especially as Formentera is/was a fishing island.....Especially as Formentera is/was a fishing island.... your cairn is now the burial site of a C17th fisherking!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33572165361898943562017-02-24T10:55:21.012+00:002017-02-24T10:55:21.012+00:00We went to Amalfi in 2009 and the little town next...We went to Amalfi in 2009 and the little town next to it, Atrani, was as it had been for hundreds of years, unspoilt and beautiful with a tatty little bar on the beach ..... now, it's all been touristified and has lost all of it's charm. Such a shame but most of these places rely on tourism so it's understandable I guess. I went to Tenerife when I was 17 and there was nothing there ..... it's now covered in hotels, and places that sell English breakfasts, fish and chips and pizzas !!!!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49742953909817466562017-02-24T09:57:20.894+00:002017-02-24T09:57:20.894+00:00I did wonder that. It's almost imperative to a...I did wonder that. It's almost imperative to add stones. I built it quite well, it must have been about 8 ft high.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64658395994439042412017-02-24T09:55:36.271+00:002017-02-24T09:55:36.271+00:00I like to think I will, but not for a while.I like to think I will, but not for a while.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67784102669353770432017-02-24T09:55:10.648+00:002017-02-24T09:55:10.648+00:00My daughter regularly visits a small island off th...My daughter regularly visits a small island off the Queensland coast. I'm always amazed to see how deserted the beaches are. They have the place almost to themselves.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31845898104202350082017-02-24T09:52:55.373+00:002017-02-24T09:52:55.373+00:00An old college chum of mine was responsible for de...An old college chum of mine was responsible for designing some of those huge hotels. Not my cup of tea.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20092910699915478962017-02-24T09:51:32.411+00:002017-02-24T09:51:32.411+00:00Yes. I went to relax.Yes. I went to relax.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68097899941816029272017-02-24T09:35:07.412+00:002017-02-24T09:35:07.412+00:00Memories can be truly a gift!Memories can be truly a gift!Jan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792206979656707142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16026729421108686262017-02-24T08:51:14.540+00:002017-02-24T08:51:14.540+00:00Two weeks spent building a cairn. Were you travell...Two weeks spent building a cairn. Were you travelling alone? Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40060422796220909612017-02-24T08:44:17.495+00:002017-02-24T08:44:17.495+00:00Your cairn might well still be there....but not as...Your cairn might well still be there....but not as you built it.... it will have grown! There is a very strong tradition of adding stones to cairns 'for luck'!<br />It was in fact a way of making sure that the cairn, usually a waymarker or sighting point, never was lost. There's many a cairn that I have added to!<br />Yours may well now have a story 'attached'.....Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72032464462245952642017-02-24T08:28:34.057+00:002017-02-24T08:28:34.057+00:00Beautiful place. I just asked myself if i shall ev...Beautiful place. I just asked myself if i shall ever visit again some of the places that i used to like so much.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46460680201656519612017-02-24T08:18:25.113+00:002017-02-24T08:18:25.113+00:00I like empty beaches, with nothing on them except ...I like empty beaches, with nothing on them except what nature provides. My best holidays with the children were spend on such beaches.....I used to pitch a small tent up in the middle of the beach which we used as shelter from the wind, because these hols were on the beaches of Wales where the wind doth howl. Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49933150983028012852017-02-24T07:33:16.287+00:002017-02-24T07:33:16.287+00:00A beautiful location, I can see why you enjoyed it...A beautiful location, I can see why you enjoyed it so much. White sands and sparkling water are always a winner with me. <br /><br />We spent four years out in Dubai, way back in the early 1980's. You couldn't pay me enough money to visit there now; the beaches and quiet places we loved have been swallowed up by hotel chains and tourists, and so it goes. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52417674509017186132017-02-24T07:02:44.629+00:002017-02-24T07:02:44.629+00:00It always was one of the most beautiful Mediterran...It always was one of the most beautiful Mediterranean islands. Simple, peaceful, crystal clear waters, hardly any vehicles, and only one way in and out. Lovely.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87884124584457240862017-02-24T06:57:58.502+00:002017-02-24T06:57:58.502+00:00What a beautiful place, a little crowded (now), bu...What a beautiful place, a little crowded (now), but the sea looks wonderful!<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14897361420986086302017-02-24T06:16:12.073+00:002017-02-24T06:16:12.073+00:00I haven't been back for a few years, but no do...I haven't been back for a few years, but no doubt September would be good.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53947411460670685162017-02-24T06:15:19.335+00:002017-02-24T06:15:19.335+00:00Still, I had some great times there when it was st...Still, I had some great times there when it was still quiet.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com