Christmas in Mallorca 23rd of December - 2nd of January

Getting tipsy at lunchtime...

I started packing this morning and I think we were all ready to go home. However, after doing a little shopping at a tiny supermarket nearby for lunch, we had a drink at one of the bars and rapidly changed our minds!

Sophie took our shopping back to the house and Keith and I chose Tarambana again for a drink. When one of the serving staff approached us, I panicked and ordered two beers as our Spanish speaker was absent! However, when Sophie arrived, she ordered a glass of Sangria and I took a sip... it was delicious! I gave my beer to Keith and Sophie ordered me a glass as well. It would prove to be my downfall as I had three glasses and felt a little tipsy!

I didn't regret it for a minute, though, as we had a thoroughly enjoyable time sitting in the square, chatting and enjoying the sunshine. We couldn't help but overhear an English party at the next table boasting of meeting Jeffery Archer and his wife, banging on about EasyJet, and getting fast-tracked through security. They sounded frightfully posh!

Back at the house, Sophie made lunch and we spent the rest of the afternoon sitting at the table on the lower terrace and enjoying the sunshine. Sophie linked up Alexa with the wifi and we listened to music, which was lovely as I've missed hearing our favourite songs!

Counting down...

After getting ready we walked into the town hoping to have a cocktail at La Scalinata but it was closed. We could see U Gallet open so we went there instead and spent a delightful hour sipping our drinks and watching the fish in a tank opposite our seats watch us!

Our drinks and, bizarrely, sweets!

These fish kept an eye on us the whole time!

U Gallet was very chilled out with Spanish music playing and friendly staff. Sophie had a Moscow Mule, I had a very strong Negroni and Keith had his usual beer. Above us was a television screen showing the countdown to 2025.

Once we'd finished our drinks we made our way through the square to an Indian restaurant for dinner. There had been some confusion over whether we'd booked a table or not, and we were hoping we had as there was nothing at all open in the square. I had imagined crowds of people gathering to celebrate the New Year but it was very quiet indeed!

At the Indian restaurant, there were just another couple of tables occupied. We took our seats in the window and had a good look at the menu. We chose chicken pakora to start, followed by chicken Jalfrezi for Keith and me, and chicken tikka marsala with mushroom rice for Sophie. We munched on delicious poppadoms and ordered Peshwari naan bread. I was hungry as we'd barely eaten anything all day!

The staff were excellent and couldn't do enough for us, and the food was delicious. The waiter said that the tables would be full later in the evening as people weren't going to turn up until about 9.30pm. We doubted very much whether we would stay up until midnight tonight as our normal New Year's Eve routine had been disrupted! We love watching the fireworks from London and then Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny!

We paid the bill, received a lovely hug from the owner, and made our way slowly back to the house. The square was still empty!

We watched the Spanish spelling show again on television, but none of us wanted to stay up until midnight to see in 2025, the first time we hadn't stayed up for decades! Isla will be our first footer at home. I hope she brings us luck!