MANILVA PALM SUNDAY

As we got up on Sunday it was a very bright and blue sky sunny day which was good for the Palm Sunday procession in the village,We had deceided to have a full English before we went down to the church at the bottom of the village,So we had ,local eggs,Ham,mushrooms,tomato.saute potatoes and Heinz Baked Beans! The picture's below give's you a little idea of the atmosphere as the procession leaves the church carried by the “ Brotherhood “ We had just gone down to take some photographs but soon got into the atmosphere as the whole village joins in and walks the route around the streets of Manilva led by the village brass band,then the village dignities and the children in white robes,the music is very moving and with the the incense from the church server's hanging in the air it is easy to get taken along with the crowd-as we did! All this is also on the camcorder as it takes over three hours to get back to the church as they stop every 100 yrds'or so to rest as they carry the very heavy “Borriquita “ Our friend Juan in the picture is also a village elder and a very good friend of Mano's as well.As we walked the locals that we know were coming up to us and greeting us,including the owner of our house and her family as we then went into a couple of the tapas bars for refreshment! There are three more processions in the evening during this week,culminating in the silent procession of the Mourners on Good Friday.We have now also got into a routine of Sunday lunch so we had a Roast Beef dinner with all the trimmings which Anna joined us for,Mano as he finished work at 10-pm had a “Plate-meal” as Sally was not arriving from Tenerife until 3-oam in the morning! We then walked up to the top of our street and made a call into a couple of the local bars for a nightcap-including a game of pool at the “Antique” bar where we bought a very nice wine rack with a local's discount! which we collected this morning and drove back to the house with the boot open! We have just had a phone call from Vidal who has found us a possible buyer for the Winnebago-cross your fingers and watch this space as we are also busy this week working for five days up to Sunday at the Aparthotel with Mano and Anna and getting paid well!!