MANILVA THIS WEEK.

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY 25th/26th/27th APRIL 2012.

Yet another hot and sunny day as we set off after our breakfast to walk the dogs; we ended up at Bar Rojas and sat outside under the Sonbrajo to take in the sights,sounds and cooking smells of Manilva as we had an lunchtime snifter ! In the afternoon Brenda was out on the roof terrace reading and I caught up with the WWW.For supper we had Pan Fried flattened Turkey Breast in a foaming Citrus Butter with Basmati Rice and Green Beans accompanied with our rich Tomato sauce before we watched the Real Madrid game – enough said about that the better! The late film was a classic cowboy – “ The Last Hard Men ” from 1976 – with James Coburn, Charlton Heston and Barbara Hershey in the main roles, it’s a goodie – there are more cowboy films to come as it is a season of them on one particular channel !

On Thursday we took things easy around the house and caught up with the chores; meanwhile I was watching on the BBC IPlayer “ Later with Jools Holland ” In the evening just as I was to start cooking dinner Mano phoned and asked us up to Bar Rojas or a few drinks and to watch the football – we were up in a shot and soon got into the spirit of things as we watched the Athletic Bilbao v Sporting ( Portugal ) game in the second leg of the semi-final of the Europa Cup; at half time I had a Lumy ‘ Special Hamburger ’ which is homemade and comes with Tomato,Cos Lettuce, Onions, Crispy Bacon and topped with a fried Egg ! Oh yes of course a plate of Patatas Fritas as well ! The picture below was taken with my new Samsung phone and is my first downloaded picture to appear on the Blog – watch this space! The game was very exciting and the Basque team played very well, Fernando Llorente created two goals and scored the final one in their 3-1 win,4-3 on aggregate ! They will meet Atletico Madrid in the final in Bucharest who easily beat Valencia in the other semi-final with a 5-2 aggregate score. This means that Bilbao are now in two finals as they are also in the ‘ Copa de Rey ’ against Barcelona; the big news over here in Spain which has just broke is that Pep Guardiola is leaving Barcelona at the end of the season and they have just announced at a press conference this morning that the assistant coach Tito Vilanova will be the new boss !! More to follow! The move to name his replacement so swiftly was a surprise. The late film was Sam Peckinpath’s 1969 film “ The Wild Bunch ” with a “ Helluva ” cast of Wiliam Holden,Ernest Borgnine,Robert Ryan,Ben Johnson and Warren Oates – just to mention a few !

This morning, Friday, we have been down in Sabinillas doing the shopping and a couple of messages; after calling into the bank we stopped at an agents to get a price to transfer the car ownership into our names, as in Spain nothing is that simple to do with paperwork and bureaucracy but the price is unbelievable high, so its back to Plan B do it yourself ( With help ) from a friend and go over to Malaga to the traffic office ! We called into the council office to update one of our residency documents, it will be ready on Monday morning – that’s good ! We also spotted in the agent’s office on the wall a document with the details of how to apply on the internet for the Spanish Blue Health card, the ‘ Tarjeta Sanitaria Europea ( TSE ) ‘ so we are going to play it safe and get them anyway ! We did speak to the British Embassy in Madrid yesterday and they confirmed that the cards we have are OK and in the papers this morning is states that the cards will be stopped on the 31st August but only to illegal immigrants that do not have the right paperwork !! Keep your fingers crossed that we are up to date and legal !! We then checked out our local ‘Lidl ’which re-opened yesterday and picked up a very cheap Hand Blender which comes with all the attachments and then checked out the new Butchers and Fishmongers counters – very good. We stopped at the small Fruit and Vegetable market and bought a large bag of local potatoes and I spotted on the shelf the large bottle of Manilva Honey that we have been looking for – two birds with one stone ! Tonight we are having last nights dinner that I did not get round to cooking – Pork Cutlets with Lyonnaise Potatoes with Cabbage and Carrots.


Thought for the Day;


Reputiation is what other people know about you. Honour is what you know about yourself.


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