MANILVA.

Saturday 8th.November.

We picked up Clive and Carolyn from the airport last night;their flight was early so we were able to drive in without stopping and were back at the villa by midnight.They are planning some more trips away so they have asked us to look after the villa and the animals again in the future.We stayed over night and in the morning we came back to Manilva after calling into the butchers as we were passing to buy some stuff for the weekend.It was nice to come home as we have been away for nearly four weeks altogether,Brenda is catching up with the washing and unpacking,with my help and I’ve been in the office checking on e-mails etc.All our neighbours seemed to have missed us and have been asking where we have been!The plants are ok as it has been raining,the only one that is not all right is the Ucha plant in the chill out room,it’s not been happy for a couple of months!In the evening we had Steak and frits for supper and watched the football on the TV.It was really exciting,Real Madrid beat Malaga,just and Barcelona scored six goals!

Sunday 9th November.

After a long lie in we got up to a sunny day and started to plan for the week ahead;on checking the calendar we noticed that it was Mano and Annas wedding anniversary so we rang them and asked them round for Brunch later in the day,They arrived with Carlos so we opened the Cava and had some Bucks Fizz to start the celebrations!We had Eggs,Bacon,Sausage,Mushrooms,Tomato,Baked Beans and Saute potatoes which hit the spot and set us up for the day.We then went back to Carlo’s house,which is called Maine Road, to watch on the large screen Manchester City play Spurs,City lost and did not play well.We ended up in the local bar by Carlos;s playing pool and Mano and I played two locals in a hot game of Dominos using Spanish rules !