Happy birthday Craig, we hope you’ve been spoilt.
From our hotel room we could see that another 4 or 5 cruise ships had docked in the port overnight,
and the aircraft carrier was now pointing east, it was pointing west when we went to bed last night, I guess the wind or currents had shifted.
We left the hotel at 9:20 and walked up the main street to Estacio Intermodal to get a bus to Ponca to see some “old” friends V & V, and get a feel for where Deb’s parents had holidays in years gone by.
When we got to the Estacio Intermodal I saw a tourist information centre, so I went in and asked where we get the bus from, the guy said go up the hill past a coffee shop, turn right and go down two levels! I’m so glad I asked! We got down to the bus station just in time to get the 10:10am 103 bus going west from Palma to Santa Ponca.
Vic met us at the bus stop and walked us back to their apartment. We arrived and got a warm welcome full of hugs from Val. They have great views down over a beach and a bay. 
It was really good to see both of them and we spend a few hours catching up. We had a delicous lunch at Restaurant el Jardin down inthe village. We shared lots of stories and laughs.
We left Val & Vic and got the 5:15 bus back to Palma. We walked down the hill to our hotel one street to the west of the main street. Once you get off main streets the real feel and character of towns / cities is revealed. Here was no different, the flashy lights and sounds gave way to relatively quiet residential streets / neighbourhoods. The buildings took on the 18th / 19th century feel we have seen routinely in our travels through Spain, 4 to 5 storey square sided buildings with small balconies on relatively narrow streets.
Every now and then there is a building of apparent significance, 
but without a guide it is difficult to know exactly what they are.
We Ingressed our way down and had our feet up in our room by 7pm. We had an enjoyable day.
In front of our hotel is Mirador del Baluarte del Príncipe, a lookout over the Mediterranean, it was a 16th-century military bastion, and is named after Felipe II who ordered its construction in 1575, it is one of only two surviving examples of Renaissance military architecture in Palma.
I think we are on the edge of the old / interesting part of Palma. We will investigate it further on Thursday.
