MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY/TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY 19^th/20^th/21^st NOVEMBER 2012.

This week we are back to normal after all the excitement over the weekend; the weather has settled down and the forecast is sunny with clouds all week – 18/19degs – so we can’t complain! Brenda is catching up with the chores and I’ am on the WWW. I caught ‘ Saturday Morning Kitchen ’and updated and posted the picture blog as you can see below of our day out in Sanlucar de Barrameda on Saturday; Tim called on the Skype Video after reading about our exploits and Brian over in Pori,Finland left us a nice message and a picture of the ‘ James Bond ‘ Lotus car that went under water – to see if we wanted to buy it ! Brenda fancied a change for dinner and requested ‘ Poulet Sauté Marengo ’- so the chef created a Poached Brest of Chicken finished in a rich Lobster and Prawn sauce topped with a Poached Egg ! The New Potatoes from the market in Sanlucar were just right along with some finely sliced Green Beans !! The late film was “ The Assassin -  Point of No Return ”from 1993 and starring Bridget Fonda, in the main part and Gabriel Byrne and just at the end the ever excellent Harvey Keitel !

Tuesday was check the car day; it was sunny so we were able to leave the windows open to help with drying, Brenda had the mats out up on the roof terrace and did some more soaking up with towels and spraying with the fresh air deodoriser as I checked the Oil, Coolant and Water as well as the lights, we put air in the tyres on Friday morning – fingers crossed ! Mano and Ana called in at lunchtime as Mano had a day off; we then told them all about the tale on our visit to the town where Mano was born and showed them all the pictures that we had taken, more than are on the blog – the main church is where all Mano’s family were baptised and of course the family still go to ‘ Los Corrales ’when they are back in the town, one of his sisters was there just a couple of weeks ago! In the evening we had Pork Cutlets for supper with Lyonnaise Potatoes and Cabbage with Alselgas ( From our neighbours Campo ) before we watched the football; Barcelona won and Messi scored two as they qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League, meanwhile the news is just in that Roman Abramovich has fired Roberto Di Matteo after Chelsea lost 3-0 to Juventus, the eighth manager in eight years – they are after Pep Guardiloa who is on a year out of the game, over in new York! Watch this space!!

PS; Rafael Benitez has been appointed the Chelsea manager till the end of the season.

Today, Wednesday as you can see below we got the result that we wanted when the car passed the ITV(MOT) at the first go ! There is just a little chance of rain but we are going for a walk around the village with Cheta later - it was so nice that we ended up sat under the Sonbrajo at Bar Rojas having a 'Celebration' drink; tonight is ‘ Curry Night ’in Manilva,out of the deep freeze and then more football as Mourinho leads Real Madrid to Manchester City to finish off the ‘ Euro Failures ’as he calls them ! Watch this space !!

PS; The score was 1-1 but Real totally outplayed City and so City have failed to reach the last 16 of the Champions League for the second successive year ! 

Thoughts for the Day;

Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration; When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees !

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