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Lilith will organize parties. She sometimes drinks too much. I have come to think she may have helped RLC in recruiting locals. However, her being assigned the smallest bedroom in Barcelona while the master suite in B-2 remains unoccupied and Ema is the only other tenant in B-2 is a mystery. And Nadia now shows up in the B-4 penthouse. Why move Nadia out to replace her with Lilith? I have a growing sense that Sara's manipulating hand is behind some of this. Will Nadia sleep in the B-4 penthouse to fill an empty bed while Sara spends her nights with Massi? I never underestimate Sara's position in the RLC hierarchy. Is RLC waiting for the Olympics to end before filling the empty beds?

I recall that Martina was studying for a degree or certificate in tourism / hospitality or something similar, and she had to achieve proficiency in Spanish, Catalan, and I believe English. I presume different levels of proficiency for each. This was about the time that she was also learning to speak Russian, because of her friendship with Bogdan and Martina. Without having heard Martina's conversation over the phone, I will observe that people who achieve a certain level of fluency in a language other than their native language can often dial up or dial down that fluency depending on the fluency of the persons they are talking to. I recall listening to Daytona talking to a guest in the B-4 kitchen, where the audio is quite good. This guest was speaking English with almost native fluency. Daytona's English fluency was very high, and he was very comfortable speaking it. He was speaking idiomatic English. I concluded at the time that he had acquired his proficiency at a university. If Daytona was speaking English with Nadia or Dayana, I would expect him to dial down his English language fluency, and not speak in idiomatic English. ------------------ One other observation from the past. After B&N moved out of B-5 to their off-cam apartment, Alex and Lucien replaced them. After they moved out, N&B would regularly visit B-5. Kim often was there as well. If Martina's and Alberto's apartment building is reasonably close to the B-5 apartment building, that may explain the frequency of these visits.

There is and was a language barrier. Alberto speaks rudimentary English. Not so for Martina. And Martina was also learning Russian. Around the time that Martina and Alberto separated, a CC poster described an overheard conversation between Alberto and his mother. Both he and Martina had just arrived at the new apartment. Alberto promised his mother he would go to a trade school to learn a new skill. IIRC, he mentioned becoming an automobile mechanic, or a chef. He never did. Either he lacked ambition, or such trades would be difficult for him to master. So now he has a job where he prunes shrubs and cuts grass. He and Kos and Karol have little in common, and even less to talk about, especially if there is a language barrier. I sometimes think that RLC leased or owned Karol and Kos' apartment before they moved in as tenants. More specifically, when Nelly and Bogdan moved out of B-5, they first moved to an off-cam apartment before eventually moving to B-4 and then B-7 when that villa opened. If that off-cam apartment was the apartment that Karol and Kos now occupy, that could explain the amorous friendship of Martina and Nelly.

I thought they went by bus to evade border controls. Probably took a local bus across the Polish border, because there were large numbers of Ukrainians working in Poland, and commuting. Once into Poland, from Tesla's description of their trip, they seemed to again take more local buses. Once in Poland, they were within Schengen. Tesla once hid in her bed when the police arrived at the B-4 door because of noise. I know Elian flew back to Ukraine. I assume Tesla did as well. -------------- Edited at add. IIRC, someone who followed one of them on SM told me in a DM that early in the invasion, that one or both were helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing eastern Ukraine cross the border into Poland near Lvov. Caveat: that info may have been about another former participant who had returned to Ukraine, so I really can't be sure it was Tesla, or Tesla and Eilan.

