Cigarettes For Europe
Smoking is a bit of a touchy subject here in Spain if you are a non-smoker. Even though a new law was passed here and came into effect on January […]
Healing The Wounds
The district of Serralta in Palma de Mallorca is still trying to come to terms with the tragedy and its consequences of twelve days ago, when a four storey building […]
A Mallorcan Walking Tour
In January, I told you about a splendid walk near Felanitx, going from the Monestir de Sant Salvador to the Castell de Santueri (Solvitur Ambulando). Yesterday, my wife and I […]
Día Mundial Sin Tabaco
I daresay that the Día Mundial Sin Tabaco (World No Smoking Day) today will not leave much of a mark in Spain, certainly not in Mallorca where I live. Let’s […]
National Health Service
If ever you should have reason to visit a Centre de Salut in Mallorca, as I had the other day in Felanitx, you can simply relax. You’ll be surprised how […]
Pollen Alert
Apparently, the intensive downpours over the least six to eight months here in Mallorca have laid the ground for an imminent and rather excessive pollen outburst. It would appear that […]
The Plague
The village of Artà had the misfortune of being infested by the peste (plague) in 1820. Other Mallorcan pueblos such as Son Servera and Capdepera suffered a similar fate, then. […]
Cruz Roja
The International Red Cross is a wonderful operation. I have never had a calamity where I would have been in need of their assistance, but it is a good feeling […]
Fira de s’Oliva
After a bit of a decline in olive oil output during the Seventies and Eighties, Oli de Mallorca has come back with a vengeance. Production of olive oil in Mallorca had […]
The Spanish Health Service
I do not claim to know much about the Spanish health service. I do have some varied experience with the health facilities, though, here in the Balearic islands, and my […]
A Silly Seafood Scare
The prevalence of fresh fish and seafood in Spain is one of the many perks of living in the South. Or it would be if it wasn’t for that miserable […]
Waiting For the Doctor
The time spent waiting in a doctor’s surgery, or even in a hospital, is hardly ever a pleasant wait. But, at least it might give you a nice photo opportunity. […]
Water Cures
Johan Blaeu published his Atlas Maior in 1665. A magnificent piece of Earth View, some 350 years before Google Earth. Already at that time, the Baños de Sant Joan de […]
Giving Blood
This little poster tied to a tree trunk may not have caught everyone’s attention. Hence, let me put it up here, on the net, the larger tree. If you feel […]
Life and Death in Bunyola
Most people know the small town of Bunyola in the foothills of the Tramuntana mountain range for its proximity to the gardens of Alfàbia, the manor house of Raixa, or […]
Making Lime Marmelade
Don’t be fooled by the picture into thinking that I am showing you some lemons today. They are limes (Citrus Aurantifolia). We picked them ourselves from an organic farm (Ses […]
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