As mentioned in my previous post, it was my birthday last month & my wife surprised me with a lovely vacation which I only knew the destination when we arrived at the airport. Yeah, it was a secret! I was very excited when I knew that it was Majorca, a beautiful island located in Mediterranean sea in Spain. I was also quite lucky because my birthday fell during the long Easter Holiday & my wife planned it perfectly for us to spend a relaxed & enjoying week of vacation in that island.
We took midnight flight & it took just over 2 hours to reach Majorca. Then from the airport, there was a shuttle bus to the hotel waiting for us. The journey on the road took about another hour & the kids slept most of the time through out the whole journey. So we spent the first day pretty much on travelling. The hotel we stayed in was in Alcudia, an old town with some Roman influence which can be seen from the buildings around. The town itself is not that big and you can see a lot of people walking & cycling to move about in the area.
Oh before I forgot, this entry is gonna be loaded with lots of pictures because I took hundreds of pictures during this trip. It's just very hard for me to choose and those in this entry are some of my favourite ones. Another thing, some of these pictures were taken with my new camera, a birthday gift from my wife =) (another present is a gorgeous hand-knitted cardigan!!). She knew that I need a back up camera (just a point & shoot camera) especially when we are travelling with the kids. It is quite an uphill task for me to take pictures by holding my DSLR on one hand while the other holding the kids especially Adam & some other bags, toys etc. She bought me S95 which works like wonders! Very compact, practical (can use with one hand because it's light) & yet produces great quality pictures, almost as good as those produced by DSLR. I bet it might be hard for you to know which pictures are from my S95...heh...I think that's enough of me talking, hope you enjoy the pictures!
The beautiful sunrise at the beach
White sandy beach that stretches for miles
The jetty for boat landing to pick up passengers to go to few other beaches on the island
Our main activity there was just relaxing on the beach & joined the kids playing with the sand.
Just look at how happy that little cheeky girl...
She even slept with her swimming suit because she was just too tired of being cheeky...hehe...
We love the seafood there especially the paella. However it was quite pricey there.
One of the day, Adam wanted to get on a boat, so we took the boat service from the jetty to go to Formentor beach which is approximately more than an hour journey.
This is the Formentor beach, Adam's favourite.
He loved playing in the little pools between the rocks.
On other day, we went to Alcudia Old Town where you can see some of the remaining of ancient Roman building like this fortress that surrounds a church.
Amongst all, I think I like this picture the most. I just feel so happy seeing my family having a great time together while we were there. A great moment that we will cherish.
Finally, thank you so much to my ever so loving wife for the surprised wonderful birthday vacation. It's definitely my best birthday celebration so far & I truly loved it so much. Love you so much!
