LisbonJet's Travels: 2025

Holidays in Palma, Mallorca Island

Palma de Mallorca, October 2025

This was my last period of holidays this year. Initially, I didn't plan going anywhere but I started considering Marrakech or Palma for a few days. Palma de Mallorca won. Both destination are well known for me. I went to Mallorca twice in 2021 and visited Marrakech in 2017. The idea was not to see anything new but just to have a few days to relax and replenish energies.

On the last day in Mallorca, when the weather became unstable due to the approaching storm Alice, we decided to get out of our resort and visit Palma. First, the unmissable cathedral (Santa Maria of Palma)...

... the streets...

... Plaça Major...

... and finally a photo of the resort where we stayed - near Platja de Palma - and a photo of the A320 of Iberia Express the day we left. Storm Alice was affecting flights since the previous day, causing huge delays. My flight to Madrid was two hours delayed and I had to reschedule the second leg from Madrid to final destination Lisboa. It was my first time flying with Iberia Express and Iberia mainline.

First leg on the A320 EC-LVQ and second leg on the A320neo EC-NTA featuring the Airspace cabin with XL overhead bins.

Strolling around London in decent weather

London, September 2013

As I am always saying, London is my favorite European capital. So let's start to give it a spotlight in this blog! Back in the day, I would take every opportunity I had to go from the Heathrow airport area (where we stay) to the city center.

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Tottenham Court Road

The Centre Point skyscraper and the Dominion Theatre...

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Regent Street

In Regent Street I stopped to check on the Apple Store. The new iPhones 5s and 5c were just released and the blue 5c was already in my mind to replace my old but yet the most beautiful iPhone ever built, the iPhone 4. I would buy it a couple of months later and that blue 5c would last four years from 2013 to 2017.

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Piccadilly Circus

The iconic, vibrant and colorful road junction in the center of London...

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Trafalgar Square

... and Nelson on the top of the column.

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London Eye & Big Ben

The Thames and the iconic London Eye...

... and always a good opportunity for a time check while admiring the Big Ben!

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Back in Lisbon

So much has changed since this time. The airline got its old name back (TAP Air Portugal) and CS-TNS which was parked side by side (still in the fleet) got a pair of sharklets and changed its name from "D. Afonso Henriques" to "Damião de Góis".

Charter flight to Oujda Angad - Morocco

Airport action, September 2025

This was a summer charter flight to Oujda, in Morocco. A turnaround trip with each leg flown lasting around 1h20 and both flights with a full load of passengers. Aircraft was the Airbus A320-214, tail number CS-TNR, named "Luís de Freitas Branco".

I never visited Oujda but from what I saw in photos, it is pretty much like Marrakech where I stayed in 2017. But whenever I land in a new airport, I like it to be properly logged!

Strolling around Paris in rainy weather

Paris, September 2013

During the flight to Paris I agreed with the chief purser that I would to go with her to the center of the city on this short night stop. Despite the rainy weather we remained resolute on our purpose.

First stop, she wanted to buy a bottle of champagne!

And then, of course, some sightseeing on a city that many seem to love but which is far from being one of my favorites. Sorry, I can't help with that!