Sunday, November 04, 2007

All Saint’s Bank Holiday

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Hello again It is Sunday today and here I am writing from my pc at home and the 4 day long bank holiday starting last Thursday is now nearl...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

The day we went a bit far with the bubble bath.

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Hiya I'm spending a lot of my free time today at the computer and putting more posts than usual on my blog but that's because I took...

Halloween Oct 07. Is this my daughter Susana?

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Hi again midweek. Today is All Saint's Day and we are at home with a full house as the girls invited Fergus, Merce and Laura out last ni...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

A lot of lunches, celebration and shopping, Mencía is born, 13 Roses and a day trip to Segovia.

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Eladio by the Palace of Riofrío in Segovia Hi again As you can see from the title, this last week has been full of activity again. Do I eve...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Lunch with a friend, tasting outing, visit to the flea market, visit to the cinema, back to the Alpagateria and planning our next trip away.

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Olivia and Eladio at the flea market in Majadahonda Hi there Last week was pretty busy from both a social and professional perspective, alth...

Requiem for a dog

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Susi with Quillo (left) and Elsa (right) recently Hi, This last week had its sad point as on Tuesday last, Quillo was run over by a car and ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Autumn colours reach Montrondo; a family weekend.

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Hiya again, Friday morning saw us all preparing to leave for Montrondo. There were so many preparations – last minute suitcase packing, lo...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Lunch with a friend, a funeral, Amazon.com and preparations for a holiday weekend

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Hiya again This week I met up with an old friend, Ramón Pradera who is actually a TV news presenter now. I knew him when he was just a repo...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

An emotional week in many ways.

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Amanda and I, still firm friends nearly 40 years on! It was great to have you darling. Hi This week has been marked by quite a few events. ...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Goodbye Gerardo!

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Hi, When I came to Spain as a student some 29 years ago, I lived with a marvellous Spanish family called González Gálvez in a lovely flat in...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Oli's make over in Mia

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Hi again I just wanted to tell you that next week brings something very exciting for Olivia who has just finished her Summer work practice a...

Lots of men in the house, a diet of sorts, lunch with Julio and Fátima, the birth of "Público", the Doctor's prescription, Fergus came to stay.

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Hi again As I started to write this post, I thought that not much had happened this week. But actually that’s not true as it has been a ver...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

PR and girlie lunches, Rudyard Kipling, a boyhood dream and another birthday

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Hi again Last week, in between being a put out a bit thanks to my back ache which is now receding, thank God, I managed to squeeze in a coup...
Monday, September 24, 2007

The boy in the striped pyjamas

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Hi again I have just read an amazing book, sent to me by my good friend, Cristina Miranda. It is so good I am writing about it in my blog, ...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

After Stockholm, back home, renovation going on at home, lunch with Cristina and Paloma, a visit from Pili and family and a bad back.

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Hi again Well here I am writing my blog after a week’s absence. I have been a bit out of action due to a cervicobrachial disorder, more com...