Spain’s first World Cup win on Sunday wasn’t just celebrated on the Spanish mainland, but the festivities also extended to all of the Balearic Islands. Honking car horns could be heard throughout the island of Menorca, Son Bou celebrated with red and yellow fireworks and millions in Menorca waved Spanish flags in a show of national pride.

The celebrations in Menorca might not have been as large as those on the mainland, where millions of people lined the streets of Madrid to give the team a hero’s welcome, but the island celebrated in its own, slightly more reserved, way.

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If there’s a place that’s known for hosting plenty of fiestas it has to be Menorca. Son Bou is full of people from all over the world that have flocked to the island to take part in annual festivals like Sant Joan, Sant Antoni de Juny and Romeria de Sant Marcal. Read the rest of this entry »