MANILVA.

Monday 6th October.

In the morning we went across to Estepona to call into the bank,shop at the hypermarket and then call into the agent to arrange to keep the advert going for house sitting in the Sur newspaper.We then called into the garage to see if the missing trade plates had arrived ,they had not! So they are putting German Red plates on the Winnebago and she is leaving for Germany on Wednesday morning after the insurance and breakdown starts It has now been put on German eBay from Monday evening which I have on our PC.s and so we are watching it with great interest.On the way back we picked up some fresh Gambas for lunch which we had with some salad.In the early evening Mano and Anna called in and asked us out for a drink and some tapas,It was a very sunny day so we walked down to a bar that has just changed hands on the edge of the village and sat outside to eat a selection of tapas,including some delicious Cod fish skewers with Onion cooked over charcoal! We then went and played Pool under floodlights and I nearly beat Anna on a black ball finish! The evening ended up back at their house which is nearly finished,the new white leather suit had just arrived!

Tuesday 7th October.

We called into the garage to make sure that everything was OK for Wednesday and as we checked on the PC in the office there had already been some offers on eBay to start the bidding.When we got home we called to see how Carol was getting on,to Michelle her daughter,only to find out that the news was not good,she has now caught one of the hospital superbugs MSRA?! The family are very upset as it is making a very differcult time even worse.Her brother Dave is flying over from Canada and her other daughter ,Yola is coming over from Switzerland at the weekend.Our thoughts go out to the family at this very worrying time.

Wednesday 8th October.

As we got up we checked on eBay and saw to our great satisfaction that the price bidding had gone up with 20 bidders so far,we then went across to the garage and when we arrived there it had then gone up to 23 bids after just two days.Watch this space and fingers crossed !!On the way back we called into see Vidal and Gissy in their apartment and caught up with all the news,Vidal has been calling into the garage every day and checking with the owner Joachim in German to keep us updated.Last night was curry night so this evening we are having Pork Cutlets from the local butcher in the village

Thursday 9th October.

It is another warm and sunny day today but the forecast for the weekend is not so good with rain and winds,We went into the bank again in Estepona , we have to do this because our new card has got caught up in a local post strike in Estepona,so we are using cash all the time.We then picked up some Calves Liver from the English butchers for supper this evening as Mano is joining us as Anna is away in North Wales for a few days; she has got a flight from Gibraltar on Monarch which has started using the airport again,its only 30 mins from us! The pictures below show the Winnebago as she was leaving for Germany yesterday lunchtime.As I am typing this she is crossing France!