Lola, Madrid host: “Travellers who stay in my home can experience how a Spanish middle class family really lives”
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“I always welcome the travellers staying in my home with a nice surprise. It’s my way of saying ‘Thank you for coming to my home’”, Lola explains. She has been renting a room in her Madrid home for three years.
After her divorce, sharing a room helped her to have extra income to afford her household expenses. Her son, who lives with her, gives her a helping hand when Lola is unable to welcome her guests in person. She works as a cultural advisor, which requires her to travel a lot. “Travellers who stay in my home can experience how a Spanish middle class family really lives“.
What I love most about it is being able to gather people from very different backgrounds and chat around the table.
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Lola has recently started hosting Experiences to let travellers discover the secrets of one of the most typical dishes of the Spanish cuisine: the potato omelette.
“What I love most about it is being able to gather people from very different backgrounds and chat around the table, drinking wine and enjoying Spanish cuisine. I keep friends with many of the travellers who have stayed in my home“.