<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - McDonald's]]> 10 <![CDATA[Summertime Sadness]]> I know it's obvious, but we're slow and human, two attributes that, from what my friends tell me, often go hand in hand. And in my case, it's true: the subtleties of this world elude me, at least until they cease to be. So it wasn't until my last flight back to Mallorca that I became aware of a fact that many of you have probably already assimilated: Palma airport is a death trap, a labyrinth clearly designed to acclimatize tourists to the violence and hopelessness that have become Mallorca's signature product.

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In these days of tourist and mental saturation, with strikes and canceled flights slowing down the infernal machinery of airports like Palma, a piece of news takes on the status of an explanatory metaphor for who we are and what happens to us: Palma airport now has the largest McDonald's in Europe.

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