A taste of Menorcan rural areas. Very flat in most parts and dry but attractive in a barren sort of way, not dissimilar to much of the Australian countryside.
Mannequins in a window.
A very handsome parrot, we think probably from South America, in a shop.
He or she was very interested in listening to us, coming down from his high perch. But he was also very ready to peck if we leaned in too close.
Rafalet Gorge.
Some handsome cliffs around the corner from our hotel.
The two Sues from Guernsey in a Mahon street where we went shopping on market day.
Andrew and Nigel went walking at Sant Tomas and found some caves.
They met a German couple who on retirement bought a house in Menorca and have for the past 25 years been lovingly restoring a house. The garden is very impressive over a huge acreage.
The couple invited the guys to have a look around the garden of which they were rightly proud.
Here is a not very good photo of the Guernsey Girls, minus Mary who has gone to bed and Sue Robillard who went home last week. Jo Garcia is standing in for Mary in this photo. We spent almost all evenings with the Guernsey mob as we knew them from previous Diamond Bridge holidays. Plus, they are all good fun, full of life and a sense of adventure although a couple of them are in their eighties but you wouldn't know it. They travel widely and are all keen bridge players. One of these days we may even make it to their Guernsey Bridge Congress held in September.
This brings another wonderful European bridge holiday to an end. This was a first of First for Bridge for us but I suspect it may not be the last. Those pre-dealt hands and accompanying hand records have a lot going for it. But, like with real estate, the most important thing for us is location, location, location.
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