Back to school and the start of the autumn term routine is just so hard for the children of the Hidden Valley and for the rest of Majorca. The twelve weeks of holidays where the learning experience has been far more beach orientated makes the discipline of this first term of the new school year…
By Shirley Roberts Pics by Rachel, Jay and me… All about the figures this week Statistics make such easy copy as you can interpret them any way you like. This week we have been told that The weddings in Spain in 2020 were the lowest number in years. The birth rate has fallen An increase…
Living in Mallorca is your choice… By Shirley Roberts A choice that hundreds of people make every year. The Soller Valley is high on the list of preferred places to live and settle. In the Soller Valley you will find many things including beauty, light, people who have made the same choices you have, business…
A dog walk, two lost French academics and an interesting tale is the offering from Soller this week. An often trod dog walk took me to the back of the town in Soller. Past the station and climbing the streets in the lower slopes of the mountains that protect us. The house we always look at…
To arrive in Deya in 1959 at the age of 21 was a waltz into a a world of poets, artists and people giving their lives to hedonism and pleasure. Jackie left Los Angeles after completing her degree to go on an adventure after a boyfriend had told her of the delights of this Mediterranean…
A Humans of Mallorca story on 12th July 2021 by Shirley Roberts ‘Where have the mermaids gone?’ I was asked today. I was at the Museum of the Sea in the Port of Soller taking pictures for an article. I got talking to a very happy couple celebrating their wedding by clicking a padlock to…
A Humans of Mallorca story By Shirley Roberts While the government are extremely busy resurrecting tourism and urging us on to shop, the people wait. Another month passes for those who have completely slipped through the fiscal net. Another month passes for those who don’t know what date their benefit will next be paid. My…
What is a Compassionate community? 2022-03-24 Palma By Shirley Roberts Shirley Roberts A trip to Palma on the bus, experimenting for the day when it will be too expensive to drive the car. Soller buses are in good shape at present with a new fleet and an increased timetable. It is no hardship to use…
The English speaking Sollerics are defined by where they drink their coffee in the Soller square in the mornings and the price they are prepared to pay for it. I knew that I’d become Majorcan when it mattered to me that I knew places where coffee only cost 1.50€. This is really a talking point…
This is what we do… Sollerweb was born 18 months ago and the roller coaster of events has been so breathtaking that sometimes we have to force ourselves to stop and take stock. Tracey Ivell, web designer of this parish bought the web name ‘Sollerweb’ in 2007 and knew one day when she would use…