When Ema and Nadia were standing together in the hall, to me, Ema actually looks older than Nadia. ----------------------- Unless new participants are soon to arrive, -- perhaps participants slowly making their way west from the Ukrainian / Belorussian -Polish border, replicating Elian's and Tesla's long bus journey to Barcelona -- RLC would be better off closing B-1 or B-2, or both. The empty beds in B-1, B-2, and Alberto's, make those apartments a farce. Marilyn and her bf are solely carrying B-7. Two participants in B-4 seem to have frequent business engagements away from the villa. Sara now fucks off-cam. Karma fucks on-cam, but nearly everyone disapproves of her lover. The two couple in B-5 interact so little they might as well be living in separate apartments. Google's streetview of B-6 is still of that apartment before it closed, so can't tell whether anyone is now living there. It does seem that past participants who still live in Spain have little interest in returning, possibly because the wages are not high enough to make them leave where they currently live and work.

I have noticed that A&L invariably arrive on Sunday for their visits, and leave on Monday. There have been several times when Alex has visited during the week for a beauty treatment by Nelly. I'm inclined to think that both work.

The couple is Alex and Lucien. Alex is topless. She is almost always topless at the B-7 pool. RLC Replay REPLAY.REALLIFECAM.COM Watch your favorite cams in 24-hour recording I don't recognize the girl wearing the cap. If you say that is Lilith, her hair seems darker than I remember. But Lilith is a good friend of N&B so it makes sense. A&L are from eastern Ukraine, from a city as I understand it, that was captured by Russia early in the invasion. They may be ethnic Russians, but Alex has a blue Ukrainian passport. They may be unhappy about the war. According to Oryx this morning, Russia has lost 3,252 tanks of all types; these are documented losses. The Russian stocks of newer tanks are so depleted that t-54 tanks are now appearing on the battlefield. The T-54 was designed in 1945, and production ended in 1981. I've read predictions that Russia will run out of tanks by the end of this year, the loss rate is so high. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html By comparison, the British army last year had only 157 operational main battle tanks.

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Whose dog is that on the couch? Looks bigger than Taco. I think the sister is there because RLC gave Alberto an ultimatum. We will take the apartment off-line if the only occupant is you, and the apartment is empty while you are away on your day job.

My comment below is getting more than a bit technical, but I sometimes use total fertility rate as a proxy for where there is very likely to be labor shortages. A total fertility rate of 2.1 means that a population is replacing itself (2.1 is the number of live births a woman has during her reproductive years.) Less than 2.1, and the country;s population is shrinking, and also aging. Declines in total fertility rates do not happen overnight, but typically occur over decades. CIA estimates of total fertility rates in 2024 for 227 countries can be found here: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/total-fertility-rate/country-comparison/ Below are some of the 25 nation states and territories with the lowest rates, those with total fertility rates below 1.5, #207 Portugal 1.45 #208 Belarus 1.45 #211 Greece 1,41 #217 Poland 1.32 #218 Spain 1.3 #219 Italy 1.26 #221 Moldova 1.26 #224 Ukraine 1.22 #227 Taiwan 1.11 Spain's decline began in the 1980s, and by the mid 1990s the rate had fallen to 1.2 and below. For a country experiencing such a decline, the only remedy, from a labor force and pension standpoint is either net in-migration, and/or increasing the retirement age..

Yes, in Martina's time. And also the time before she had one foot out the door.

It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no replacement plan. Three weeks and the best bedroom in B-2, and one of the best bedrooms in Barcelona (given the en-suite full bath) sits empty. And it was not as if she left abruptly. She said in May she was leaving in June. A replacement plan depends on replacements waiting to come on-stage at RLC. The best bedroom in B-1 was occupied for nearly two months by two girls (one official, one not) who now seem to have been on an extended vacation from whatever employment they had elsewhere. And if the base salaries are not that competitive in current-day Barcelona, then most tenants, past or present, would either need other employment in Barcelona to supplement their RLC base salary, or constantly do shows for the clicks and the bonus money. There was no replacement in the wings for Massi. Madison gets his bed, but Madison will do nothing until her boyfriend makes another visit, and that could be months from now. Hawk at this point is simply occupying a bed. It is Marilyn or nothing when it comes to B-7. (I'm not overlooking B&N, but they do not seem to have much of a subscriber following.) If Jade does not return, then Alberto becomes sole occupant on of what was once one of RLC's best apartments. Congratulations to Alberto for being a survivor. Russians fleeing Putin and Ukrainian emigres desperate for a job are the tenants who are exceptions to what I wrote above.

