COLUMN: Winter is Coming!
AS I wrote recently in a news story, regional president Francina Armengol said that the Balearic Islands are recovering and will achieve a full economic and employment recovery during 2022. And that
Stop tourist carriage ride in Spain: Help yourself and the horses – and walk!
WHEN I’m in Palma I always feel sorry for the horses pulling the old-fashioned carriages for the lazy tourists to take in the city. What might seem like quite a romantic idea
On the (secret) agenda: Looking behind the headlines into a murky world
ALL governments who go to war often have secret agendas! As America and Britain pull out of Afghanistan, how many of you have asked what were we doing there in the first
MALLORCA: The Island of reinvention
MALLORCA forces you to re-evaluate who you are and what you want in life. After moving here at the start of the COVID crisis I was forced to put my professional life
FAMILY BLISS: Terenia’s son has helped her discover more of Mallorca
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
OPINION: Green list for Mallorca was not just about holidaymakers
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
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Open at last!: Mallorca definitely offers something for everyone
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
Light at the end of COVID tunnel in Spain
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
NEVER AGAIN!: Travel woes as Terenia tries to get back to Mallorca
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
Will The Real Men Please Step Up! Is romance dead when dating in Spain?
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
Make a wish, whether it’s to see the penguins in Antarctica or climb Everest, keep your dreams alive
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
Give us back our freedom without the hefty price tag, says Terenia in Mallorca
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
The age of print!: From the UK to Spain, Terenia reflects on a career in the media
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,
Good news and bureaucracy in Mallorca
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
Different Year – Same Sh*t!: Meltdown in Mallorca for Terenia
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
Things can only get better
2020 was a defining year in history and one of which most people would prefer to erase. But for me it was one of the best years in that I moved to
A goodbye and good riddance to 2020!
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
Life on the ocean wave in Mallorca
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
MENTAL TOLL: Coronavirus pandemic is tough to endure even in the paradise of Mallorca
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
HATS FANTASTIC: Beautiful creations at Palma International hat week
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 declare Christmas a COVID-Free Zone!
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 –
The honeymoon period is over as we settle into life in Spain
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
UK and Spanish attitude to testing – it certainly is!
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
Give us some credit – and our lives back!
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
If you want to remain in Spain legally you’d better get a move on!
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
Are tourists ‘too little, too late’ for hospitality industry in Spain’s Mallorca?
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,