CASA OLIMPIA NEWS OLYMPIC AND TV UPDATE.

Wednesday 24th February 2010.
Over the weekend we have been on a severe weather warning as the storm that hit Madiera, so catastrophically on Saturday hit us on Sunday and Monday, not as bad as the sting had been taken out of it as it crossed the Atlantic! We once again got caught in the rain on Monday morning as we went over to Manilva to check out the house,pick up the tablets from the chemists and call at the Ferreteria for light bulbs, we then went down to Estepona as Brenda had another appointment at the dentists and at the same time we called into Western Union to pick up a cash transfer but with no luck as the number was wrong ! This money was to pay the water bill which is due by the end of the month, I’ve just had a call with a new number so I will have to go over in the morning to pick it up and then shoot back to Tarifa to pay it!! This weekend is when all the carnivals take place and it is also Andalucia Day on Sunday so it is like a long bank holiday weekend until Tuesday. On the way back we called into the English butchers, as you can see in the picture below of the Steak, Kidney and Mushroom Pie !
We have been watching the winter Olympics from Vancouver which have been very exciting, except for the Curling! Amy Williams winning a gold medal in the Skeleton Bob was terrific, the Canadian commentator got it right again when she talked about how positive she was in the interview before the start and how negative the other English girl favorite was; the Alpine events on the downhill course have been very well covered and the Ski jumping was as usual spectacular, the new sport of Ski Cross with four competitors going down, over and around a steep course in a race to the finish takes your breath away, Yesterday the Ice Dancing was unbelievable with the Canadian couple winning the gold, the only difference being that they do not show the scores individually other wise I am sure they would have done a Torvil and Dean!
On Monday the third episode of the Seven Ages of Britain was very interesting and I found on BBC3 a lovely programme about the Darjeeling mountain railway and the lives of the people that are employed and live with it all their lives; it is only 52 miles long and winds it way through the mountains and along the narrow parts it shares it route with the road, a little jem!