Her bedroom is also now a studio. For larger portraits, on textiles no less. Probably acrylic paint. As for the subject of the portrait, -- Daytona? RLC Replay REPLAY.REALLIFECAM.COM Watch your favorite cams in 24-hour recording

Sara left the villa at 20:37. Very dressy, as if going to a club. But too early for the clubs, so probably to 'beer night' at Massi's office. Then stallion night in Massi's apartment.

I am quite certain that Cassie and Aziza left on their own decision. With Aziza, RLC found themselves in a situation like with Holly and Tweety. Intermittent stays at the villas, interrupted by prolonged vacations at expensive resorts and cities. I also think RLC thought it would be in her best interests that Octavia leave.

Sara has returned from her extended visit with her paramour (?). She also has spread a large blue blanket and her dildo on the floor under cam 2.2. Maybe a show for someone? or with someone?

A smiling Aziza waved good-bye to the camera as she departed. Karma was there to see them off. Not every participant is chauffeured by Fior to the airport, so, IMO, both are in good standing with RLC.

No longer U/M. Svetlana is preparing the two bedrooms for the next tenants. The first events at the Olympics start on the 24th, so a week to re-establish yourself in Paris, or some other city (for example Nice, Marseilles, Lyon) where there are football matches,

That is very true, particularly the difficulty in getting a Schengen visa if you are Russian. (Russians, like Daytona, who are now officially characterized as "extremists" are able to leave because Putin doesn't want them.} The other compounding factor is that in 2022 and 2023, the population of Catalonia (which includes Barcelona) increased by over 250,000, all of the increase coming from foreign nationals. The emigre population in Catalonia which includes Russians and Ukrainians is apparently able to find jobs in this booming economy. And thus no need for them to do sex shows on RLC. This perhaps explains why Alex and Lucien visit Nelly & Bogdan on Sundays, but have not shown the slightest interest in returning to RLC. Lucien must have a reasonably well-paying job, don't know about Alex, but they arrived in B-7 with little more than the shirts on their backs. The number of Russians in Barcelona increased from 7,500 in March 2022 to 11,500 one year later. Following the invasion, nearly 200,000 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Spain (through Jan 1, 2024). The Russians were able to obtain long-stay visas, else they would not have been counted. The Ukrainians have long-stay visas courtesy of the EU.

Back on-line. Nadia now nude. Maybe this was for a photo shoot.

Maybe the groom is arriving?

Nadia is trying on a wedding dress. Something borrowed, something blue. This dress is either for a costume party, or for someone who is of similar height to her. Sara?

This has been discussed previously. As the story goes, someone who did not like or approve of Massimo told his employer about his participation in RLC describing what RLC is all about,and Massi subsequently exited RLC. It was reported that he now has his own apartment in Barcelona.

For me, Aziza is an enigma. Beyond a pretty face and a nice body, what is there? I hesitate to call her shallow because Bogdan seems to have found her interesting and intriguing. I do not know how much the war in Ukraine has stifled her spirit. What I will fault her for is that she seems to make no effort to learn new skills, or improve her existing skills. Whatever else one may think about Sara and Karma for example, Sara faithfully seeks to improve her language skills, as does Karma and her computer skills.

I believe Sara has more power in RLC than Aziza. Sara is from St. Petersburg, where the owners of RLC are from. Aziza is from Ukraine. Because of that, Aziza will never match Sara's position in the RLC pecking order. And i thought that Massi now has his own apartment in Barcelona. As for Nadia, she can probably stay as long as she wants. She has the smallest bedroom in Barcelona. Dayana has been gone two weeks, and she has a prime bedroom that has been empty since she left, But for those who get their jollies from watching an empty bed, then the more empty beds the better.