Gemma's Blog - February
Hello everyone!
As I go over to Menorca so often (about 4 or 5 times a year), I thought it was about time that I told you a bit more about this very special island. I have been going over to Menorca on holiday since I was a teenager, so scarily that amounts to more than twenty years (gulp, pass the anti-wrinkle cream please!). So I have my favorite places to go, see and and eat and often people ask me for recommendations.
Menorca is a great place to visit in the summer, as many of our clients know, but less people know that it is also a good place to go all year round. I have just come back from a week at the end of February and the weather has been beautiful - in the 20s and warm sunshine every day. It was a bit of a culture shock drinking coffee and reading the papers in the sun by Mahon harbour on Tuesday morning to be greeted by leaden skies and rain in Luton in the afternoon!
Spring in Menorca is a great time. The fields are covered with tiny yellow flowers and the island is lush and green in a way not many summer tourists get to see. I have included a couple of snaps on this page just to show you how beautiful it looks!
My daughter Ella even insisted on going for a paddle in the sea, but I have to say I wasn't quite brave enough to join her!
Menorca is a really welcoming place for kids - waiters and waitresses always make a fuss of Ella and she has to get used to kissing strangers! On this trip, we went to the little zoo, on the main Mahon-Cuitadella road and she had a great time. Many of the animals there are native to the island, and she petted the goats and ran away from the bizarre looking chickens. She loved the tortoises though, and the kangaroo, despite the fact the only bit of it she could see was his bum as he hid under a rock!
Anyway, more blog to follow soon - I hope you like it and hope to see you in Menorca soon!
Gemma
(this is a picture of a tortoise, not a picture of me!!)