FRIDAY 14th/ DECEMBER 2018.
I was up very early this morning after a
late night getting to bed ( see below!) After a quick freshen up I shot off on
my travels down to Sabinillas, as the sun was coming up over the Mediterranean,
I called into ‘ itZabar’ for my usual toast & tea, before ‘ Mercadona’ opened,
I then collected the local newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ before
shooting to the far-end of the promenade to the local market for some wall
plants, on the way back up the hill I popped into ‘ Super Sol’ for our ‘
English’ essentials, after un-loading back at the house I put the car away in
the underground car park.
As I set off this morning it was very cold
& ‘ crisp’ as there was a stiff breeze blowing, yesterday lunchtime it
started to blow and got rid of the rain, by the time we reached Malaga, later
in the afternoon we had a beautiful perfect day, with a clear blue sky, today
it’s the same here, sunny Manilva at it’s best, by this afternoon it’s due to
reach 15 degs+ - down to 9/10 degs at night, over the weekend it’s getting a
little warmer, up to 18 degs+ - next week is at the moment looking settled with
just the threat of patchy ‘ wet-stuff’ at times, partly cloudy, hovering in the
mid teens, about right for the time of the year, a light breeze will keep it ‘
crisp’ for now, watch this space.
Yesterday after we caught the bus down at
the main roundabout at the entrance to the village, after picking up the rest
of the people, down in Sabinillas we set off along the coast road past a
sparkling, calm, Mediterranean, to
Malaga, we were dropped off by the entrance to ‘ Calle Larios’ were we found seats outside the main ‘Cafe/Bar’
in the street, ordered our first glass of Cava, or two, accompanied, traditionally
with a plate of local fresh ‘ Crisps’ and settled down to watch the first ‘
Light & Music’ show at 6-30 pm, sat next to us was an very nice &
interesting English couple, Becky & Steve Thatcher, who were staying the
night in the city, they had come up from Gibraltar, as they have a large
Catamaran “ 2B3 “ berthed in the Marina, they have ‘sold-up’ and are sailing
the ‘ World’ – starting around the Mediterranean. One ‘ Helluva’ Catamaran !!
See the ‘Catamaran 2B3’ below! Safe sailing
!!
We then moved on down to the ‘Plaza de la
Constitucion’ and sat outside the famous ‘ Cafe Central’ after ordering two
Mini Bottles ( Bejamins ) of ‘Cava Freixenet’ – with more ‘ Crisps’ - as you
can see below – on the way Brenda spotted the ‘Pandora ‘ shop so she has a new
charm ( Family Tree) for Christmas!
After watching the second show we then moved on and ended up at the famous ‘Cerveceria
‘ – “ Los Gatos “ where we had a glass
or two of their ‘ House Cava’ ( only 2 Euros! ) We were sat at the Bar, in
front of their excellent display of ‘ Pintxos’ – special Tapas served on Bread,
traditionally from Northern Spain, ie San Sebastian – so we chose one, ‘Smoked
Salmon with Cheese ‘ – to find that they server it warm! ‘Delicious ‘ !!
See below;
See below;
We then had another and decided to stay,
rather than carry on to a Restaurant, that we had spotted to try! The barmen
gave us another glass of the Cava on the ‘house ‘ – so we sat down and Brenda
had four large fresh ‘ Gambas a la Plancha ‘ & I had my favourite ‘
Entrecote Steak’ – sliced and served with ‘ Frits’ – more Cava flowed, with ‘
Crisps’ on the side, including another glass on the ‘ house’ from the waiter!
See below;
A ‘ Helluva’ Evening in Malaga, we found
our way back to the coach and arrived back in sleepy Manilva at 1-30 am! ‘
Feeling no Pain’ !!
See all the pictures above of the ' Xmas Light & Music' show and ' Los Gatos '
This evening for our supper we are having
our ‘Posh Fish n’Chips’ with Mushy Peas and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips – the ‘ Goujons of Hake ‘ coated in ‘ Cruzcampo
Beer Batter’ – back to reality!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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