Mallorca - Majorca local news
4 May 2008

MALLORCA, TO STAY OR NOT TO STAY?

ITV is offering homesick British ex-pats
the chance to come home! Every year more and more Brits are giving up their life in the sun to move back to the UK, last year almost 100,000 expats came home. Whether its because they miss family and friends, some aspects of British culture, or for a host of other reasons including weather, job opportunities or difficulties learning the language, many Brits are evidently deciding that theres no place like home.

The decision to go home however is a tough one and can be a huge ongoing dilemma for the whole family. What if you make the expensive mistake of packing up and heading home, and then days later find yourself regretting leaving all those luxuries behind, the weather, the space, the house with the pool, the weekends at the beach? You may feel you have lost touch with what kind of place Britain really is to live in these days. Is it as good as you remember? Do the opportunities you are looking for exist there anymore? Are you better off staying put where you are?

Its also not necessarily a unanimous decision to go back. Mum and Dad may be desperate to get home to the local pub, but if the kids are settled and dont want to leave their school friends, can you really drag them away? Or maybe its the children who miss their family back home, and parents feel guilty that grandparents are missing out on seeing them grow up.

To investigate this phenomenon, ITV1 is making a new day-time documentary series. We are keen to talk to British expats who have lived abroad who are now considering moving back to the UK. Families who take part will get the chance to be flown back to Britain to test-drive the reality of life there. Its an opportunity to fact-find, and equip themselves to make an informed choice, to remain an expat or realise its time to come back home.

If anyone is interested in taking part or knows someone who may be suitable, please email: oliver.strous@fevermedia.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 7428 4630

Europe day celebration
A date to remember is Sunday 11th of May, which is the celebration of Europe day, a great event will be held on the Palma Nova seafront. The Fair starts around midday and goes on until about 9pm. There will be around 80 stands selling all types of arts and crafts, jewellery, clothes shoes etc. Food and drink from around 8 different countries will be on sale.

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