Inspiring Women : November 2020

My first destination was Switzerland where I spent over two years learning French and working in
one of their wonderful ski hotels. This was followed by a year in Paris and then London, where I
stayed for 25 years. At first I just enjoyed discovering swinging London with its miniskirts, the Beatles
and Rolling Stones and work in a swinging Kings Road restaurant.
Later I moved into trying to be a model; then I worked as an interpreter at trade fairs, became a
multilingual tour guide and finally again in the hotel world for an amazing company of luxury hotels
called ”The Leading Hotels of the World.” Working for them in the sales, marketing and
communication sector, I traveled worldwide for 20 years; a wonderful, unique job and experience.
When I reached the ripe old age of 44, still loving my work at my London based company, I wanted a
new challenge and so convinced my company to send me to Spain to open their office there, and
here I am still.
Baby first, then wedding!
My family today
Two years after I got to Spain, aged 46, something incredible and unexpected happened to me, I
became a mother of a lovely daughter and acquired a husband! Wow.
I left the hotel world after 15 years in Spain and dedicated the next 10 years to restoring,
redesigning and decorating run-down
properties, a passion which still moves me.
Things were not always easy during this
time, as my daughter had a very difficult and
rebellious adolescence where she actually
hated me. Today, though, everything is
much better. She often tells me how much
she admires me and how she models her
young adult life on what she has learned
from her mother. This deeply moves me,
because I certainly do not consider myself
that perfect or a role model.
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Biking, another passion of mine