Germany 101: Mallorca and Schlager

Like anyone coming from a country with terrible year round weather*, Germans love their beaches. But Germans have an irritatingly close relationship with the Spanish island of Mallorca. Parts of Mallorca have become so German that the Spanish are nowhere to be seen and German people, beer and food are sold far and wide. Try finding a paella on the Schinkenstrasse or Ballermann. I have no idea what those places are called in Spanish but they now have German names, German tourists and German beer. In fact, the El Arenal beach on the city of Palma de Mallorca could be the most German place in Spain!