The taste of Mallorca Part One The Soller Valley is home to many traditional Mallorquin dishes. Local Sollerics have very strong views on which restaurant serves the best home made dishes. The competition for the finest thin crackling on the Roast Pork/Lechona dish is fierce. As for the correct way to serve Arroz Brut it…
Community life in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 18th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox We are half way through 2017 and every month we celebrate a Fiesta or a religious occasion. There will be parades, programmes and the involvement of hundreds and sometimes thousands of…
The energy for the summer in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 4th July 2017 Photographs by Rachel Fox At the end of this incredibly busy week in our world we are just taking a five-minute rest. The Fiesta of San Pere has been keeping us going…
Time to think of others in Soller By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily bulletin on Tuesday 9th January 2017 Photograph by Rachel Fox No sooner had we enjoyed the arrival of the Three Kings and the presents when reality hit us with a bump. On Saturday 6th January 2018 our Town Hall issued…
The BANK HOLIDAYS of Soller – unravelled The list has been published for the Bank Holidays for Spain for 2015 which I will print here. This is not the whole picture because in addition to these dates there are the Balearic Bank Holidays – which I will also list. To round it all off there…
One of the best explanations on the language issue I have ever read – Shirley Roberts www.sollerweb.com Català or Mallorquí? As we celebrate European Day of Languages, it would be remiss to avoid the contentious issue of what to call the language spoken on the island of Mallorca. To the godly preacher, setting out from…
The killing of the pig in the Hidden Valley of Soller ‘Matances’ is a century old tradition in Majorca. For an entire year a family would fatten up a pig to slaughter it during “matançes”.Gatherings take place of family, friends and invited honoured guests to watch the killing of the pig and then get involved in…
Full Headers Printable Vi The dawn chorus wakes us in Soller early these summer mornings. The sudden change in the weather and the departure of the North wind has been greeted with incredulity in the Soller Valley. One minute we’re moaning about the nights being cold for this time of year and then Africa sends us…
Here comes 2017 in Soller Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 3rd January 2017 A tidy weekend of New Year celebrations and then it was back to work for the hundreds who are on a mission here in the Soller Valley. The ten month season…
Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin – Tuesday 25th March 2014 Surrounded by oranges in all their manifestations we are almost blasé about picking one off the tree for a snack. Taking pictures of orange trees in snow or sun is a real pleasure and we have a range of super shots to brighten our…