MANILVA.

Saturday 20th/Monday 22nd. December.

Saturday was a hot and sunny day as we had a day at home,Brenda was out on the roof terrace in the afternoon as I caught up with the blog page in the office.Later I made a Chicken Curry as the local butcher had some large Breast’s! when we called in for the weekend goods. In the evening as we watched the TV and caught up with all the football highlights,at the same time we followed the final of Strictly Come Dancing on the PC,like with the football we follow the News blog which is updated every two minutes,live, and with pictures-Lisa was robbed!On Sunday we went for a walk at lunchtime and bumped into Andy and Anna,so we called into Bar Rojas for a drink.As we came along the main street the police were blocking off the roads and that’s when we found out about the Xmas Band Parade in the pictures below.As usual we had our Brunch late as we ended up having some Tapas in the bar.First thing on Monday morning we called into Mano and Anna’s to catch up with Sally Ann and the kids who arrived from Tenerife on Saturday and started to make the arrangements for Xmas Lunch.After shopping and calling into the Bank in Estepona when we returned home we found that a lot of Xmas cards had arrived,thanks! One of the cards was from a friend that we met,a long time ago now,in Le Touquet at the start of our travels so thanks to Gordan who is still following us on the blog page and has acquired a Smart car and trailer behind his Motorhome! We then watched the Lottery draw on TV, ‘ El Gordo” is the largest in Europe and is held every year at the same time,one ticket costs 20 euros but the prize money is unbelievable.Mano is the local agent so we have always bought our ticket from him,they are sold in blocks in different areas so the same number is won by whole families,bars,shops etc.It means that the whole village can become millionaire’s over night! And no we did not win,again!!