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 […]
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#LivingInLockdown Day 44 – Tuesday 28th April Today the government announced their plans for a deescalation of the lockdown in Spain. There are five phases which I’ve detailed at the end of this blog. The hope is that all phases will be completed by the end of June. However this is dependant on case
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#LivingInLockdown Day 43 – Monday 27th April I woke up this morning feeling good. A sense of calm and contentment had come over me. I suspect this is due to the fact that I may be allowed out for a daily walk as of next week. It’s not just the opportunity to walk, though
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#LivingInLockdown Day 42 – Sunday 26th April An exciting weekend. Yesterday the Spanish government finally announced the rules for children being allowed out for exercise. From today up to three children under 14 can go out with one responsible adult for one hour of exercise up to 1km from their home. They must observe
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#LivingInLockdown Day 37 – Tuesday 21 April I was sat on my bed this evening reading a book and contemplating the fact that I hadn’t yet written today’s blog. I was wondering whether the time had come to stop writing daily and maybe go to every other day. This was partly because I didn’t
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From California, Karen Rosenblum fell in love with Spain several years ago. As one of the original digital nomads, she was lucky to go back for forth for many years. In 2018, Karen finally applied for a visa to move to Spain and make Madrid her home. She currently lives in Madrid where she is
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#LivingInLockdown Day 36 – Monday 20th April It is weekly statistics day and boy has that proved a headache this week. The official figures, for week ending Sunday 19th April, have had a format change. They are now breaking down new cases by how they were tested, PCR versus Antibody, not sure if this
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COVID-19 update from the British Embassy We know that access to healthcare is always a key issue and our healthcare team have provided two updates on home delivery of prescription medicine (for residents and visitors) and on access to regular medical treatment for residents. You may have already seen these posted on our website.
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#LivingInLockdown Day 33 & 34 – Friday/Saturday 17th/18th April You may have noticed that I’ve sneakily written two days in one blog. It’s not cheating really (well maybe a little), more playing catch up. When I started this blog I was faithfully writing about the events of the previous day, so I was always
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#LivingInLockdown Day 31 – Wednesday 15th April Today I pondered the fact that whilst I might be stuck at home, my engagement with others has gone through the roof. Whether video conferences, phone calls, letters, text messages or Facebook I am in contact with more people from my past and present than ever before.
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