Today we started with a sleep in, before heading to a lovely breakfast in our Airbnb. The food was all locally sourced and the setting and view were excellent. Really can’t complain! While the mattress was a bit hard, we both slept much better than the first night.
Fully charged, we were ready to head off for a relaxing day. Todays trip was to Sóller, specifically to take a trip to Port de Sóller, via the historic tram “Tranvía de Sóller“. 
After about 45 minutes on the road, we arrived and couldn’t figure out where the tram departed from, but found a market in full swing in the town square which had a nice cathedral in it. We decided to take a look and parked nearby. As we were wandering about and taking some photos, we suddenly saw a tram making its way through the market square, and stopping randomly about 5 meters in front of us. So we jumped on board, and had a rattly but really nice ride to the port.
Port de Sóller is a really really idillic and beautiful location. The beach is in a cove and really just perfect, and there’s plenty of little cafes and shops on a nice promenade. We decided to make a day of it, going for a swim before wandering along the promenade and checking out some of the local shops and the rows of yachts moored in the little harbour. 
It was a really peaceful and relaxing afternoon, and after some frozen yoghurt we eventually decided to catch the tram back… slight problem though: There were no marked stops. Manja eventually noticed that there was a small raised “platform” next to the tracks at one point, and we assumed that the tram would stop there. After about 10 minutes, the first one went right past us, but a second one following a minute later stopped.
Back in Sóller we jumped off the tram, and I heard a blood-curdling scream behind us. The tram-driver had jumped off the tram, missed the step and fallen badly – breaking his arm into a rather unnatural position. The whole crew was immediately with him, and were already dealing an ambulance, so the best thing we could do was to move on. We took a look through some of the local stores to distract ourselves before heading back to the car and to the AirBnb.
We hadn’t really done very much, and we had a late start, so we were naturally hungry and tired. After a quick shower, we decided to try our luck at a local super-recommended place for dinner, but they were booked our 3 weeks in advance. Next time!
Just around the corner, though, we found a really nice but relatively fancy place. Luckily the dress code didn’t prohibit our entry 😀
The dinner was fantastic though, we had Rabbit Gnocchi and Steak with Harizo sauce which were both completely awesome. The desert wasn’t quite as good – but still tasty. Granted, I did go for the odd combination – chocolate cake with a curried caramel sauce.
It wasn’t bad, just different. Even though, I didn’t end up using most of the caramel sauce – I guess they’re experienced enough to leave it on the side 😉
After such a large dinner, and given that we were on top of a hill, we decided to go for a bit of an after-dinner stroll. It was a balmy night, and the view was beautiful. 
There was a LOT of (probably feral) cats around, which were all being really cute and playful. We didn’t get too close, but they really were perched all around. The local church also looked great with the moon right behind it.
Eventually we drove back to the Airbnb, determined to start a little earlier the next day.
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