by Natalie | Apr 12, 2021 | Islander Life 1
Adalt – Three STP engineers making craft beer in the centre of Palma This is a story of three friends, three engineers, who met through work more than ten years ago. Sebastian Barcelo (Sebas), a mechanical engineer, and Guillermo Blasco, an electronics engineer,...
by Natalie | Apr 6, 2021 | Islander Life 1
There are some large crumbs of comfort to be found in the debris of the Brexit debacle. Yes, there are problems with VAT but there are also some huge opportunities for well informed yachtsmen. First let’s deal with the VAT issue. Yachts that had VAT paid status and...
by Natalie | Mar 30, 2021 | Features, Islander Life 1
Rescue entangled turtles AND REDUCE GHOST GEAR AT SEA! If you’ve been following the latest news in marine conservation, you may have heard of the term “ghost FAD”. If you’ve been at sea, you may even have come across a few of them while navigating, but weren’t...
by Natalie | Mar 12, 2021 | Islander Life 1
Breads & Pastries in Palma These days – with all the COVID related restrictions and many great places around Palma either completely closed or open just a few hours per day for take away – it´s becoming increasingly hard to enthusiastically write about...
by Natalie | Mar 3, 2021 | Islander Life 1
It’s time to talk about sommeliers. Firstly, what is a sommelier? The almighty Wikipedia describes a sommelier as “a trained and knowledgeable wine professional who specialises in all aspects of wine service and wine and food pairing”. The...
by Natalie | Mar 1, 2021 | Islander Life 1
First time I noticed Mama Carmen’s was when I went to a “mercadillo”, a monthly second-hand market on Glorieta de Pau Casals in Palma. The café looked so lively; people were spilling out from the interior and overflowing the terrace. I was intrigued and made a mental...
