MANILVA STATE VISIT DAY ONE DAY TWO.

FRIDAY/SATURDAY 1ST/2ND OCTOBER 2010.

On Friday morning I shot across to Malaga airport to pick “Lady”Jane up on her State visit; as I arrived outside the airport with half an hour to spear my mobile went, it was Jane, she had arrived early! It took a couple of turns around the new airport system before we made contact at the arranged spot. The last picture below shows Jane outside the old terminal; on the way back we were talking and catching up so much that I missed the Manilva turning and we had to double back along the coast road from Sotogrande ! The weather was hot and sunny as we arrived back at the house, the phone went, it was Mano up at Bar Rojas asking us up for a drink so we shot up and had a nice welcome from him and Manolo and Lumy from Bar Rojas and the locals, several drinks later and after Albondigas and Patatas Fritas we retired for a siesta. In the evening we started with cocktails and nibbles on the roof terrace before we had our dinner; Scampi Provencale with Basmati rice and local Broccoli washed down with a crisp Rioja before we retired to Bar Rojas for Carajillo’s under a full moon on a warm balmy night were we met Lilli and her father ,Pentti who is over on holiday from Finland, we ended up asking them to join us for Sunday dinner,Pentti’s first English roast, sadly Brian was working on Sunday evening and could not join us.

Saturday morning started with breakfast on the roof terrace with freshly squeezed local orange juice, coffee, toast and fresh fruit; the plan was to take Jane and Brenda down to Sabinillas beach for the day as you can see in the next picture of them ready and waiting outside the house, the only problem was the Smart car was dead! I had left the lights on and had drained the battery! With the help of a local, José Antonio, who climbed in through the back window, took the floor up on the passenger side to uncover the battery, went and got a battery and charged it up all in a few minutes! I then took Jane down to the beach were she stayed for the day, she soon found herself on a sunbed outside the Rilax Bar with drinks on hand! After a she came back we had a siesta before we went up on the roof terrace in the very warm and sunny early evening; it was just the right time to open our bottle of Cloudy Bay that we had saved for a special occasion, just then we heard a loud whistle which we thought sounded like mine from below in the street, it was mine! Mano had sneaked in to give us a surprise! Anna and Mano had been to a family birthday party for children and called in just at the right moment for Anna to join us for a glass of the Cloudy Bay!! We then walked up to Bar Rojas for supper,Mano and Anna had ate at the party so we ordered for ourselves but not before we has sampled the first local Chestnuts of the season roasted over a wood burning heater that had been set up in the street in front of us as you can see in the next few pictures, we also got a bag for the stuffing on Sunday ! Just as our food arrived Brian,Lilli and Andy arrived and joined us; we had the fried fish ‘ Gallo ‘ in a light batter with lots of Patatas Fritas,fried eggs and a white Estafado of Pork washed down with the local Faustino Rosado ,by the bottle! We retired a lot later to bed feeling no pain after more Carajillo’s! Two days of a “ Helluva “ weekend with two more to go!!

Thought for the Day;

Remain Calm. Be Kind.


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