Son Servera Mercado

There was a small town just about an hours walk away from our

hotel that was having a Friday morning market.  I have a thing for outdoor markets.  Sometimes they are lame and you don't end up buying anything but there inevitably are things in baskets which I just love.  I love seeing all the things - even if they are crap things- all displayed out in the open.  This particular market was a little bit of everything.  A bit of produce, a bit of tea, a bit of crappy Chinese import stuff, a bit of leather goods, some scarfs, some toys and as always, some locals and in this case just a few

tourists.
We walked the wrong way, we found out on our return trip when we took the right path all along a beautiful walking path and promenade along the beach.  But the wrong path led us up through small residential streets and farms with cactus  and definitely not a friendly

One of my many dad holding hands pic.  💗💗

walking path.  We get to the market and we all have a look around.  We end up buying a few things - me a leather purse that I don't love but I like and since it was low season it was apparently regularly priced 50 Euro but I got it for 15.  I know that is a scam to tell

you it normally cost more but the point is it was only 15 so even if I don't love it, I like it and it was only 15.  Marty got a leather wallet because his old one was a US one and things you don't think about until you live here is that the Euro is wider than the US dollar so his Euro kept hanging out of his wallet and the edges kept getting frayed. 
Benjamin wanted to buy some Pokemon cards that ended up being a bit of a bust as he thinks that all of them were fake other than the top one.  But oh, well.  He got over his disappointment quickly. 

We walked back on the actual path which was lovely and along the beach nearly the entire way.  But as we were leaving the small town there was a small park with a skate boarding area.  No skate board - no problem for our kids.  They played here for nearly an hour.

Along the way there were small outdoor areas that had exercise equipment.  The kids can't pass up a chance to goof off.  

We went to the hotel pool.  The inside one because the outside one was closed.  The inside one was the size of a postage stamp and there were a couple other kids in the pool with huge flotation devices so it was pretty comical but Benjamin and Josie had a good time. 
We later went back to the hotel buffet for another amazing dinner.  It wasn't the Gala dinner but it was still pretty fabulous.

Then we hit the hotel Bingo Night.  We played in Turkey too and even though we didn't win in Turkey the announcer there and the whole scene was a great source of entertainment.  Here in Mallorca it was no different but for

 different reasons. We had to walk to the sister hotel just across the street and it was a bit like a Senior Citizens place.  Mostly older Germans were playing but we actually one once.  The prize was just the pot divided up and then given out as prizes.  We bought 2 cards at a 1 Euro per card and ended up winning 13 Euro.  So no so bad.