Monday, 11 April 2016

The flight to Palma

The flight was at 8:35 so it we set off just before 5:30. It was 0.5 degrees and a layer of ice had to removed from the car before we set off. The Meet and Greet was efficient and it was then a short walk to the Jet2 check in. The flight was uneventful. The lady on the aisle seat on our row took full advantage of the 2 for £11 on the  Prosecco but only managed to drink 3 of the 4 bottles before we landed!

We just had time to sort the paperwork out with Sixt before the bags and bikes came off the conveyor and were out of the airport and on our way to Port De Pollenca. We stopped at the Lidl in Inca for provisions. It open until 3:00pm on a Sunday. It's a different apartment this year and we are just off the Pine Walk. The directions proved to be excellent and the code to get the key worked.

The bikes were assembled and Maria the owner came round about 7:00pm to check everything was OK and get the rest of the balance the rental.

The apartment is excellent and the only issue we had was we could not connect to the Internet. She had sorted it by breakfast time.

Shopping at Lidl with Lyn holding the cardboard boxes to protect the bikes when we put them in the van once they are removed from the bike boxes.

Robert

Sunday, 10 April 2016

Palma here we come.

Ready to board and even had time for a complementary massage (body search).
It was 0.5 degrees when we set off so ice had to scrapped off the car before we could leave. Forecast for Mallorca means that should not be an issue we encounter for a while.

Monday, 28 March 2016

1001 Painting to See before You die

1001 Painting you must see before you die. Spreadsheet cross reference list.




General Editor Stephen Farthening. ISBN 978-1-84403-704-9


An excellent reference book but let down by not being able to quickly reference by gallery, country, city. The link below is a Google document that has all those additional filters. Thanks to museumhopper for a list for an earlier version that helped reduce the amount of typing. The 2011 edition has over 30 changes in paintings compared to the earlier edition and the painting are in a different order. The list below is for the version published in 2011 and updated in 2014. Open in Google sheets and then filter the list. 1001 Painting you must see before you die. Spreadsheet cross reference list.

RRP £20 but available for £10 online.