Prehistoric Bears

Some of our readers will be familiar with our 'What's in our Lunch Box' series of posts. In Menorca, the emphasis was more on 'Where's our Lunch box?' than 'What's in our Lunch Box?' as we had our picnic in some very interesting places.

On this wonderful walk we had our lunch among the prehistoric ruins of the ancient settlement of Son Mercer de Baix. They were really old - as they would be being prehistoric - and they created a wonderful atmosphere and a real feeling of history.


Can you see us perched on one of the supporting pillars of the famous Cova des Moor. The historians and archaeologists call this structure a room shaped naveta, but we're less romantic and would simply call it a cave. It was quite large and therefore required 3 stone pillars of the type you see us perched on at the entrance. It was truly amazing to think that this settlement was first inhabited between 2500 and 1800 BC, but even stranger to think that our lunch of ham and cheese bocadillos might not be that different to the lunches eaten all those years ago.

Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx