MANILVA TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY 7TH JULY 2010

SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN

We have just had our best night ever in Manilva; when Spain beat Germany in the European Cup two years ago we ended up in the fountain and we will again be in it on Sunday when we beat Holland! The village has gone mad, we started at lunchtime when we went up to Bar Rojas with the gang to practise,we had a spot to eat and a siesta back at the house and then met up again with Mano,Anna,Carlos,Anna Mari,Brian and Lilli to watch the match on the large screen TV; the locals were already in the Bar and we had reserved a table, the girls sat outside and watched the match as the four musketeer’s kicked up a storm with me on the whistle,Mano on the drum, Brian banging the table and Carlos leading the chanting ! Bar Rojas was the loudest bar in the village, even all the old senora’s joined in waving their flags and singing as more and more locals came and joined in; when Spain scored the place went ballistic, Queen Sofia,who was at the match, was dressesd in red with a yellow scarf and jumped up and clapped in the VIP box,later she went down to the dressing room to congratulate the team and Puyol in particular who just had a towel around his waist ! I was dancing with Lume and Carlos and Mano jumped on one another,Carles Puyol who scored a brilliant header has been my favorite player over the last couple of years with Barcelona and Spain,as the match finished we all charged out onto Calle Mar and the celebrations really started,the village goes mad as the cars return up the hill with their horns blowing,we sat across the street at one time and stopped the traffic,the picture that was taken by my assistant photographer is a little blurred but Lume is on the left,Mano is sat down banging his drum,Carlos and Me are waving the flags and Brian is in charge of security on the right! Later I was directing the cars as they came along the street and at one moment ended up in the back of a convertible Merc ! The other picture shows us as we welcomed all the cars back into the village.

Thought for the Night;

Let us be gratefull for fools,but for them the rest of us would not succeed.


ONE “ HELLUVA NIGHT ”

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