Sylvia Baker de Perkal and her Californian husband Adam moved from banking careers in  Madrid to live in the countryside near the Mallorcan village of Algaida. This was twenty-six years ago, and they still live in the same rural home they fell in love with when they came to look for a property on the island. 

Sylvia and Adam each have their own successful businesses in Mallorca: Sylvia is a highly qualified translator, specialising in legal and financial translations; Adam runs his wine importing company. Sylvia also devotes time to her passion for creating art; four of her canvases hang in a smart new hotel in Lisbon.

Sylvia talks about sharing their environment with animals (some of which you'll hear in the background), the changes they made to their home when they arrived, how she integrated into the local community, what it's like to start a business here, and some of the illusions people have about living in Mallorca.

www.sylviabakerdeperkal.com 

Facebook: Sylvia Baker de Perkal- Artwork

www.mundidrinks.com

For animal adoptions:
Dogs 4 U                               https://dogsforu.org
Asociación Animalista  https://gatosyperros.org
Project Love                        http://www.sinhogarmallorca.com 

PODCAST THEME TITLE: “Lifestyles”
COMPOSER: Jack Waldenmaier
PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI)

Jan Edwards's novel 'Daughter of Deià' - set in Mallorca - is now available from Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats.

This episode’s guest, with her veterinarian husband, and their young son took a sabbatical from their life in Sydney to discover Europe. They planned to experience living in a city, the countryside, and Provence (France). After some months in Aix-en-Provence, they headed to the south of Spain for some warmth, basing themselves in Seville. Next stop on the Brittan family’s European sabbatical was Mallorca – an island they’d never visited before.

After renting a rural property for a while, they realised they’d fallen in love with the largest of the Balearic Islands. In September 2019 they bought a beautiful mountain finca with twenty acres of land where they’ve created a family lifestyle that’s very different from their former lifestyle Down Under.

Kate Brittan is a passionate foodie who originally trained in Australia as a chef before entering the corporate tech world. Since moving to the largest of the Balearic Islands, she’s started the popular Facebook group ‘The Mallorca Foodies’.

 Kate talks about the impact of Covid and the Australian wildfires on their family life, their impressive plans for the farm, solving the problem of sourcing favourite ingredients for cooking, the surprising way she integrated with her Mallorcan neighbours, and why she loves her nearest town, Inca. And, of course, she shares her top tips for anyone wanting to move to Mallorca.

Follow Kate on Instagram: @fincalicious & @themallorcafoodies

Facebook group: The Mallorca Foodies

Watch Kate’s interview on the Our Tribe Travels community:

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dn9SQ7o-fPeI

PODCAST THEME TITLE: “Lifestyles”
COMPOSER: Jack Waldenmaier
PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI)

Annie Verrinder swapped living and working in Mallorca’s vibrant capital, Palma, for the tranquillity and slower pace of life in a rural village near the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. As a wedding planner and celebrant, who loves what she does, Annie knows the whole island well.

In our conversation, Annie talks about her other work as an acupuncturist and couples’ therapist, what she loves about living in the village of Alaró, and why Mallorca is a great place to get married. Annie also has useful advice for anyone thinking of moving to the island and, as a qualified PADI diver, mentions some favourite places for close encounters of the underwater kind. 

www.awhitehotwedding.com 

www.ceremoniesinmallorca.com

Be sure to hear the next episode of 'Living in Rural Mallorca',  when Australian expat and foodie Kate Brittan talks about her family's life on a Mallorcan farm with 20 acres of land.

PODCAST THEME TITLE: “Lifestyles”
COMPOSER: Jack Waldenmaier
PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI)

In this episode of Living in Rural Mallorca, hear Marc Rieke — a professional wigmaker and an equestrian  from Berlin — who now lives in the Mallorcan countryside with his dog and horses.

Marc  talks about his reasons for moving to the island, meeting actress Helen Mirren, and his work with horses — both as a riding instructor and saddle fitter.

Marc's website is currently in German only but is in the process of being translated into English and Spanish.
www.mrforhorses.com

Be sure to catch the next episode of 'Living in Rural Mallorca' when my guest is Annie Verrinder, wedding planner and celebrant, qualified nurse, acupuncturist and couples therapist!

PODCAST THEME TITLE: “Lifestyles”
COMPOSER: Jack Waldenmaier
PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI)

The Mediterranean climate and the prospect of growing something more exotic than in a northern European garden are only two reasons many people who move to rural Mallorca become keen gardeners.

Yorkshire-born Caroline Fuller is not only an enthusiastic gardener, but also blogs about gardening at her home in the Mallorcan countryside. Caroline also contributes a gardening column (and a pet column) to the island’s English-language newspaper, Majorca Daily Bulletin. 

Hear about her life with husband David (known as o/h in her blog), their dogs, and chickens, as she talks about their no-dig lasagne garden, the lessons she’s learnt about gardening in Mallorca, and how a pair of David’s pants revealed something interesting about their soil.

If you’re on the island and keen on gardening, check out the Facebook group: Mallorca Gardeners. 

Caroline’s newspaper columns The Potting Shed and Pet Bulletin are published in the weekend editions of www.majorcadailybulletin.com

Blog: https://carolinamoongarden.com/

Karl and Vikki Grant are two talented and creative photographers, who relocated their business and home to rural Mallorca from vibrant London. 

In this episode the married couple talk about the differences between their former and current locations, the joys of commuting between Mallorca and the UK for photographic shoots, and why Studio Mallorca is a desirable location for European creatives. Lederhosen, dirndls, and a peacock named Alan also crop up! 

See examples of Karl and Vikki's work on their website www.studiomallorca.com.

Englishman and countryside lover, Damian Wilson, lives with his small menagerie of rescue animals in the rural heart of Mallorca. 

He spent many years in the music business, and worked with artists including The Human League and Ace of Base; Damian was the A&R (artists and repertoire) executive for the latter's Danish record company. 

But Damian's heart is in Mallorca and he talks about rural life, animals, and how he used his creativity at home during Spain's tough spring 2020 lockdown. You'll also hear about his production company Film Balear.
The theme music for the Living in Rural Mallorca podcast is titled ‘Lifestyles’. Composer: Jack Waldenmaier. Publisher: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI). All copyrights, licensing, duplication, and distribution rights for this music are held exclusively by Music Bakery Publishing (BMI).

Joanna Walton once had several flower shops in London and, at one time, had the contract to supply floral arrangements to the Orient Express. For a little over a decade she has lived with her husband, who runs a construction company in Mallorca, in a finca set in idyllic countryside near the attractive town of Arta in the northeast of the island. 

Joanna talks about some of the challenges she faced after moving to the island and talks about the benefits of being in this quieter corner of Mallorca.

Find out more about Joanna Walton Flowers on www.joannawalton.com