Binisafuller Beach, and Wild Passionfruit

Not too busy for a Friday in mid July.

Binisafuller Beach.

Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants.

Passiflora ligularis, commonly known as the Sweet granadilla or Grenadia was once introduced in Menorca as an ornamental plant. However today it can be found in plenty of places in the island, and it can became invesive under certain conditions.

The epithet ligularis comes from the plant's ligulate corollae. It is native to the Andes Mountains between Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia. It grows as far south as northern Argentina and as far north as Mexico. Outside of its native range it grows in the tropical mountains of Africa and Australia (where they are known as passionfruit), and is now common in local markets of Papua New Guinea, where it is known as 'sugar fruit'. It likes climates ranging from 15° to 18° C and between 600 and 1000 mm of annual rain. It lives at altitudes ranging from 1700 to 2600 meters above sea level.They have abundant, simple leaves and greenish-white flowers. The fruit is orange to yellow colored with small light markings. It has a round shape with a tip ending in the stem. The pulp is the edible part of the fruit and has a soft sweet taste

A Summer butterfly, a cool restaurant and some charming guests

The Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina, is a butterfly found in the Paleartic Ecozone. Its range includes Europe south of 62 N, Russia eastwards to the Urals, Asia Minor, Iraq, Iran, North Africa and the Canary Islands. 

Adults are nectar- feeding on a wide spectrum of plant. In Menorca is very common in July and August, their habitats are either cultivated lands, gardens, parks and wasteland. 

A suggested Restaurant. "Es Grill"

Es Grill Website

The restaurant is located in an old "menorquin" farmhouse just beside to the Airport, it's got a cozy atmosphere and they do "show cooking". There is also a nice fresh garden terrace with live music show.

Our Guests

Although the correct way should be to call clients, I like to call them Our Guests.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Davies, and Mrs. Fortune.

Arenal d'en Castell

As a summer tourist destination, Arenal is rated as one of the best and most beautiful resort beaches on Menorca. It is particularly suited to families with smaller children due to its fine golden sand and gently sloping shallows into clean, crystal clear turquoise waters, which are sheltered from the worst of the elements by the protruding mouth of the bay. 

As you go through the day, the beach is changing its face. From the bustle of children playing in the sand, fruit vendors and music from the beach club bars to the almost monastic hour of sunset.

Bee-eaters and a quiet morning at "El Fonduco"

 The European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is a long distance migrator, wintering in tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka.

This is one of the most spectacular birds, by the color of their plumage, which can be found in Menorca.
The bee-eaters are gregarious, and always travel in groups that can become numerous. They make a relatively long tunnel in which the 5 to 8, spherical white eggs are laid around the beginning of June on sandy slopes. Cala Tirant and Sa Mesquida are well known nesting sites.
Just as the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects like bees, vesps, dragonflies but lizzards and froggs too.

El Fonduco.