Humans of Mallorca came from Bosnia thirty years ago. By Shirley Roberts Some Humans of Mallorca started their lives in Bosnia. Between 1991 and 1999 the Balkan War and the resulting genocide took place. Lack of respect for human rights and the genocide in the population was the life the people were living. Spain resolved…
New Amigos ready to fly from Santa Maria Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 1st November 2015 By Shirley Roberts Lakki Patey is a name you might be familiar with if ambient guitar music and experimental sounds are your interest. This is a man who when asked what he does for a living…
You know you’ve lived in Mallorca too long when you understand the importance of LACCAO in the National diet. Hot Laccao for breakfast, cold Laccao with ice when it gets hotter, Laccao mixed with brandy for certain occasions and many more manifestations. The factory making it is just off the airport ring road and the…
Soller and the ‘Saint of Impossible Causes’… Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Tuesday 8th November 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox and Debra Reynolds To learn about this place in the universe is such a pleasure. No matter how long I have lived here and how many stories I unravel it all leads on…
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…
CANYONING – today I have received inquiries about this sport and I have passed them on to our friends at Tramuntana Tours The following is reproduced from their website – Please contact them direct if you would like this thrill in your life!www.tramuntanatours.com Canyoning is a relatively new sport that involves walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling and/or swimming through a…
Interview of Shirley Roberts by Veu de Soller Shirley Roberts is a British woman in love with Soller. In 2003 she moved to the village, where she lives near her daughter, son-in-law and three granddaughters. She, along with Tracey Ivell, is the creator and writer of the “SollerWeb” website, read by thousands of people daily. It is an…
Here comes summer in the Soller Valley By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Tuesday 14th June 2016 The summer is here although not officially till the 20thJune which is designated as the start date. The business of life led in summer mode is already in full swing and will last until the…
HOLY WEEK – AS IT UNFOLDS Good Friday – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by a procession Friday 25th March – The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place at 7.00 p.m. in the Parròquia de Sant Bartomeu in the square in Soller. This is followed by a procession…
By Soller Shirley Did you play that game when you were a child? You sat in a circle and had to answer the question. Repetition was not allowed and if you came anywhere near an answer already given you were ‘out’. There were always about six common answers and then you struggled. A bit like…
