MANILVA TODAY.

FRIDAY 27th JULY 2012.

This morning we were up bright and early after all the excitement of last night; I jumped on the bus, eventually, as at my first attempt it did not appear and shot down to Sabinillas to pick up the papers and when I got back we went for a walk with Cheta down to the local market in the village for some flower’s, the work is progressing on the underground car park at new Plaza Pozo del Rey as you can see in the pictures above. We picked up our Steak for dinner on Saturday and I then went on the WWW to catch up with the news; over in Cheshire in Northwich it is David and Jane’s first wedding anniversary today, “Congratulations” to you both – we know that you will have a “Helluva “Day. See the picture above. In our e-mails there were some very nice comments and pictures from Norway, the people we met the other night up at Bar Rojas, Anette, Emilia and Odd Bjorn have set us as promised some pictures and also some very nice comments about our short time with them – thank you all and we will reply to them shortly – the pictures are also above.

Tonight it is the turn on the ‘ Manilva Brass Band ’on the stage for their concert; I will pop up and take some pictures but we are not going to see it as we are joining the other billon people of the global TV audience to watch the spectacular opening of the 2012 Olympic Games from the new stadium in south London ! The gates have just opened and the ‘ Queens ’ Bentley and ‘ David Beckham’s ’are ready and waiting !! Come on England show them how to put on a show ! The Olympic Torch is nearly there, it is on a spectacular Barge at the moment ( Who is going to light the Olympic Flame ? ) Sir Chris Hoy,one of my hero’s is carrying the Union Jack !! All will be revealed later – watch this space after you have watched it yourselves !!

We are having for supper this evening a ‘ Sea Food Platter ’ consisting of very large shelled Prawns cooked in Lemon Butter, shallow fried whole Langoustines in Breadcrumbs, you eat them whole a bit like soft shell Crabs in the USA ! Cold Crab with Marie Rose Sauce and a seafood ‘ Vinaigrette ’ which I made earlier of Mussels,Octopus,Crab Claws, Baby Prawns and a little diced Red Pepper for colour ! Plenty of Lemon and Lime wedges are called for !


Thought for the Day;


The difference between a smart man and a wise man; a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.



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