Thursday 11th March 2010.
Yesterday we went over in the morning to Estepona as Brenda had an appointment at the dentists; the weather was dry for a change and the sun came out later but it was still a little crisp, the clear blue sky was also a pleasant change and the views across to Gibraltar on the way down the mountain from the villa were spectacular. In other parts of Spain in Barcelona and across in Majorca they have been having severe blizzards with 4 inches of snow falling, the worst weather in over 50 years! On the seven day forecast it is showing for the first time this year that we are going to have sunshine over the weekend.
On our way back we stopped at the house in Manilva as I had to photocopy some documents, Brenda meanwhile was pottering about the house as I was upstairs in the office; my mobile rang and it was Mano to say that they were up in Bar Rojas having a coffee with Brenda ! She had slipped out with the rubbish and bumped into them. When I finished I then shot up and joined them, the owners of the bar welcomed us with open arms as we caught up with all the news from Mano and Anna; Carlos, their son, who was on his day off called in and with him was Andy who lost his wife, he had with him his mother who had flown over on Wednesday evening but she had missed the funeral; they take place very quickly in Spain. We all then had a couple of drinks and toasted the life of Anna, she was only 48, and we all had a good cry as well as remembering the past.
On Tuesday we watched the first episode of “ Wonders of the Solar System ” which was entitled “ Empire of the Sun ” It is introduced by a young looking Professor,Brian Cox, and was quite spectacular; his enthusiasm and knowledge helps you to understand what he is talking about and showing you as he travels around the world; in India he went to Varanass on the bank of the Ganges to witness a total solar eclipse, he was made speechless as the huge mass of people went very quiet; he then went to the Iquazu falls in Brazil to show the power of the sun over water, they are the largest falls in the world and they just take your breath away. The next part took us to above the Artic circle in Norway to watch for his first time the Northern Lights, the “Aurora Boreals” which are caused by solar wind from the sun. Later he visited various giant telescopes around the world and ended up at one listening to the signal from the Voyager probe that was launched over thirty years ago and so far it has traveled over 14 billion kilometers, it is the size of a double Decker bus and his fascination with it was what first got him interested in philosophy. We can’t wait for the second episode !
We are still awaiting another phone call from Chris to give us more dates and details about what is going to happen to Joan, the dogs and cats and the villa over next month- watch this space !!
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