By Shirley Roberts Pictures by Shirley Roberts To drive to the very middle of the island was my mission of the day which was not a mid week experience. A Wednesday visit to Sineu is commonplace as it has a great weekly market. The only market on the island which still continues to sell livestock. …
The Vintage Soller Train is one of Mallorca’s biggest tourist attractions Vintage Soller Train, Palma At the beginning of the 20th century Soller’s orange production industry was thriving, but because the city is surrounded by mountains, it was impossible to transport goods and passengers to Palma. Getting to the capital involved a difficult and tiring slog down…
By Rachel Fox Pics by Rachel Fox Legend has it that Robert Graves chose Mallorca as his home partly on the advice of Gertrude Stein… “Majorca is a paradise – if you can stand it”, she said. Mallorca became my paradise when I moved here 18 years ago, but now we are hanging on to our…
Get up, get dressed, get out… A little exploration from some Soller minds… By Shirley Roberts Happy? I find when I am at my happiest I have used my own mantra. ‘Get up, get dressed and get out’. The biggest blessing, I have in my life, is the ability to forget. So many awful things…
Our Peggy was one hundred years of age this week. Some of the Georgie Insull singers, with whom she used to sing, were allowed to sing to her. ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ and the piece de resistance. ‘All the nice girls love a sailor’. For indeed that was she was, as a…
Say Hello to Rachel and Sally… The fifth year of Humans of Majorca begins with the 2021 story of Rachel and Sally. They are two women who have started a business in a pandemic and have still got smiles on their faces. Let me introduce you to Rachel who hails from the Emerald isle. A…
Answers By Barry Byrne From the mailbag…A bumper double crop! The pandemic, tax and 90-day stays. Q: If I’m not a Spanish resident, can I stay longer than the 90 days in 180 because of the pandemic? Q: What amnesty exists for people who have just got stuck here because of Covid? Q Where do…
A question or series of questions from our postbag answered by Barry Byrne Q: Are there any non-resident, but second home owner’s ID cards to prove we are more than tourists? Q: Can you be a part-time Spanish resident? Someone with all the rights and paperwork of a resident but who doesn’t live here enough…
The virtual postbag of www.sollerweb.com has been bulging with your questions. They are ‘Pandemic’ and ‘Brexit’ related with a bit of general information thrown in for good measure. There is no doubt that our readers are ‘rebooting’ their lives and the questions they ask reflect this. Sollerweb can hunt the answers in an overall way…
Written by Shirley Roberts The Lockdown year of 2020 has produced some fascinating work. The Art, the Writing and all manner of Creativity will be laid at the door of this most peculiar of years. For me, I began a year’s project with the author Ellen Joosten. This book is heading to the printers as…