tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49044058753832511142024-02-18T18:08:40.795-08:00The Ca'n Reus blogCa'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-61156487924681838172015-04-16T00:04:00.001-07:002015-04-16T00:04:25.232-07:00Ca'n Reus get a mention in the UK's Guardian newspaper!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-78438956492169088282015-02-08T06:39:00.000-08:002015-02-08T06:39:21.700-08:00A Sunny Winter in Mallorca<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Olive weekend last weekend was a great success. Once again, sunny weather followed us from the picking of the olives through to the village Animal Festival and walking to and from Sunday lunch at the Mirador des Barques. January and Febbruary are my favourite months in Mallorca.<br />
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Do come and join us soon and don’t forget – our Special Winter Offer lasts until the end of March!</div>
Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-6118932818483083702014-10-14T03:47:00.001-07:002014-10-16T07:23:59.636-07:00A Dazzling, musical night in Ca'n Reus <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week we saw the most successful concert of many that we have held in the
entrada of Ca'n Reus over the last eleven years. Our great friend, pianist
Philip Lange, who has now performed on twelve occasions at Ca'n Reus, was
joined by the beautiful and talented flautist, Nadine Asin. Asin has played
with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York and the New York Philharmonic
and is recognised as one of the the most prominent flautists in the United
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They played a programme of Bach, Schubert and Poulenc and the audience could
not resist humming along to a perfect rendition of Danny Boy and a selection
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Artists and audience then spilled on to the terrace and, under a full moon,
dined and chatted until midnight.<br />
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For the first time, we asked people to
pay for the evening and we raised a fantastic 1600 euros for the orphanage in
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-26583323502994117772014-05-17T03:41:00.000-07:002014-05-17T03:41:17.425-07:00The Moors and the Christians<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-57312930890866229362014-04-28T14:44:00.000-07:002014-04-28T14:44:45.694-07:00EASTER CELEBRATIONS IN SPAIN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"The Klu Klux Klan in Spain? Why?" Even though I have seen this
spectacle several times since moving to Spain ten years ago, I still find it a
chilling, scary sight. So, is there a connection? From research I carried out
the morning after going down to Soller to watch the Easter Procession, I find
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pointed hat in Spain, known as "capirote" goes back to mediaeval
times and follows the costume adopted as a sign of penance in the
"Nazareno" tradition, that is from Nazareth in the Holy Land. The
masking, anonymising effect of the "capirote" is supposed to signify
shame at sins committed in the past at a time when believers
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dates its origins back only to 1914. So
why did the KKK founders adopt this strange garb? I can only speculate that one
of them had witnessed this spectacle in Spain and thought, as I did, that it
was scary - which is exactly the effect they wanted to portray as they sought
to spread their vile and racist message
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there were mothers and children as young as five taking part in the ceremony
last night, hardly the types you associate with the KKK. The costume is
bizarre, dramatic and seeped in the deeply religious traditions of Spain and
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-58362747397312403032014-02-08T04:05:00.003-08:002014-02-08T04:08:20.398-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had a good turnout this year for our latest, the sixth Olive Weekend at Ca'n Reus. Exactly 20 people came.<br />
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There were showers on Saturday but that did not put a dampner on the cookery class where we were shown how to perfect chocolate olive oil mousse (see the picture) by the Michelin star cooking team on the island.<br />
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Sunday was sunny for the annual St. Antonio Animal Festival in Fornalutx where horses galloped through the village and the priest blessed the animals who paused and stopped for his attention.<br />
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We walked to lunch at the Mirador, taking care to bless any animals we met on the way (see picture of Danny Woolf and her friends) and tucked in to magnificent Mallorquin fare - potato croquettes, suckling pig and almond cake.<br />
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Do book with us next time. The next Olive Weekend will be on October 31st. See you there!</div>
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-58392172409743201282013-08-06T08:57:00.002-07:002013-08-07T02:18:07.291-07:00Our special Romanian guests...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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August has been difficult with temperatures in the high 30s most days. But guests at Ca’n Reus may have been surprised to see no drop in standards – not least due to our guests from a Children’s Home in Romania who have been staying with us for the past week. Although they were staying here as guests, they were determined to help. Every morning the 12 year old girls, Georgiana and Diana, would help lay the tables and 12 year old Albert and 13 year old Marcel would sweep the terrace.<br />
