Moonlit

With the Baltic baking in moonlight, I made it down to Stockholm last night where I met up with Sofi. After all the working and moving, we are now off for a few days to the Balearic Islands. Despite my many trips to Spain over the years, this will actually be my first visit to Mallorca and, incredibly as it may sound, also to any of the ten locations featured in Gypset Travel, more on that later.

Flying down on a brand-new Airbus 320neo “Erika Viking”, we are currently enjoying our pre-ordered breakfast just as Sweden disappears below. With a flight time of three hours and twenty minutes, Mallorca somehow feels like a world away from all the dark clouds that are currently hanging over Europe, even if that is obviously not the case. Yet, judging from Strava and other social media, it seems as if these sunny spots have become incredibly popular in the wake of the pandemic and the war, as seemingly “safe” destinations relatively close to home. With Sofi’s birthday tomorrow, we will explore different parts of the island before flying back on Thursday. As always, I promise to take Rawls & Me along.