Inez lives in the hills above the Costa del Sol on the edge of the campo with her husband and six rescue dogs. She is a nutritionist, a business she runs online from home, and has spent lockdown helping a local charity provide food for families in need and doing the weekly shop for her elderly …
Dominique is a long term resident of Madrid and bilingual in both Spanish/English language and culture. She gave has brought up both her children here and is very active in the Madrid parent scene. She is also a regular at our Costa Women Events. She has spent the lockdown battling Covid-19 which has left her …
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#LivingInLockdown Day 52 – Wednesday May 6th Today has been the complete opposite of yesterday, as in not remotely full. Mainly because I spent most of last night kept awake by a bloody mosquito whining in my ear. It’s bad enough that the little bastards drink your blood and leave you with itchy red lumps …
#LivingInLockdown Day 51 – Tuesday May 5th Today has been pretty full. Up early to do my outdoor exercise before the crowds form, followed by breakfast and updating of Facebook posts for the groups and pages that I run. A nice half hour soaking up the sun in front of the lounge window, then …
#LivingInLockdown Day 50 – Monday May 4th Today was the day certain businesses could reopen only for pre booked appointments. This includes cafes and restaurants serving take away food and hairdressers. Possibly other businesses but I wasn’t paying attention as they didn’t interest me. I went out twice today: once on my early morning …
#LivingInLockdown Day 49 – Sunday May 3rd “How was your walk today?” Was the question I heard time and again from countless friends and family yesterday. Hardly surprising given the amount of time I dedicated to the topic last week. My answer was the same to all: ‘it was great, but I want more’. …
#LivingInLockdown Day 48 – Saturday May 2nd Finally the day we can go out and exercise has arrived. By mid morning my FaceBook news feed was flooded with photographs from friends of where they’d been. As many of them live in central Madrid there was a definite Plaza theme to this morning’s photos. I’ve …
#LivingInLockdown Day 47 – Friday May 1st Looking back there has been a bit of a theme to this week’s posts: the fact we’re finally being allowed out to exercise. I’m sorry if it’s getting repetitive but I seem unable to think of anything else except going for a walk. It’s not that I’m …
#LivingInLockdown Day 46 – Thursday 30th April I had a bit of a fright today. Whilst waiting for the Health Minister to make his announcement regards the rules around allowing us out to exercise from Saturday I thought I’d have a quick look at the daily stats for Covid-19 cases and check the number …
We continue with our series #LivingInLockdown Your Stories, where our members get to share their experiences of this strange journey we’re all going through. This week we hear from Alison Wade in Madrid who has spent lockdown coming to terms with the death of her Mother whilst battling possible CoronaVirus. Alison is from Warwickshire in …