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Marcel is a super cook who plans to be Romania’s Jamie Oliver one day. (When I visited their home in Romania last year, he showed a copy of the Jamie Oliver cookbook, his most treasured possession, translated in to Romanian!) He cooked French toast and omelettes for breakfast and, in the picture, that is Marcel in an apron with his back to the camera having just prepared the most delicious Romanian meatballs for a dinner for 22 people! <br />
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But it was not all child labour here at Ca’n Reus. They went to the beach, to Aqualand, to the Aquarium, on our boat, to the swimming pool, they ate kilos of ice cream and still had time to make lots of friends from among our guests and the many Romanians who live on the island.<br />
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They leave today and I don’t know what we shall do without them. We have had so much fun introducing them to Ca’n Reus and showing them the island. I hope their first trip abroad was as memorable for them has been for us.<br />
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Gmorrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01700663343884486579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-56276093819396561642013-06-22T08:23:00.001-07:002013-07-18T10:42:02.564-07:00Strawberry Daquiris!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather is now settled for at least the next
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disadvantages, however. Well, only one. Nick and I walked from Soller to Deiá
yesterday and concluded that it might be the last walk of the season. It is
getting too hot for walking for us, though that does not seem to deter the
younger of the hotel guests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have one British couple here who are determined
to complete all nine of my walks listed in the hotel information pack in the
week they are here and, by the end of today, they will have done it. The older generation, like Nick and me, prefer to spend the days by the pool, on the
beach or on our little boat. Funny thing about boats, isn't it? However hot it
is on the shore, as soon as you get a hundred meters or so away, there is a
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me, is the evenings. I just love sitting under the stars and in the warm until
the early hours of the morning. Nick and I are doing our weekly BBQ and the Bar
Sa Placa in Fornalutx has organised a programme of Thursday night live music
which is pulling in the locals and hotel guests alike. We had the "Old
Cats" last week and the "Blue Devils" come next. The bar owner,
Jaime, has been clever enough to engage the services of one of our employees,
Yalina, a Cuban from Havana, for these nights. She mixes the best Mojitos and
Daquiris in the business. On Thursday, Yalina treated me to her speciality -
Strawberry Daquiri, which was delicious. I can easily forgive her for making me
turn up for breakfast duties on Friday mornings a little worse for wear!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-21069163948424918672012-11-24T02:12:00.000-08:002013-08-06T09:01:06.008-07:00Olive weekends: past and future...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The October Olive Weekend was a great success. Great company, fabulous weather, good walking and excellent eating. The concert by Philip Lange in the candlelit entrada of the hotel was an additional, romantic treat of exceptional musical quality.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFqZYYjHDKgsV5sGeNAUMZuoPgUY3_cKQx35oMORPixRFjsOrQ1NI7v4Z2N-u7FfSDKhQx2Uo1sWKqzUYvgybCDIKzAuQZLrD06asawKW0-fu1eV0IstPSOm4eYvfrAE-TMJewzQ4AJmS/s1600/f+olive+picking.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFqZYYjHDKgsV5sGeNAUMZuoPgUY3_cKQx35oMORPixRFjsOrQ1NI7v4Z2N-u7FfSDKhQx2Uo1sWKqzUYvgybCDIKzAuQZLrD06asawKW0-fu1eV0IstPSOm4eYvfrAE-TMJewzQ4AJmS/s320/f+olive+picking.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The winter months are wonderful here. As I write this, the sun is streaming in to the hotel from the terrace, the sky blue and the grey, rain sodden skies of England (where I was yesterday) feel blissfully far away. <br /><br />January and February seem like the most depressing months in Northern Europe, but I have good news - we have another Olive Weekend coming up in January.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixp-vrJX1SywwitmkHsJFUEf-ValRGkrMszlnM3HJGWNwKRGxAVRjoeiFCoPefrnBeWHRNat4nXgWkMYHV2Vl0k5riVTkOqOQqVclIDa-6epr0pfykDm5V2cVl1RmIJU9C2eEUW9PcGP0W/s1600/fosh+cooking+2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixp-vrJX1SywwitmkHsJFUEf-ValRGkrMszlnM3HJGWNwKRGxAVRjoeiFCoPefrnBeWHRNat4nXgWkMYHV2Vl0k5riVTkOqOQqVclIDa-6epr0pfykDm5V2cVl1RmIJU9C2eEUW9PcGP0W/s320/fosh+cooking+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We call it the Soller Valley Experience because we combine the olive picking, eating and walking with the local annual village animal festival. There will be a BBQ and bonfire in the village square and, on the Sunday, the priest blesses the full range of village animals from canaries in cages to dogs on leashes and handsome stallions racing through the cobbled streets.<br /><br />It is great fun and reminds me of what living in Spain is all about – fiestas, fun and lots of sun.<br /><br />Do join us! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.canreushotel.com/offers.php">The details are on the hotel website</a>.<br /><br />Sue</div>
Gmorrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01700663343884486579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-7737561579130179152012-09-29T03:56:00.000-07:002012-09-29T06:24:01.514-07:00Autumn musings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A lot of my friends thought we were daft when we decided to move to Spain nine years ago but looking out on to perpetually blue, sunny skies over the last week, taking the boat out, swimming in the sea and still dining out under the stars at the end of September, I know we took the right decision.<br />
