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
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As we get out of the car and start walking towards New Slains Castle - a mere stripling of 420 years, whereas the old Slains
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I have only one principle in life. Well, two, but they are connected. One, I never go to fast food shops where the chairs
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One of the many great things about Palma is the many churches. I don't
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O people who don't want the Mandarin juggernaut to take over Hong Kong and the world: Please know that the fight for Cantonese
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Guess what happened last week: My Cantonese student (victim) on Skype, Ah-Fu, came all the way from Switzerland to eat Sichuan food! What a great but
...There they stand in the corner of my anteroom, accusing me.
Yes, my two banjos! On which I never play anymore!
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...Yesterday was an exciting day in the old El Terreno Country Club! The venerable photographer Stuart Pearce came to take photos for - wait for it - my old
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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.