MANILVA.

Tuesday 10th. June.

The forecast for the next few weeks is hot and sunny and as we get up we see the bright blue skies over Manilva as we plan out what to do for the week.Today we stayed local and asked Anna around for supper as I had made a very hot curry and she had been fancying one for ages ! We also had a phone call re. our House-sitting advert from a very nice lady offering us a full time position but we said no very nicely but she asked us to send her some more details to put on file so we then started a series of e-mails as we got to know about her and the company she works for and visa-versa she found out about us from the blog-page! The outcome is that we have now been put on the web page of the company that she runs down on the Costa del Sol for a British based company;Dr. Julia Nilsson PhD. Is also a very interesting person in her own right and has a very varied CV as she has travelled around the world. “Alpha Concierge Lux ” specialise’s in looking after the VIP customers every need-watch this space!

Wednesday 11th.June.

We went off in the morning to Marbella to do some shopping at the large mall and down in Porto Banus for a particular CD and toiletries that we can’t get at our end of the Costa only to find out that they where all closed for the Feria holiday in Marbella! So we had to come all the way back and on the way we called into the garage to check on the Winnebago.We have an advert in the local paper everyweek and get 2/3 calls a week which we pass on to the garage who also have a advert in the trade paper each week.Fingers crossed! We also have a problem down on the coast as the garages are running out of petrol due to the transport drivers strike which started on Monday.In the evening we listened to Paul Hickling on REM.FM 91.9 which is a English speaking talk radio station and he was the guest on the Profiles show,one to watch for the future!

Thursday 12th.June.

Brenda had her last jab today and the doctor is very happy with all the results and the great improvement that she has shown over the past couple of weeks so she is now on some tablets to make sure that things carry on getting better over the next couple of weeks. We then went to the Hypermarket to do the weekly shopping only to find that it was empty of all the fresh goods and of most of the general goods due to the drivers strike which has hit everywhere very quickly due to panic buying but you can understand it when you see the lorries on the roads when we cross Spain,everything goes by road! The fishermen are also on strike so even some of the fish restaurants have been forced to close,all due to the fuel cost problems here. The strike is now nearly over and things will get back to normal by next week.

Friday 13th June !

We went out to the local shops and we hunted around and found most things in one or another as we stocked up for the weekend as the shops got back to normal as the lorries started to arrive from all over Spain.We called into our local butcher and bought some Pork as Mano is off on Sunday and might be able to make dinner if everything stays the same! Brenda goes out on the roof terrace in the afternoon to sunbath and I join her later as the sun moves round as we have been taking things very easy and giving her the chance to get fully better.She has also spoken to her two sisters in England who have been on holiday as they did not know about Brenda’s illness before they went away. I’ve also put some more radio stations on the PC and have also got the English newspaper’s on line as the papers have not been arriving due to the strike.At lunchtime we are now eating salad made from all the very fresh local growers who have kept the shops in the village stocked.