The Litts tick-off Europe before Brexit- 1)Majorca- LHR-ZRH-PMI Swiss Euro Econ & Biz
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The Villa!
Our home for the week was a Five bed detached villa, with a garage and a pool!
We weren't able to park in the garage, due to a fault with the gate. We just parked on the street.
Dining room
Kitchen
Master bedroom...
One of two bathrooms with a bath
The second...
The layout of the home was rather strange. The living room was actually upstairs
My bathroom for the week
Some slightly amateurish photos taken with my Iphone...
View from my upstairs balcony
The view looking up to my terrace at the front of the house
The pool
Panorama courtesy of my sister...
Staircase windows
A breakfast meeting for one...
There were 8 sun loungers...
In total, there were 8 tables in this house. I think the owner got carried away...
Overlooking next door
We backed out onto hills, which was rather nice
If this were my home, I would probably make something of this space
Next door's patio
Bit of reading on my terrace
Hammock at the front of the house
Art work with phalluses sticking out is always amusing
The house came with a ping pong table
The evening we arrived, the owner of the home, informs us that there is limited water pressure in the area and that it is currently being repaired.
This made it impossible to shower as the water was nothing but a mere trickle. However the following day, I found this gem
An outdoor shower!!
Well basically water coming out of a pipe. Whilst it was cold, as the caption depicts...
Lets leave it there for now ladies and gents... thank you for staying tuned
Last edited by louislitt; Sep 11, 2016 at 9:54 am
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Haha! looking back on it, it was quite funny, but after travelling for quite a while, it wasn't my that funny at the time
Yep, tells me a lot about the 27 year old lady who owns the home...
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BMW 2 Series Active Tourer
Make: BMW
Model: 2 Series Active Tourer
Price new: 25,000-27,000
Engine size-1.6 litre
Bhp: 136
Optional Extras:Nav, heated seats, powered tailgate.
Interior:
It wasn't the most cleanest of cars
Quite a wide windscreen
Standard BMW Maps:
Home!!
LHR and its taxiways
This car came with the option to put it in sport/comfort mode:
I took it for a spin and was impressed. This car is based on the chassis of the new BMW 1 Series, so having driven that, I was fairly comfortable in this.
The bottom line for this car is that it was fun to drive, had great handling and was fairly spacious. We struggled with our bags, but thats more our fault that the cars. It would be even greater if the car had a slightly higher spec, i.e leather, maybe the 1.8/ 2.0 litre engine and professional media. But for a rental it did the job.
Would I recommend this car as a rental? - I have sought MrLittSrs advice on this and we would. It does the job, and is better than anything else in the class.
If this car was a human who would it be?- Trevor McDonald. Kind of laid back but very good at what it does.
Amount of Stars out of Five- 3.5/5
Model: 2 Series Active Tourer
Price new: 25,000-27,000
Engine size-1.6 litre
Bhp: 136
Optional Extras:Nav, heated seats, powered tailgate.
Interior:
It wasn't the most cleanest of cars
Quite a wide windscreen
Standard BMW Maps:
Home!!
LHR and its taxiways
This car came with the option to put it in sport/comfort mode:
I took it for a spin and was impressed. This car is based on the chassis of the new BMW 1 Series, so having driven that, I was fairly comfortable in this.
The bottom line for this car is that it was fun to drive, had great handling and was fairly spacious. We struggled with our bags, but thats more our fault that the cars. It would be even greater if the car had a slightly higher spec, i.e leather, maybe the 1.8/ 2.0 litre engine and professional media. But for a rental it did the job.
Would I recommend this car as a rental? - I have sought MrLittSrs advice on this and we would. It does the job, and is better than anything else in the class.
If this car was a human who would it be?- Trevor McDonald. Kind of laid back but very good at what it does.
Amount of Stars out of Five- 3.5/5
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Cap de Formentor
Due to the short duration of our trip, there was very little sight-seeing that we had arranged. However, we had decided that we wanted to go to a place called Formentor on the coast.
Formentor is at the tip of the island, on the north.
An hour long journey due to the curvy roads.
At the end of the road is a lighthouse, where we will end the journey.
That morning, at 08:10 we left home.
Tech
Rich landscape:
One more town to go through
I admire this guy...
Soon we arrived at a view point created. This was the half way point.
Views
As I was taking these pictures, one of these shot out from behind me
Not entirely sure of the aircraft but it was pretty impressive
So stunning
Soon we were back to the car, ready for the next half of the journey
WOO nearly there
Made it
We had driven around that to get here
The Cap was pretty incredible. There was however in all honesty, quite a few wild goats roaming around, which made the place smell awful!
Mother Litt running away from said wild Goat
We spent around 20 minutes there. Overall the actual sight itself wasn't that brilliant, but the drive up and the view from the half way point made it all worth it!
Soon we were back on the road, ready for our final two days on the island.
Experience out of 5: 4/5
Formentor is at the tip of the island, on the north.
An hour long journey due to the curvy roads.
At the end of the road is a lighthouse, where we will end the journey.
That morning, at 08:10 we left home.
Tech
Rich landscape:
One more town to go through
I admire this guy...
