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.

Monday, July 24, 2006

Job Hunting, Going to the Cinema, Too much chocolate, Iberia Plus dinner, Ruby's latest adventures, Sara (Salita Guapa) came to visit.
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Hello again So, since we came back from Montrondo, we haven’t stopped. I’ve been busy with my job hunting: more interviews but for very f...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

The girls

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So Susi and Laura came back from London today. Alicia, Laura’s younger sister and our God daughter came back with us from Montrondo to welc...

A weekend in Montrondo

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So this weekend we drove to Montrondo, Eladio’s family’s beloved village, to take Ernestina there after her stay with us. There were no pla...

The cat and the rabbit. Who said they couldn’t live together?

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So Ruby and Henry finally met face to face. Poor Ruby, Susi’s rabbit lives in a cage on her own in the new house (better than in Río Tajo w...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Eladio and his Mother enjoying her stay at our new house.

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Hi again. Now that blogger uploads photos again, here are some pics of Eladio and his Mother together during her stay. They spend most of t...
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Busy times: Pensión “El Bosque” , To London and back, looking after the old folk, housewarming party and back to normal. But oh so hot !

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The buffet table The party setting Me, Ana and Anne The group. Front Left to Right: André, Mónica, Charo, Marta, Fran. Back Left to ...
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Friday, June 23, 2006

Settling In

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Well now that we are nearly all sorted out, with most things in their place and many missing, of course, we’re going through a settling in p...
Friday, June 09, 2006

New home, new life. Moving in: the removal men and Henry the cat. And yes we now have internet again!

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Hello again Well as predicted this new post is being written from our new house with a brand new internet connexion. It's great to have ...
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Friday, June 02, 2006

So many things going on. Santa Pola, Aunty Masha, a trip down memory lane, lunch with Carmen Cafarel, bitten by mosquitoes, just 4 days to go,

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Hello again. Sorry I haven’t written since the anniversary weekend in León but I have been so busy and, as predicted, there will be no...
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...
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