Anja Wester, skydiver, sailor, adventurer and Solleric By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin Sunday 10th January 2016 Anja is a very familiar face in the Port of Soller. With her three beautiful daughters and husband Allan she embraces local life, the sea and all it offers. She rocked up on our shores…
The Kings Cake or Roscon de Reyes Did you get to wear the crown? The tradition on January 6th after the Kings arrival is to have a celebration family lunch. The dessert is always the Roscon de Reyes which is a round sweet bun like texture cake often split and filled with cream. Contained in…
The Kings and Charity in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 5th January 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The arrival of the Kings in the Soller Valley this afternoon kicks of the true meaning of the season in the Soller Valley. The Kings will arrive by sea to the Port of Soller this…
THE SOLLER YEAR IN FOCUS Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 29th December 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox The page turns and a New Year begins this week. It is natural for me for writing purposes to have a hunt through the diaries and Facebook entries to check on the highlights of the year….
Books, Whippets and Soller BY SHIRLEY ROBERTSPUBLISHED IN THE MAJORCA DAILY BULLETINON SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER 2015 ‘Tell me your story’ is an opening line of mine. I love to hear how people from all over the world found their way to the Soller Valley and I have the best job in the world telling others…
Christmas in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts The Christmas celebrations in this place are very local and Spanish with religious and family traditions attached to each of the celebration dates. Christmas Eve is very important and is when families gather for a celebration meal and a group visit to Christmas Mass at whichever church…
The projects of the Soller Valley PUBLISHED IN THE MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN TUESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox So many projects that have been a long time in the planning are finally coming to a conclusion in the Soller Valley. If you have travelled our way over the past few months you will…
The SMALL news from the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 24th November 2015 Photographs by Rachel Fox This week the news from Soller includes a fallen tree, new life for our museum, Christmas decorations and weather. I am an avid reader of local papers and news sources. I know far too…
Soller is not closed – yet… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 10th November 2015 As the season changes and the colours of autumn dominate our mountains and valleys there is a danger in thinking that everything is closed. For some parts of Majorca that is true and resorts resemble ghost towns but that…
The Soller Valley loves EVENTS Published in the Majorca Daily BulletinTuesday 3rd November 2015 Photograph by Rachel Fox Events in the Soller Valley are my obsession and occupy my waking thoughts and sometimes my dreams. The reason www.sollerweb.com came into being was because the wonderful events here were known only to a few. This was a big…
