The pre – Christmas lunches and gatherings have started with a vengeance Shirley Roberts with Pics by Rachel Fox and Gary Lloyd Rees The soggy Soller Valley world is giving up its secrets in the water falls. The unusual rains running down the torrents give the opportunity to throw things away and send them far…
Shirley Roberts The Island empties now and locals appear, to reclaim their world. In a world of tourism we know that these ‘very local’ weeks will only last for six weeks in any one year. Many here are on contracts fixed by the opening dates of their hotel, restaurant or bar. In the Soller Valley…
Shirley Roberts All business minds in Mallorca are in a whirl this week. Our delegates to the World Travel Market in London are talking the talk of the delights of Mallorca. They are consolidating the ‘Brand’ they have been working on for months and in some cases, years. Sixty years ago when tourism grew, the…
In 2022 Poetisa Fca Alcover is a Street to watch. By Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees Poetissa Fca Alcover is named after a woman – A poet and a very special lady of her generation. She died in 1954 and is revered in the Soller Valley This used to be the main…
Nature would have been a big part of their wellbeing as it is to many of us today 2021-11-02 Palma By Neville James-Davies for The Majorca Daily Bulletin Neville James-Davies Jaume II had a son who suffered from asthma, so in 1309, in an attempt to help his son, Jaume II ordered a palace to…
I will not leave it so long before returning to this wonderful authentic spot in Mallorca 2021-10-28 Santa Maria By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts I am usually busy on Sundays and rarely find the time to go to the market. ‘The Market’ I am talking of is in Santa Maria which is one of the…
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to this interesting couple 2021-10-21 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts These two humans of Mallorca live a lovely life here in the delights of the Royal Savoy apartments in Cala Vinyas. This is the place they step off from their international jet set life in the world…
For many years now, Catalina Trías has been running a night-time sewing workshop in Sóller aimed at making peasant dresses. An always full workshop. The participants in one of the night groups that started this month. From left to right: Trinidad Morell, Remedios Mas, Laura Rodríguez, Ángeles Muñoz, Francisca Rosselló, Catalina Trias and Bea Borràs….
Shirley Roberts Pics by Gary Lloyd Rees, Stephen Bullock and Shirley Roberts The stories of the arrivals to our world are fascinating to me. I am constantly amused, delighted and sometimes irritated by some of the stories I hear. The Golden Visa and the other ways of living here after Brexit are new cogs in…
By Shirley Roberts Love bought Rev Bill and Eleanor to the Port of Pollensa Rev Bill Boyce is the new vicar of St Andrews Church in the Port of Pollensa. He has recently arrived from Northern Ireland to take up this post with Eleanor his wife. Eleanor was no stranger to Majorca and when they…
