Today was a sad day as we had to say goodbye to Gwinn. After he left we decided to see more of Palma and went to explore the Castle on the Hill...Bellver Castle. We walked past some of the old windmills left on the Island. The tour book said it was easily accessible from the harbour. Well, about an hour later and much whining from you know who, we reached the Castle. It was built in 1300. In 1717 it became a military prison. Between 1802 and 1808 a VIP was imprisoned there, his name was Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. We know he was an important person because there was a whole museum dedicated to his imprisonment but it was all in Spanish so we don't know many of the details. The view from the castle was breath-taking. See the photo of the marina...Jay Sea Dee is down there somewhere. On the way back to the boat we reserved a car for tomorrow to explore the interior of the island.
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