A VERY WARM AND BREEZY SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY;

SATURDAY 2^nd/ AUGUST 2014.

Well we all had a nice little lie in this morning after last night’s dinner out,’Reina’ went onto her bed/cushion and stayed there for half of the night and then ended up on the foot of the bed for the rest, she does like being cuddled in your arms a lot of the time and is a very loving dog, she ate everything we gave her yesterday and had a good run on Claus & Doreen’s large lawn/garden on a very long lead with ‘Alfie’ Bruno & Kathrin’s dog. She got into the car with no problem and then settled down at the villa under the table, this morning after her first walk of the day she is now playing with her girlfriend ‘Chispa’ around my feet!

Today it’s warm and sunny with a little breeze they came along early yesterday evening as we reached Claus & Doreen’s villa; they had planned to eat outside on the lower terrace by the indoor pool but had to move up to the top floor lounge/dining room at the last minute.

Claus had prepared a rather special and very traditional ‘German’ meal for dinner; it started with a very tasty  ‘Beef Consommé’ with Egg White Dumplings made from the cooking broth that the large ‘Beef Brisket’ was cooked in and is known as the “ Wedding Soup”!

To follow it was the Beef cooked to a shredding texture served with plain Boiled Potatoes that you chop up, the rich creamy thick salsa is made with Horseradish which you then spread over your meal and is known as the “ Xmas Meal ” traditionally served on Christmas Day! For our dessert Claus had made a very rich ‘Iced Chocolate Mousse’ served with Chantilly Cream.

We all enjoyed one another’s company and found lots of things to talk about that we had in common; Bruno is going home next week back to work and then is coming back over in a few weeks time for another week; meanwhile Bruno & Kathrin’s son ‘Nick’ is coming here for a couple of weeks with his girlfriend so we are going to meet up with them.

We have arranged next Tuesday morning to meet up with Claus & Doreen to go across to Estepona in the morning for a little window shopping and so Claus and I can have haircuts at the barbers shop! A little ‘Fish’ lunch will no doubt follow! The folks are going back to Germany next Friday as they have work and family commitments and will back in October sometime. Many thanks to them for a wonderful dinner and being excellent hosts.

So back to normal for know in sunny Manilva; we are having our usual ‘Entrecote Steak’ cooked med-rare with twice-cooked Chips, sautéed Mushrooms, finely sliced Green Beans, Brenda’s with fried Garlic buds and of course mine topped with a ‘Campo fried Egg’!

We will then catch up with all the news, sport and weather updates before finding a film to watch; later I will watch some football live from the USA( sorry Josie! I’ve tried to resist for too long) as Manchester Utd play Real Madrid in a pre-season ‘friendly’ at the “ Michigan Stadium” in Detroit in front of 109,000 supporters!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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