Una vida Holandesa en Mallorca

We will be almost a month in Svalbard. During that time we managed to get hindered (shops closed, uni closed etc) by a total of three national holidays!!! The last one was Norway-Day.
It is a lot like Mallorca-in-the-freezer here, weird people, inefficiency, need to know people to get something done, never friendly, have managed to get kicked out of restaurants, bars AND taxis. But Mallorca has one thing going for it. They are WAY better in celebrating things:-)

Today is the day of the Patron Saint of Palma. Therefore they put half oildrums outside to barbecue. I love this party, with music, everyone in the streets and barbecueing with strangers and friends. This year it was remarkably warm during the night.
We had to wait a lot but managed to eat to much anyway. Later on we went to the concerts, o.a. Muchachito Bomba Infierno. Never heard of them before, but apparently they are famous in Spain. Liked the music and also the fact that there is a painter on the stage. Music made me think of Manu Chao with the brass of Jammah Tammah (in anycase like I remember them from soooo long ago) but that might be a bit too regional for the sparse internet attention I receive:-)
some pictures on my flickr (but not many, ask me for the link to the private album if you really want to know:-)