It is late March, and the noon sun is beating down on the beach in Palma, on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Seven German tourists have hung a dark red hammock between the wooden posts of the lifeguard tower. Dressed in shorts, their skin has already turned a bright pink as they drink beer and listen to music on a cellphone.
Sasha, 35, explains through his cloth face mask that they have arrived here from different parts of Germany: Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hamburg. Some of them met at the Mallorca hotel where they are all staying. âIâm healthy, Iâve brought my negative [PCR] test,â he says.