Patagonia - un lugar diferente (a different place) - the sign above this busy café proudly
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In our series Spanish words that don't sound like
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Is there a bigger bore than the bore who bores you boringly with "when I was in..." about places you have never been?
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Looking at the news, I wonder how much of a great advertising idea it is for a restaurant to
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Now I have lived in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
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Taste Free?
No, no. Eating Everything-Free is very modern, I'm sure, but how did the whole western world (at
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I have often wondered why, when a country's inhabitants move and start to recreate their cuisine abroad, they think they have to make the
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Welcome to Mallorca! In this series of Spanish Words that Don't Sound Like Their Meaning, I will showcase some of
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I have to pinch myself sometimes when I stick my head out the door and realise I actually live in El Terreno in
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I'm starting a new series of Rolling Armchair Travel pieces from Palma de Mallorca! Yes, Rolling Armchair. It means I'm kind of sitting down - while moving! I will show you Palma and
...After 30 years in China/Hong Kong where she ran Happy Jellyfish People’s Democratic Language Bureau specialising in making Cantonese a world language with the slogan “Learn Cantonese the Natural Way – from a Norwegian!” Cecilie’s life mission as a “Cantonese Fundamentalist” was to make the whole world speak Cantonese. Failing somewhat in this endeavour she eventually felt the pull of her European roots, and packed up her beloved “gaff” on Lantau Island, scene of hundreds of Sichuan lunches and dinners, in January 2018.
She now lives in Palma de Mallorca with her two dogs, enjoying fresh air and architectural beauty.