NEW BEGINNINGS AND OLD TRADITIONS IN SOLLER
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin -29th April 2014 Each new season brings the newcomers, the business ideas and new people here ready to make their mark for the first time. The Movers and Shakers arrive to have their Soller moment and we all watch with great interest as they try hard and either succeed…
MEZZO MAGIC – YACHT CHARTERS FROM SOLLER
Chris Adamson has been sailing from Soller for the past ten years. He operates bespoke yacht charters on a daily basis for up to 70 people. Mezzo Magic believe that the perfect way to see the beautiful coastline of North west Mallorca is aboard one of their private boats and then return enriched by the…
A MARCH 2020 REFLECTION
250,000 kms versus 30,000 kms… A coffee chatter gossip built into a bigger story as more people gathered. In my years of running around Mallorca in an increasingly battered car I have clocked up 250,000 kms. This represents my life here from school runs to wedding venues, to hospital vigils, to client meetings, to interviews,…
THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION IN SOLLER 15th August 2015
The Feast of the Assumption – Saturday 15th August 2015 The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on 15th August each year. This year it falls on a Saturday. It commemorates the death of Mary and her assumption, body and soul, into Heaven before her body began to…
Are you planning a wedding in Mallorca?
By Soller Shirley One question hitting the Sollerweb postbag currently is to do with the Ceremony. The majority of people marrying in Mallorca are having a Wedding Blessing. They do the legal civil ceremony in their home country. Some then choose to come to Mallorca and have a Wedding Blessing. Many prefer to use this…
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON IN SOLLER
To everything there is a season in Soller… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 25th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The closed signs are being polished and fixed to the door of the first hotels to close their doors for the season. The early closers have the builders poised ready to rush…
THE WEATHER PHOTOGRAPHER OF CANADA IS IN SOLLER
The weather photographer of Canada is in Soller… Gary and Kate Lloyd Rees are Brits who emigrated to Canada (through Gary’s work with Royal Bank of Canada) in 1998. When Gary retired from the Bank in 2010 they built a home in a small village on the shores of Lake Huron, Ontario, some 2 hours…
BEAUTY ALL AROUND US IN THE SOLLER VALLEY
Beauty all around us in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 13th June 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox The new moon has been spectacular these past few nights. The vision of the moon reaching the top of the ridge of the mountains and then climbing higher to…
SOLLER IS A CITY WITH SMALL TOWN VALUES
Soller is a City with small town values Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 11th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The debate runs on and on about the status of Soller. For some to define it as a City as King Alphonso did in 1905 is the end of the story. Soller was…