Caves of Menorca
We wondered about ancient history in Menorca and got a snoot full. Checking out ancient sites wherever we go is one of our favorite things to do. We found out about the Cala Morell, a necropolis dating back to the second century, a tad older than the hotels Menorca has and made a plan for it. It sits on the north coast of the island and there is a beach there, which was good because my gal Carla is a big beach goer and love the beach. Turns out the caves were hand made, man made and served as a cemetery. Talayotic monuments are made of stone and apparently these caves are considered Talayotic. Carla told me this, the wonders of the Internet. She had the jump on me as I could not connect with a wi-fi signal while we were in our room, but she had a new computer and could. So we went to the caves, very beautifully carved in a stone age kind of way and she says, “Oh yes, obviously Talayotic structure, wouldn’t you agree?” “Oh, yes, um certainly,” I said, very Talayotical, in a cave like way.” This went on for some time, it was a good thing we were not near anyone. Anyway, we loved the rough floors, uneven and carved, and one imagines prayers and offerings made here over the millennium. We wished we could go back in time to see what they did, and how. That’s how we feel each time we go to an ancients site, like the Coliseum in Rome, or the Acropolis, we wished so much to be able to travel back in time. But, we are int the present, and it was time to get some tapas and leave the cave.