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Favourite things

by Georgina Bromwich on 04. May, 2012 in Outdoors, Tourism

May’s my favourite time of year to be on Menorca. For lots of reasons. This month marks the official start to the tourist season – although these days many hotels still don’t open until mid-month – and there are signs that summer is officially on its way everywhere. Piles of sunbeds and parasols appear on [...]

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Biannual birthdays

by Georgina Bromwich on 21. Apr, 2012 in Culture

As if one birthday a year wasn’t enough, Spaniards somehow manage to get away with duplicating self-centred celebrations – with a get together when they come of age, and a second one when it’s their saint’s day. I was quite excited about this at first. My saint’s day, St George, is a good few months [...]

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Things that get washed up

by Georgina Bromwich on 28. Mar, 2012 in Outdoors

North winds, well, winds blowing in any direction really, give Menorca’s coastline a good battering over the winter, so when you go for a walk on the beach, or venture up to the edge of a low-lying cliff, you spot all sorts of things that the sea has spat out onto the shore. I’m not [...]

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To do list

by Georgina Bromwich on 20. Mar, 2012 in Outdoors

I’m a big fan of ‘to do’ lists. Simply writing down what I need to do, rather than actually getting on and doing it, is a great way to procrastinate. And it has the added benefit of making me feel incredibly organised. So it’s only natural that I should have a Menorca ‘to do’ list. [...]

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The peseta’s resurrection

by Georgina Bromwich on 09. Mar, 2012 in Living

Some things are sacred to Spaniards, and any suggestions to the contrary are not going to make you very popular. Don’t bother cracking a joke that insults their home town, or their mother, or that much-missed, and frequently lauded piece of metal: the peseta. Cast your mind back and you’ll remember it too – perhaps [...]

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Seasonal suffering

by Georgina Bromwich on 15. Feb, 2012 in Living, Outdoors

At first it seemed like a passing phase. A minor blip in Menorca’s gentle transition from blustery autumn to the warm winds of spring, just a few days of chill – a token gesture to winter – that would quickly be forgotten. But that was before we had two days (TWO!) of snow and what [...]

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The charm equation

by Georgina Bromwich on 30. Jan, 2012 in Living, Tourism

What is it about Menorca that makes it so charming? I heard one theory as to what adds to Menorca’s charm this week: that our little Balearic Isle takes a bit of effort to get to. The idea being that this sense of isolation, of being 30 minutes by plane from the mainland, and too [...]

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It’s (not) just a game

by Georgina Bromwich on 23. Jan, 2012 in Entertainment

Real Madrid. Barça. There’s no room for indifference when it comes to these two football teams. Regardless of your personal sporting abilities and/or couch potato skills, one never-written, always adhered to obligation placed on Spaniards and Spanish residents is that you must have a preference when it comes to a Real Madrid / Barça clash [...]

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Keeping a secret

by Georgina Bromwich on 10. Jan, 2012 in Culture, Food & Drink, Outdoors, Tourism

Sometimes it’s hard to keep a secret, and the truth be known, I’m actually running out of them, especially Menorcan ones. And now I’ve been asked to give up two more. I just hope that the island will churn out a few more over the course of the year, so I can restock my secret [...]

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Great grapes

by Georgina Bromwich on 02. Jan, 2012 in Entertainment, Living

That Spaniards like to stuff twelve grapes down their throats at midnight on December 31st is no secret. It’s part of their end-of-year ritual – alongside copious amounts of cava – and a successful gobbling of grapes is a good-luck insurance policy for the year to come. But even as my Spanish New Year’s Eve [...]

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