Palma de Mallorca - Mallorca, Spain - Travel Photography

For a last hurrah in Spain, we took a long weekend and went to Mallorca for my birthday.  Mallorca is one of the islands of the Eastern coast of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea.  We stayed in Palma, the capital.  On the first day, we just walked around the streets of Palma...

This area overlooking the water by the cathedral is really beautiful.

You had to pay to go into the cathedral - we normally bugger off if you have to pay but we decided we should at least see some things - however, we only had a card and of course, seeing as how we were in Spain, they wouldn't take it, even though they had a card machine. Poop on them.  But the outside of the cathedral was pretty enough for me.

As the sun set, we walked away from the city center in search for our hotel.

And we got some pretty spectacular views.

The next day, we rented a car and headed south to find the beaches.

We drove through many a little town.

Here we found a lighthouse and the surrounding beach had stacked stones just like we saw along the Camino de Santiago.

All along the island are these cute windmill things.  You can see them as you land.

We spent hours driving around looking for a pink sand beach that our friends Richelle & Luis told us about.  Sadly, we never did find it.  But we found, first this one on the left, which was a private little alcove beach, and then this one on the right.  The one on the right was my favorite.  It was soooooo pretty with the surrounding cliffs.  You could even walk out on them.

It really wasn't quite warm enough to get in the water or sunbathe, which made me kinda sad, but it was nice to just sit out in the sand and listen to the water.  The crazies that you see here are Germans and Northern Europeans - people who can really tolerate the cold!

On the third day, we drove east to find caves that I saw brochures for.  These are the Cuevas del Drach.  They say that these caves hold the largest underground lake.  The tour takes about an hour.  You walk through and marvel at all the stalactites and stalagmites and then at the end, you see a little classical music boat performance.  Its pricey but totally worth.  I was really amazed!

Afterwards, we headed back to Palma to see the Castle. We didn't make it in time to go in but we got to see a beautiful sunset over the city.

Sadly, this is the last post from our European travels :( We are all settled into Savannah now.  It feels strange but good.  Hopefully though, we will continue to hop around the country photographing people and visiting people! In fact, Thursday, we are spending Thanksgiving in GA with Martin's family, then driving to NC to spend a second Thanksgiving with mine.  Then we will be roadtripping it up to Boston and then over to The Poconos, PA so if you wanna see us or schedule a portrait session, email me!!!

I wish everyone an excellent Thanksgiving with lots of loving family time!

Richelle & Luis - Engagement Session - Madrid, Spain

He says that he loved her first.  She says that she loves him MORE - because she moved to Madrid to be together.  But if you spend only a moment with these two you realize - there's no room for arguing, the fact of the matter is - they are so EQUALLY in love.  They've got that super special kind of love that is apparent in their tender, sweet moments...

In their conversation...

And in their little kisses...

I mean just look at how he makes her smile!

Richelle and Luis, I just adore you two.  You compliment each other so well and you're just a joy to be around!  Plus, yall look like models, I mean hello!?

We had so much fun walking around the Plaza Mayor area in Madrid.

 Richelle and Luis, you guys rock with all your heart! I love calling you friends and I feel so honored to have documented your wedding day! Muchos besos!

Mark and Leo - Lovey Dovey Session - Chueca & Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain

You should remember Leo, hair and makeup stylist extraordinaire! Well, his boyfriend, Mark, who was one of our good friends from our first year in the program finally made it back to Madrid.  Together at last! So we celebrated by doing a long and well deserved photo shoot.  You see, Leo worked magic on my hair every time I hung out with him.  He is a hair genius.  Naturally, I paid him in photos.  So here we go! We started in Chueca in Madrid where Leo's brother incorporated their names into a graffiti mural.  Isn't that darling?

  I had so much fun with these two.  They are so freaking hot and stylish that it really made my job a piece of cake.

 Don't you love this wall with the cityscape?

 Then we headed out to Casa de Campo, a park in Madrid, for some golden hour magic.

 Beeeeeeeeautiful! This turned into one of my favorite sessions Ever!

 I love capturing these special intimate moments - this is why I love being a photographer!

 How stinking cute are these two?

 Leo - you are gorgeous. Yes, gorgeous.

 And Mark!? So are you!!!

Mark and Leo, I love yall so much!  Leo, you really know how to make someone feel so good and Mark, you are always so thoughtful! Yall are such good friends and it kills me to leave yall behind in Spain - I miss yall so much!