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Nonetheless, I took a shawl with me last night. There is a hint, but only a hint, of autumn in the air. Given that I live here for the walking, I still have a lot to look forward to - lots of hiking through the Sierra <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_de_Tramuntana">Tramuntana</a> with friends, picnics, drinks in mountain refuges and sustaining lunches in hilltop restaurants.<br />
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The Mallorca summer proceeds at its leisurely pace. Endless blue skies, picnics on the beach, boat excursions, cocktails on the terrace of Ca'n Reus watching the sunset, late, Spanish style dinners in the open and those long, sultry nights when, if you are a local, you are considered a wimp if you go to bed before dawn. And the best thing about living in Spain? We have another three months of the same!<br />
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And, in the unlikely event that you might need a little more excitement, we have fiestas galore. The feast of San Bartolomeu, a pyromaniacs' delight, in the main square of the town of Soller, 10 minutes away, on August 28th. <br />
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Crazy floats, wild dancing and extravagant fireworks to indulge the Spanish love of noise and danger.And - highlight of the local calendar - the Fornalutx Fiesta on September 7, 8 and 9th. Folkdance and music, communal village feasting and, for the stronghearted, the Running of the Bull through the streets of the village. Not to be missed!<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She chugs along nicely at dizzying speeds of up to 15
mph, and comes complete with with a canvas awning and a few cushions. A bona
fide millionaire's yacht if there ever was one ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're getting a lot of use out of her though, and she opens
up the island of Mallorca in different ways to a car. For instance, we
have travelled by water to the hidden beach of <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Cala+Tuent&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=COLlT8WfE8GV8QO2t_DbCg&ved=0CFIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=955">Cala Tuent</a> to the north of
the hotel. We are also thinking of organising a fishing trip or two - although
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's birthed at <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=port+de+soller&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=CO7lT82MApSIhQfrwODQCQ&ved=0CGgQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=912">Port de Solller</a> roughly 10 minutes away
from the hotel. Apparently getting a mooring there is fiercely competitive (not
to mention pricey) so we are very fortunate. Mark you, getting her out onto the
water is tricky - she is parked at right angles to the large ferries operating
in the port. We've had more experienced mariners smirk as we disentangle
ourselves from snagged mooring lines on our way in and out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discovering new parts of the island. Ca'n Reus owns the boat jointly with a few
other Fornalutx locals, who split the costs (and time) with us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Walked in to the plaça in Fornalutx today, to be confronted by a huge boat made of oranges and lemons. It is a beautifully constructed thing, topped by a billowing white sail, a skilled sculpture of hundreds of oranges and lemons held together by rubber bands - albeit a somewhat strange sight in a mountain village in Mallorca. But the week long orange fiesta in the Soller Valley is filled with the unexpected and the bizarre. Every child thinks it is an excuse to beg, borrow or steal a pile of oranges, sit on his or her front door step with the citrus mountain in front of them and sell them to you one by one (10 centimos each) as if they are taking part in some ancient fruit worshipping ritual. Their parents are baking up a storm and erecting trestle tables wherever there is a space to sell you slices of orange cake and all the restaurants in the Soller Valley are offering specialities such as cod with orange aioli and local prawns marinated in orange vinaigrette, rounded off with orange sorbet and more orange cake and washed down with Angel d'Or, the local, extremely potent orange liquer - it could be quite a week!<br />
Must go now, the local restaurant here in Fornalutx is offering scallops cooked in Angel d'Or liquer, salmon with cream of oranges and - wait for it - orange cake!</div>Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-20959629140928129292012-05-20T03:21:00.001-07:002012-05-20T03:21:07.656-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Welcome to the Ca'n Reus blogging page! We hope to keep all our fans and regular guests up to date with news and special offers.<br />
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The Festival of the Moors and Christians was enjoyed hugely by the guests of Ca'n Reus who joined us for this annual spectacular. Those interested in fiestas will regret missing the equally fabulous Fornalutx Fiesta, which includes the traditional Running of the Bull through the village, local folk dancing and music, rock bands and fireworks, communal dinner and entertainment. <br />
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WHEN: Starts Sept 7th and goes on for a few days (enquire at Ca'n Reus for details)<br />
WHERE: All around the village of Fornalutx<br />
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Email info@canreushotel.com for more details...<br />
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Hasta Luego!</div>Ca'n Reus Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281792517125712780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904405875383251114.post-82150865729182408852012-05-13T02:00:00.001-07:002012-05-13T02:00:07.559-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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