SUNDAY.3RD/MONDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2010.
After a little lie in we had our usual light breakfast as Mano and Anna were calling to pick Jane up to take her down to the Sunday market in Sabinillas; the posy picture under the Bougainvilleas shows Jane on her way out. When she came back after we had got everything on the go we had Bacon and Mushroom Toasties to keep us going till dinner! We then started to get the Sunday roast on the go; we had eight for dinner, Jane, Mano and Anna, Lilli and her dad Pentti and a takeout plate for Brian along with ourselves! Roast Loin of Pork garnished with glazed Apple slices with Chestnut stuffing and proper finger coating gravy, Brenda’s vegetables, Cauliflower and Broccoli Mornay, Leeks in a cream sauce, Carrots and Turnip puree, Cabbage and Alsagas with Smoked Bacon bits and local Green Beans along with Parsley New Potatoes and my special Goose Fat roasted Potatoes! The picture below show our guest’s around the table, Lilli all dressed up with Anna, Jane Pentti and Brenda getting in the mood; we drank copious amounts of Faustino Rosado and Pinio Grigio! Jane had requested a sweet so we made our now famous individual Peach and Madeira Trifle, made with sweet sponge fingers soaked in a vintage Madeira wine, Strawberry Jam and Jelly, sliced Peaches in their juice, sweet Custard and topped with double Cream and Chocolate flakes!! The music which was played very loud on my PC with speakers and sub woofer from the floor above was chosen in honour of Lilli’s dad.Pentti, during the day he is highly specialized machine toolist, at night he is a rock and roll musician playing,Bass,Saxaphone and Harmonica in a band ! Canned Heat and George Thorogood and the Destroyers soon got us going! He has a vast knowledge of all music and is especially interested in the Beatles! Later in the evening Mano left for work and Lilli took Brian his large plated roast dinner with a mini Trifle for his supper! Pentti then went on the warm Brandy as we found out about his life in Finland over the years; I walked him home to their apartment in the early hours of the morning after a “ Helluva ” Sunday in Manilva.
On Monday morning, the last day of Jane’s stay, after breakfast we went for a long walk around the village to show Jane all the sites and clear our heads ! We ended up at the entrance to the village on the new Mirador in the very warm mid day sun and then went into Carlos’s Antique Bar opposite; we started off by sampling the sweet Manilva wines after he had shown us his own private Bodega with this years wine in the barrels in front of his old grape press as you can see in the pictures above. We then sat outside and hit a very nice dry white Rioja; as we sat enjoying the day we spotted Manolo from Bar Rojas, he is closed on a Monday so we called him over and he joined us for a little goodbye session with Jane, he then produced his favourite dried fish which is rock hard and smells not good but when you taste a little piece it is ok,Mano also loves it and chews it all the time! We headed back up past the Police station where Paco the chief of Police greeted us warmly before we came back to he house for a snack and a siesta before a took “ Lady ”Jane back to the airport in Malaga to catch her early evening flight back to Liverpool after her State Visit ! Before she left she had written a very nice message in our little Red Guest comment book! Thanks !! We are looking forward to her next visit when she is coming with her new man in her life “ Lord ”David who is a Master Chef,so I will have to be at my best !!
Thought for the Day;
Have a Vision.Be Demanding.
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