CALAHONDA/CAMPING PARQUE TROPICAL

Friday 18th January.
It was another very warm and sunny day as we got up,during the previous evening Vidal had phoned to say that they could not make it today so we changed our plans for a day out again in Malaga.Brenda went out on the sunbed on the balcony and I caught up with the blog-page.In the newspaper I spotted a advert for a restaurant that I read about and it had a very good report so I booked a table for dinner.The “Beach House” restaurant is as the name suggest's right on the beach just befor Marbella in Elviria.We arrived at 9-00pm to find that it was a jazz night and was already very busy and very English! It has a very nice atmosphere and all the young staff are English.After we had ordered the house starter arrived- a demi-tasse cup of warm frothy lobster bisque.We had for our first course Pumpkin and prawn soup with coconut cream with home made warm bread rolls.For our main course Brenda had a Fillet of Salmon with Prawns baked in a Banana leaf and served with Aniseed Rice and a crisp Ginger scented salad,I had a Fillet Steak,chargrilled and served with Pont Neuf chips and Bearnaise sauce,The wine list which was also very good had French and Italian wines on it so for a change Brenda had a half bottle of Chablis.The house sorbets were excellent and we finished with coffee and warm Soberano Brandy,all this and the jazz duo !
Saturday 19th January.
We had packed the previous night befor we went out so we loaded up the Smart car and then Brenda got in and I loaded more on top of her and I got in and lifted in more bags ready to go home to the Winnebago!! When we got back we had to un-pack in the reverse order !!We caught up with the chores and settled back into life on the site for a couple of days as we are off to Manilva on Monday afternoon to Mano and Anna's house to babysit the dogs,cats and house for 2/3 weeks.In the evening after supper we watched a DVD-more about this later.
Sunday 20th January.
As the weather is still so nice and it is forcasted to stay,we went down to the marina at Estepona and read the papers whilst drinking Tinto de Verano-I stay on Seven-up as under the latest driving laws if you are caught over the limit it is straight to prison!! We called into Mano and Anna to catch up with all the news and make the arrangements for the hand-over,we going for dinner on Monday evening and are going so spend Tuesday getting into the routine of feeding the two dogs and two cats!! befor they leave on Wednesday for their holiday in Wales.On the way back we picked up a spit-roasted Chicken for supper and then watched a DVD,we have just found the “Bourne Trilogy” which has five disc,so we watched them over the past two nights and its very good,the action scenes are unbelievable and it then shows you how it was made!Just befor we left England I bought the Trilgy book in Liverpool and I am reading it at the moment as well.