MANILVA TODAY.

TUESDAY 20TH. APRIL 2010.

After the excitement of the monsoon we went out for the weekend shopping on Friday morning down to Sabinillas in-between more light showers; we picked up in the fish market a couple of Soles which I baked in the oven, we had them for supper with minted new potatoes and garden peas. We then settled down to watch some of our regular Spanish TV programmes; on a Friday there is a young children’s show for new talent and the presenter is very good with them, he was sat in a wheel chair and we thought that he had broken a leg or something, in fact he had a stroke earlier in the year but is carrying on with the show!

On Saturday we pottered about the house and in the afternoon we watched the live match which was Manchester City v Manchester United – jammy Utd. scored in the third minute of extra time! In the evening we had our usual steak and frits for dinner with all the trimmings.

This Sunday Mano and Anna once again joined us for our Sunday roast, this time it was Chicken with Lemon stuffing and Brenda’s usual selection of vegetables along with crispy roast potatoes cooked in Duck fat. Later we went up to Bar Rojas for some Carajillo’s to round off the night; the only problem was that Brenda kept me up half the night talking!

We went for a long walk on Monday as the weather had picked up and the sun was out, in fact by the time we bumped into Mano and Anna with a couple of other friends down in Morena’s bar it was 23 degs, in the shade ! Morena made fresh Patatas Fritas with some Tapas as we sat outside and once again watched the world go by.

This morning we have been out in the village to do some shopping in the small general shops for our fresh vegetables and at the same time I took the chance to take some more pictures around the village; the urbanization is below the village and over looks the mountains in the other picture below, the church and the fountain are at their best on a clear blue sky day, the sports hall, football pitch and paddle tennis courts were quiet as were the children’s play area and the only pensioner on the exercise machines was Brenda ! I don’t fit the category just yet !!