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w 22,ul-26ll, . . . PaLa PAI.MX. vvilll a | . | ul.ilic ii .l alicill I ((1.(1(1(1. i. III! ' ' a|iilal of Majorra anil tlie chief [lurl uiid roninicrciul ' -iit -r iil tli - Hali ' uric iHlaiiil f:ri ii|i. Bt-cuUHe of its woiidi ' rful climate, beautiful .teener) ami pnixiinity to S|)aiii, I ' alma ha8 l )ii : been a favorite re.tort of Kuro|iean. ' -. niucli a- Merniuila i.i to Anierieann and BrilonH. Our arrival eoiiieiiled with the start of the . Uiiwiier i-eason. hul unfortunately we encountered cloU(lin ' ». ' i and rain on three of the four days of our stay there. Nevertheless, the dampened atn)ospher was nuire than compensated for by the warmtli and con;;eniality of the Majorcan peoph-. With the most favorable rate of exchange in Kuro|«e, 40 pesetas (potatoes) to the dollar, our money bouglit more in I ' alma than in any other port we had vi8ite l. few examples: a six-cour.se meal for a little more than a doljar. excel- lent brandy for ten cents a drink, a taxi for the day at a rate of one or two dollars. The city contained excellent shops featuring some of tin- highest ipiality mer- chandise lo be found in the Mediterranean area. Notalde among these were leather goods, clothing, glassware, endiroideries an l laces as well as excellent toys and dolls. Perhaps the best tribute thai could be paid to I ' alnui uould be lo sa that she completely captured us all at a time uhen our thoiiglils and luarls were pointed westward to Gibraltar and HOME. A beautiful doorway to the sea enhances the lo (lx mimc ..I r.diii.i Harbor. Being an e.s.tential port, the facilities are constantly being expanded for u.se by commercial and military craft.
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I As if in an embrace, these trees cover the iaiiiiliar pronienaJe, (»iiiiralisMiiio. which takes on the appearance of a bazaar at night as many portable book- stalls emerge. A typical Palnia trollr l (f;iri il- run lr(.iii llir rrnlrr of town. Fi modern, it serves the populace at a pace iii keepiujj with its times. from
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