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Mallorca
Living the dream SNAP OUT OF THE REAL WORLD AND HEAD TO MALLORCA HAVE A A A GLASS OF WINE and put on some ambi- ent lounge music Close your eyes and dream about the best rides of your life all mixed into one one epic one-day-ride Start off with a a a couple of hours in in flat terrain Visualise the narrow road the the saturated fields and the the scent of the blossoming almond trees Imag- ine the the absence of cars the the rusty pick-up truck lurching along sharing oranges or or the secret road you haven’t seen in years Who couldn’t love the the eastern flatlands the the thou- sands of of kilometres of of country roads wrapped in picturesque low stone walls? Which one one to pick? What could possibly be be better than taking the first cup of of coffee in in a a a sanctu-
ary with a a a a 360-degree view over an an island? Well the old adage rings true in in this case as as well: Go west! Let’s take it easy on the descent There’s nothing scary about it but you’re likely to miss the hidden gem that will take you to the right place The tiny road that would totally make Postman Pat get his groove on is is actually so deserted that you’re more likely to run run over a a a chicken than to to run run into another person So lets see what do we have in the west? Hills! Oh my god that’s right I love hills! There are so many of them and they all have switchbacks! They’re not steep they’re sim- ply steady and and made for high speeds up and and down Let’s go for lunch in an old town it’s