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, October 29, 2006

Shopping with Susi, the ex-Motorola gathering and a relaxing weekend.

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Hi Friday I went speed shopping with Susi in Centro Oeste to buy a present for her boyfriend Gaby who is 21 today. The excuse was to buy him...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Miguel back from London, family gathering

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Hello again One of the highlights of the week was taking my favourite nephew out for lunch. Miguel works in London for City Bank and was he...
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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Busy again, The Hispanic Bank Holiday, San came for lunch and Henry/Courtenay and Mao Tse Tung!

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Hello again, This week was busy work wise which was quite expected. Tuesday was my first public appearance with the press and I must say it...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

My first week – just like I’d never been away. Plus Pedro, Ludy and Enrique.

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Hiya How would I sum it up? Exhausted but happy. The worst thing is the traffic. If I leave at 07.30 in the morning I get to the office a...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Elena’s celebration – 50 years of religious life

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Hiya On Saturday, Eladio and I, as well as José Antonio and Dolores were invited by their cousin Elena to her “Bodas de Oro” which roughly t...

The Housewarming party that turned into a celebration dinner.

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Hi, I had had a dinner party planned for Friday night for a few friends who didn’t make it to the first one. When I signed with Xfera I dec...

And then I got to choose – 2 jobs in one week, from the French to the Swedish!

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Hello again, I think most of you know that I have been looking for a job this year. You will have followed from my blog that my main activi...
Saturday, September 23, 2006

Eladio’s birthday and the broken cake!

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Hi folks So today was Eladio’s birthday. I don’t think he would like me publishing his age on my blog so I will refrain from doing so. Suf...
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Seeing Oli off

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Hi all, It seemed the day would never come, but it did. On Tuesday 19th September, Eladio, Susi and I saw beautiful Olivia off at Madrid Ai...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

Life is beautiful! And I have some news … Read on.

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Hiya again. This weeks’ post was going to start off with other news but just as I began to write I got a message with some very good news fr...
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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Storks busy and romance in the air

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Hiya all, This post is dedicated to some of my girlfriends: Anne, Zenaida, Juana, Fernanda and Mónica. Obviously there is some romance in...
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Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Gardner and a Full House

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Hello again Here I am writing again this Sunday morning. Last night Eladio and I watched the Constant Gardner. The plot doesn’t have much ...
Saturday, September 09, 2006

The lazy Summer days are coming to an end.

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Hi again Well, we are now well into September and the lazy Summer days are coming to an end. Soon the girls will be going back to Universit...
Monday, September 04, 2006

A quiet and very hot week. Spain won the Basket Ball World Championship!

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Hi again This week has been very quiet, not much to report really. We’ve just been doing our usual things and enjoying the peace of the las...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Julio came to lunch

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Hiya again As I said in yesterday's post, Julio came to lunch today for the annual Summer "cocido". Here is a picture to prov...

Cooking with the girls

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Hiya again I thought you might like to see this snapshot of the girls and I cooking in our fabulous new kitchen. We can be often found toge...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Pensión El Bosque open again – visitors from Yecla. Lazy August days, visit to Copenhagen.

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Hello again So when it looked like the whole family were back together again, my Father went off to Copenhagen for a week. Not bad for an ...
Monday, August 21, 2006

23 years ago today

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Today is our wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that we got married 23 years ago today! And here is a picture of the two of us on t...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Eladio cutting the leafy tree

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Hi again One thing we had to attend to when we got back home was dealing with the bed of leaves on the garden outside the kitchen. Every da...

The Mystery Play of Elche (Misteri d’Elx)

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Hi again The one exception to our routine at Santa Pola was when we went to Elche to see the Mystery Play. We go nearly every year so that i...
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