Soon we arrived at a view point created. This was the half way point.
Views
As I was taking these pictures, one of these shot out from behind me
Not entirely sure of the aircraft but it was pretty impressive
So stunning
Soon we were back to the car, ready for the next half of the journey
WOO nearly there
Made it
We had driven around that to get here
The Cap was pretty incredible. There was however in all honesty, quite a few wild goats roaming around, which made the place smell awful!
Mother Litt running away from said wild Goat
We spent around 20 minutes there. Overall the actual sight itself wasn't that brilliant, but the drive up and the view from the half way point made it all worth it!
Soon we were back on the road, ready for our final two days on the island.
Experience out of 5: 4/5
Last edited by louislitt; Sep 11, 2016 at 9:55 am
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The final day on the island
Our final day was spent packing, lounging around the pool and getting ready for the journey home.
In the afternoon, Dad and I went out to visit a supermarket, to grab drinks for dinner and the pizzeria that we went to on the night we arrived, for our last supper.
Driving to the supermarket
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The supermarket was a place called Eroski
Acid mix um...
The size of the hot chocolate was bigger than anything I had ever seen in a Costco
Weetabix
We promptly left Eroski, with our drinks and headed out to the pizzeria
A quick blast down the autoroute
Ah narrow streets we meet again
A bit of a squeeze
This is actually really quite beautiful
We found somewhere to park up
Love these doors
We began the search of trying to find the restaurant. Well I looked, Dad was on some mass individual conference call
10 minutes later, google maps had found the restaurant (I dislike apple maps immensely) and Dad was still on the call leaving me to order in my best Spanish
The restaurant
Whilst we waited for the pizza's to be made, Padre continued his conference call and I sat there soaking in the Friday night atmosphere of the square
Pizza's in hand we headed back to the car
We were back on the road, and I once again found myself sat in silence as the conference call continued over bluetooth
Due to the lack of signal, that conference call ended as soon as we entered the hills. We got home, and everyone ate dinner whilst packing.
My Vegetable pizza
Packing for the return
All ready to go
Our wake up call for the following morning was set at 06:00, and I was eager to hit the sack so that I was bright eyed and bushy tailed for the return leg.
So by 22:30 I was out for the count, unlike the rest of the Litt's who were watching the new Jungle Book movie
In the afternoon, Dad and I went out to visit a supermarket, to grab drinks for dinner and the pizzeria that we went to on the night we arrived, for our last supper.
Driving to the supermarket
[url=https://flic.kr/p/LQXaRy]
The supermarket was a place called Eroski
Acid mix um...
The size of the hot chocolate was bigger than anything I had ever seen in a Costco
Weetabix
We promptly left Eroski, with our drinks and headed out to the pizzeria
A quick blast down the autoroute
Ah narrow streets we meet again
A bit of a squeeze
This is actually really quite beautiful
We found somewhere to park up
Love these doors
We began the search of trying to find the restaurant. Well I looked, Dad was on some mass individual conference call
10 minutes later, google maps had found the restaurant (I dislike apple maps immensely) and Dad was still on the call leaving me to order in my best Spanish
The restaurant
Whilst we waited for the pizza's to be made, Padre continued his conference call and I sat there soaking in the Friday night atmosphere of the square
Pizza's in hand we headed back to the car
We were back on the road, and I once again found myself sat in silence as the conference call continued over bluetooth
Due to the lack of signal, that conference call ended as soon as we entered the hills. We got home, and everyone ate dinner whilst packing.
My Vegetable pizza
Packing for the return
All ready to go
Our wake up call for the following morning was set at 06:00, and I was eager to hit the sack so that I was bright eyed and bushy tailed for the return leg.
So by 22:30 I was out for the count, unlike the rest of the Litt's who were watching the new Jungle Book movie
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The day of departure
Have any of you wonderful ladies and gentleman tried to go to sleep with what sounds like constant jungle noises being played in your ear?
Actually don't answer that, because I can almost guarantee someone saying that they have spent a night in an actual jungle, which makes this a moot point
Anyhow, lets back on topic, after falling asleep to animal noises, I awoke at 06:15, 15 minutes behind schedule and began sounding the trumpet to wake up the family, who struggled to wake up following their 3D jungle outing.
The home owner, was due at 07:45, leaving us an 1hr 30 to pack up the remainder of our stuff, eat breakfast and load the car, with the intention of being on the road for 08:15.
The view outside my window
What a stupid quote!
Breakfast, a left over pizza slice and a sprite
Bags ready to be loaded
Loading process
Whilst my parents finished their packing, my sister walked down to the recycling bins at the bottom of the road
Breathtaking... because of the smell of the recycling bins
Map of the street
I sat in the car, waiting for the lady to arrive.
She arrived with her mother, who she brought along because she had never met a Sikh or an indian for that matter, before! After speaking to her mother in basic spanish, paying the electiricy bill and receiving our security deposit, the Litts were back on the road. For one final time.
Our departure time was at 08:00. A full 15 minutes earlier than needed
Palma. Thats us today!
My breakfast drink
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We needed to fill the car up as it was a full to full agreement and so we pulled up at a Repsol, 10 miles away from the airport to refuel. The time now is 08:45.
