The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
Valldemossa as seen from the main road (our apartment was just to the right of the big green door near the center of the picture)
The street where we stayed in Valldemossa
The dining room and front door of our apartment
Our apartment came with a well under the stairs! (It still has water in it.)
Our bedroom came with a terrace!
The view from our terrace of the hills and fields behind Valldemossa
Another view from our terrace
The street where Valldemossa's very own saint, Santa Catalina, lived as a child
Oranges and lemons for sale from someone's garden down our street
One of the oldest buildings in Valldemossa, a palace built by the first Christian king of Mallorca in the 1200s
The church of a former Carthusian monastery, founded in 1399, towers over houses in the center of the village
The former monastery with its famous blue steeple
A bust of Frederic Chopin in front on the monastery where he rented rooms in 1839
The monastery operated a pharmacy for villagers until it was disbanded in the 19th century
The monastery's library
The monks had a wonderful view
Oranges growing outside the main church of Soller, a town near Valldemossa
The Soller area is famous for its oranges, which used to be prized in southern France
The countryside between Valldemossa and Soller
Olive groves
We hiked a trail through the woods with beautiful sea views
The Hermitage of the Trinity outside Valldemossa was founded in the 1600s and is still used
The Hermitage of the Trinity
Statue of the founder of the hermitage
The hermitage has a wonderful garden
View from the hermitage
After hiking past the hermitage, we stopped for drinks and a sunset at the Miramar overlook
