Terenia Taras has been a regular Olive Press columnist since April 2020 after moving to Mallorca in the same year. Having spent over 20 years working as a journalist for the UK national press, including as an investigative journalist for the infamous News of the World newspaper. When she's not venting in the Olive Press, Terenia loves to travel, read and interior design. Got a story? Email [email protected]
SO my son arrived and is now staying until September. We miss our kids when we’re not with them, but it doesn’t take long for us all to slip back into our
IT was great news when the UK government put the Balearic Islands on the Green list, especially as I’d booked for my son to come out on holiday, although it is disappointing
IT’S great to see places open and busy – finally! But more importantly I can resume my social life uninterrupted without lockdowns, restrictions and babyish curfews! I’ve lived on the island for
CALA NOVA Cancer Care Charity Shop in San Agustin has helped raise over €400,000 for various cancer charities since it opened and most recently donated €18,000. Volunteers at the charity shop work
FINALLY, the wheel seems to be turning as the majority of the world is getting ahead of COVID. I say the majority but there are still countries, India being the worst, which
I AM never going to leave the island again! For anyone who has attempted to get off the island for any reason and get back, you will share my pain. I am
WITH places opening up and social restrictions being lifted slowly those people who haven’t been able to date during the pandemic will now be able to. But whilst we’re following the roadmap
I NEVER thought I’d hear myself say ‘I wish I was busier’. When I set up my PR company I worked round the clock; weekends, and holidays were always interrupted with me
IT’S a great feeling to be slowly coming out of lockdown and let’s hope we don’t go backwards! Finally, there seems to be a whiff of positivity in the air as Spain
IT’S great that any newspaper is still being printed in our age of the internet and it’s something we should always try to support and maintain. Before the birth of the internet,
Luckily Anton (my son) was fine and didn’t have any serious COVID symptoms. He has however developed COVID Toe, seriously it’s a thing, but hopefully nothing to be too concerned about. I’m
WELL, it finally happened! I had the mother of all meltdowns last week! I have really tried to be positive throughout the whole COVID crisis but whilst we were in the UK
WELL what a year! No-one can say it’s not been different! And as we’re all preparing for some kind of Christmas, but not as we know it, I feel nostalgic for the
I HAD all summer, but which month did we decide to do a powerboat course? In December! Crazy, I know! However, this just proves there is no bad time to do a
IT’S really sad driving by Palma airport and seeing all the planes parked up. The airline industry is suffering probably worse than most, and it’s the main reason I’m here. My partner
I HAD a little cultural and fun escape when I stepped in to the Palma Hat Week Exhibition at Hotel Saratoga. Austrian organisers, Count Karl Maria Kinsky and Countess Judith Margarethe Kinsky
I DECIDED I’m going to avoid the C-word for a while because I’m done with it! Don’t you find that your conversations always come around to 2020’s topic of the year –
MOVING to another country was always going to be a challenge. It’s not just relocating your life, but having to start from scratch with everything from finding a new doctor to getting
THERE are two distinct camps of people – those who will or won’t risk travelling abroad, but I think it should be down to the individual to choose. In my case I
Old women don’t slowly morph in to grannies anymore with tightly permed hair and a bosom you could lose a small child in. In some ways I envy that release from the
After being back in Mallorca I had to pick up where I’d left off with the legal stuff after going back to the UK for lockdown. My partner Paul and I had
OK so Spain has navigated Storm Corona pretty well, but what will the ravaged business landscape look like afterwards? We’ve probably all heard the same expressions, it’s unprecedented times and being furloughed,
HAIR, pink rosé and Burrata cheese: they were the three things I was most looking forward to after nine weeks of lockdown. Hair because, like most people, I haven’t seen the inside
I HAVE never been so happy to walk through an airport arrivals door as I was after returning to Mallorca at the end of last month. Travelling was certainly a different experience
I DON’T want to speak too soon because last time we booked flights to return, they were cancelled by British Airways. I know! Fingers crossed they don’t offload a few thousand crew
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