MANILVA THIS WEEKEND.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 25^th/26^th JUNE 2011.

After our usual ‘ Campo ‘ Poached Eggs on Toast for breakfast we took things easy for the rest of the day as it got hotter and hotter; Cheta was in and out as she chased around the local streets and played with the young children, who are now on holiday, and the other small dogs in the area. On the TV it was the Motorcycle GP from Holland which has extensive coverage here because of all the Spanish riders, there was lots of crashes in the wet conditions and a surprises at the same time, Ben Spies from America won his first GP and a young Spaniard, Maverick Vinales led two other Spanish riders to a one, two, three in the 125cc, meanwhile in the Moto 2 race another Spaniard, Marc Marquez won!  In the evening after our Entrecote Steak and Chips for dinner we watched a film after the football, it was the Euro Under-21 Championship Final from Denmark, Spain were playing Switzerland and won when they scored two wonder goals including a left footed 40-yard free kick from Alcantara, Spain-already World Cup and European Championship winners at senior level – added another trophy to their burgeoning collection!

We had a little lie in on Sunday morning and after getting ourselves sorted we went for a walk with Cheta before it got too hot; as we strolled to the top of our street in Calle Mar we found out that we had just missed the ‘Corpus Christi ’celebration and procession, I has not seen the date in the local calendar-sorry! Anyway we walked down through the village to the church and managed to get a couple of pictures on the way of the small tableau’s that people make outside their houses and then took the pictures above of the children in their Communion costumes. Corpus Christi is celebrated all over Spain in different ways, one of the most spectacular takes place in La Orotava on Tenerife, it is famous for its flower carpet which is layed along the main street by different organizations and at the end there is a religious tapestry made with peculiar volcanic sands. In our own small way Manilva has flower petals all along the streets ! We then retired back to Bar Rojas for a cool drink under the Sonbrajo. In the afternoon I watched the Grand Prix from Valencia on the large PC, the weather at this time of the year effects the television reception, so I have the main TV channels on the PC and can watch the sport as needed;Vettel won again and Fernando Alonso was second in what was a historic race because all the drivers finished, for only the fourth time in Grand Prix history and at the same time it was the most cars to finish – 24 ! Not a lot of people know that !! Mano and Anna called in, early evening so we caught up with all the news and gossip as we had not seen them for a few days. We had a light supper and then settled down to watch the TV news.

GLASTONBURY 2011.

We have been watching this year’s festival on the PC; for the first time we have been able to watch the live performances, on Friday afternoon we caught B.B.King and his band, still rocking it out with a set of very professional musicians. The BBC TV coverage is very comprehensive on BBC2/3/4 and the Glastonbury web page has all the details, video’s etc. In the evening it was the first appearance at the festival for U2 ! They were very good, no gimmicks, no moving stages etc just four top musicians at the top of their craft ! The sound which comes from just the two guitars and drums, as well as Bono’s voice, is unbelievable. On Saturday evening it was Coldplay’s turn and they did not disappoint. Then on Sunday evening it was Beyonce on the Pyramid stage to close the festival, she was the first Lady to have this privilege, she gave the best performance of her life with her all girl band and backing singers, her dancers are also very special and the show was memorable as she belted out all her hits and some new ones, watched in the crowd by her husband, the rapper JAY-Z and her best friend Gwyneth Palltrow, “ Bootylicious ! Beyonce ”in her black hot pants and gold belted jacket with her hair blowing curly and free in the air stole the festival !! Another interesting fact is that over the main three days of the festival on eight stages over 170 band/acts played live !

Thought for the Day;

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

                                                                                                                                                

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