Masha Lloyd's blog

This is a diary of my life today for friends and family, past and present. For those who know me and those who don't, hi, cheers, welcome. Born in the UK to an English Father and Russian emigré Mother I married a Spaniard and have lived in Spain since 1981. Mother and grandmother, I was a PR professional in the telecoms sector until retiring in 2022. I'm passionate about my family, my new job as a successful Airbnb host, Pippa our dog, travel, food, news, the outdoors, reading and this blog.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Anniversary

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Anniversary Still no internet at home, so here you have me writing from Yoli’s house in León where we have spent the night. So, got to be q...
Sunday, May 14, 2006

Still no Internet + moving house soon

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Hello again. Long time no write, that’s because we are still without Internet at home. I don’t want to go into the why, suffice it to say ...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

No Internet connection at home - What I've been up to since I last wrote, including the Dr. Honoris Causa ceremony for Maria Vargas Llosa at the UEM

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Hello again. You were probably wondering why I haven’t been updating my blog more often. The reason is that we have had no internet con...
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Saturday, April 22, 2006

So what happened this week?

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Hello again, After the Easter holidays, there was a reurn to family life and routine. It’s so nice to enjoy meals together as a family; t...
Sunday, April 16, 2006

A lovely Easter Week .... Easter day with Fernanda + the Mexican connection.

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Hello again my friends, So we had a good week, very quiet with the girls away most of the time. Oli came back on Wednesday night from Poland...
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Monday, April 10, 2006

Quiet Easter week

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Hi again Well here you have me at home. My new job is not that stressful; you see the University has closed down for the week. Well, I can...
Saturday, April 08, 2006

We have a new house, finally!

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Hello again Well, yes, today we signed the contract for the new house. We have been very quick choosing it and in the end it wasn't one...
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Dinner with old friends + we finally got to meet Santi!

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Hiya again So we socialise during the week too. Yesterday night, Monday, we went to Julio's house to meet up with old friends, Juana an...
Sunday, April 02, 2006

A busy weekend socialising and house hunting

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Hello again Well this weekend has been really busy. We had 2 social engagements on Saturday, a housewarming lunch at Ana and Tomy's and...
Friday, March 31, 2006

Sold!

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Hiya Yes, it's true. We have finally sold our house. It happened very quickly, from one day to the other. We had 3 visits on Wednesda...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Volver - "Coming Back"

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On Saturday night we went to see Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, Volver. I love Spanish films but somehow, I have always been a bit skeptica...
Monday, March 20, 2006

Fathers' Day Bank Holiday

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Hello again I had just started work again and one week later it was Bank Holiday. So I am writing from home in my pyjamas at nearly mi...
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Back to the world of work. Tired but happy!

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Hiya again Well we had a great time at the weekend by the beach. Great is relative really, cos, out of 3 days, 2 were spent packing, trav...
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Thursday, March 09, 2006

New project and off to the seaside

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Hello my friends I have a small piece of good news to share with you which I'm sure you will be happy to hear. From next Monday until t...
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

The first signs of Spring

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Hello again Now the snow has gone and the temperatures are climbing it seems Spring may be on its way. Actually there are less than 3 weeks...
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Saturday, March 04, 2006

Playing Cupid

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Hiya again, Last night we went to an Indian restaurant in Madrid (The Ganges) with some friends. The hidden agenda was that we were playing...
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Friday, March 03, 2006

New look

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Hiya again So today we went to the hairdressers, Susi, Oli and me. It was time for tending to my dark roots (oh age, what a terrible thing!...
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Monday, February 27, 2006

Dinner at Bice

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Hiya again Last night we went out for a family dinner to Bice in Madrid (as commented in my post about the snow). Lovely dinner and nice to...
Sunday, February 26, 2006

Snow on a Sunday in Madrid

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Hello again There has been snow all over Spain, quite bad weather and many new warnings of snow, even here in Madrid. However, snow is so un...
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Monday, February 20, 2006

What's up this week?

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After my birthday celebrations and St. Valentine's day, life has been quite quiet. My 3 projects are ticking along but not one is yet c...
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