They had attendants to refuel the car, so there wasn't much we had to do
We headed back on the road at 08:50, a lot earlier than we needed to be, so decided to go into Aldi, to have a wander around. Yeah, we really were that early!
I thought this street art was actually really cool!
Welcome to Aldi...
After wandering into a completely empty Aldi, spending five minutes looking around, we were back on the road at 09:05
Aeropuerto
Air Europa
Thats us!
We found the check-in desks for Lufthansa Group and joined the business class check-in
We then had to take the escalators to security
Airplane Models outside security. I think all these airlines are defunct.
Who?
La Familia
An incredibly quick fast pass through security, had my turban
Whilst Mother Litt and Father Litt went through duty free, I tried to go to Burger King with Sister Litt
Sadly, my Father was venomously against me eating fries at 10 in the morning. Please don't judge, I am still a teenager after all
One thing I noticed was how many British Northerners there are in the airport. It was like I hadnt left England and was sat at Manchester Airport rather than in Palma! Another amusing observation that I noticed was that the Burger King was full of drunk teenagers flying home, who had clearly not done a Louis Litt and go to bed at a reasonable time, but decided to spend their final night on the strip and arrive at the airport hungover, and still slightly drunk
Anyhow, we proceeded to the Sala Formentor Lounge.
Sister Litt, decided that I was not worth talking to and decided to stick on her headphones. Rude!
Actually don't answer that, because I can almost guarantee someone saying that they have spent a night in an actual jungle, which makes this a moot point
Anyhow, lets back on topic, after falling asleep to animal noises, I awoke at 06:15, 15 minutes behind schedule and began sounding the trumpet to wake up the family, who struggled to wake up following their 3D jungle outing.
The home owner, was due at 07:45, leaving us an 1hr 30 to pack up the remainder of our stuff, eat breakfast and load the car, with the intention of being on the road for 08:15.
The view outside my window
What a stupid quote!
Breakfast, a left over pizza slice and a sprite
Bags ready to be loaded
Loading process
Whilst my parents finished their packing, my sister walked down to the recycling bins at the bottom of the road
Breathtaking... because of the smell of the recycling bins
Map of the street
I sat in the car, waiting for the lady to arrive.
She arrived with her mother, who she brought along because she had never met a Sikh or an indian for that matter, before! After speaking to her mother in basic spanish, paying the electiricy bill and receiving our security deposit, the Litts were back on the road. For one final time.
Our departure time was at 08:00. A full 15 minutes earlier than needed
Palma. Thats us today!
My breakfast drink
[img]https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/84[url=https://flic.kr/p/M7RGpW]
We needed to fill the car up as it was a full to full agreement and so we pulled up at a Repsol, 10 miles away from the airport to refuel. The time now is 08:45.
They had attendants to refuel the car, so there wasn't much we had to do
We headed back on the road at 08:50, a lot earlier than we needed to be, so decided to go into Aldi, to have a wander around. Yeah, we really were that early!
I thought this street art was actually really cool!
Welcome to Aldi...
After wandering into a completely empty Aldi, spending five minutes looking around, we were back on the road at 09:05
Aeropuerto
Air Europa
Thats us!
We found the check-in desks for Lufthansa Group and joined the business class check-in
We then had to take the escalators to security
Airplane Models outside security. I think all these airlines are defunct.
Who?
La Familia
An incredibly quick fast pass through security, had my turban
Whilst Mother Litt and Father Litt went through duty free, I tried to go to Burger King with Sister Litt
Sadly, my Father was venomously against me eating fries at 10 in the morning. Please don't judge, I am still a teenager after all
One thing I noticed was how many British Northerners there are in the airport. It was like I hadnt left England and was sat at Manchester Airport rather than in Palma! Another amusing observation that I noticed was that the Burger King was full of drunk teenagers flying home, who had clearly not done a Louis Litt and go to bed at a reasonable time, but decided to spend their final night on the strip and arrive at the airport hungover, and still slightly drunk
Anyhow, we proceeded to the Sala Formentor Lounge.
Sister Litt, decided that I was not worth talking to and decided to stick on her headphones. Rude!
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Sala Formentor Lounge
The Sala Premium Lounge.
After scanning our boarding passes, we were let into the lounge
Food in the lounge was pretty poor.
My chocolate milkshake
I'm sure the fries would have been more healthy than this
Whilst I sat there, I decided to sync my spotify playlists on my iPad
FT Weekend as a lounge read
Um
Horrifically slow Wifi
Watches on display in the lounge.
At 10:50, we left the lounge, ready to begin the first leg of the flight home.
Rating out of 5 : 2.5/5
After scanning our boarding passes, we were let into the lounge
Food in the lounge was pretty poor.
My chocolate milkshake
I'm sure the fries would have been more healthy than this
Whilst I sat there, I decided to sync my spotify playlists on my iPad
FT Weekend as a lounge read
Um
Horrifically slow Wifi
Watches on display in the lounge.
At 10:50, we left the lounge, ready to begin the first leg of the flight home.
Rating out of 5 : 2.5/5
Last edited by louislitt; Sep 21, 2016 at 10:39 am
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