CAMPING PARQUE TROPICAL

Friday 21st December.
In between the rain showers we quickly serviced the Winnebago and topped up the water tank as it was forcast to rain for the next few days.It was a curry night and as I started to make it the heavens opened and for the next three days the rain came down with the loudest thunder and lightening we have ever heard !!In the area just either side of us there was severe flooding and damage to the Autovial, the locals said that it was the worst rain in 33 years!,
Saturday 22nd December.
We stayed in and and watched the reports on the TV.of the flooding,Vidal and Gissy on their way back fron a gig on Friday evening down the coast near Manilva had a bad time coming home.We then watched the drawing of the loteria nacional,this is the “ El Gordo “ navidad and is the largest in Europe,one ticket costs 20 euros and the winners can win 300/400 million euros! We had one ticket and had no luck! But over here they take it very much to heart and even form lottery associations in small villages and as in this year the whole village become millionaires !!For dinner we had steak and baked potatoes washed down with a local Rioja and we then watched a film on the TV as the rain still came down.
Sunday 23rd December.
As it was still raining Gissy came around and gave Brenda and I the full works,including facial masks,and cut and styled Brenda:s hair as can be seen in the xmas photo below.The weather was due to change on Monday as we prepaired for the xmas week.
Monday 24th December.
I got up early and was first in the queue at the English butchers to collect our turkey and beef for the xmas period,then I called into the Hypermarket to top up with anything that we had missed.In the evening our neighbours Brenda and Keith joined us for a xmas drink just as Vidal and Gissy called in on their way out to gig so the week started well.We have decorated the inside of the Winnebago and are putting up all the cards as they arrive,there is a post strike in Estepona at the moment so all the carda are late going out as well ! We have white lights all round the windows and also small coloured lights along the inside and with the poinsettia;s in the window the xmas spirit is well and truly started !
Tuesday 25th December.
A very merry xmas and a happy new year to all our family and friends who follow us on our blog-page!! We started the day with scrambled eggs and smoked salmon helped down with a fine rose champagne! We then started to get ready our xmas dinner as Vidal and Gissy where joining us later.The turkey which we had to measure to make sure that it fitted in the oven befor we bought it went on first in its new rosting tray which I had to shoot out and buy in Estepona the day before! Brenda had all the vegetables ready,carrots.sprouts with serrano ham snippits,parsnips inhoney,leeks and cauli in cheese sauce and our famous roast potatoes in duck fat with also a savoury chestnut and sage and onion stuffing and smoked bacon wrapped chipoltas! When Vidal and Gissy arrived we cracked our first bottle of Mumm,then we had a fine Rioja with the meal and then went onto various drinks with the strawberries and ice cream to finish.After the clean up we then played some cards and finially a very competetive game of domino's.The pictures below shows the two “Birds” in my life !!