MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.

SATURDAY24th/SUNDAY25th NOVEMBER 2012.

The forecast for the weekend is OK and into next week it more of the same but there is a cold front coming in from the Atlantic by Tuesday; we pottered about the house on Saturday and started to read a couple of ‘Patterson’s ’for the next week ahead. In the afternoon I watched some sport on the TV and PC – City and Liverpool could only manage 0-0 draws and later over in Seville Real Madrid lost at Real Betis 1-0 in ‘ La Liga’For supper we had ‘ Steak a la Plancha’ with Mushrooms, Green Beans and Chips before settling down to watch a film; the classic films in the John Travolta season were ‘Saturday Night Fever ’and ‘ Pulp Fiction ’- now there’s two rather different films! We decided instead to watch a thriller that we had not seen “ Breakdown ” from 1997 with Kurt Russell,J,T,Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan – all action at the same time.

After a little lie in on Sunday morning we got ourselves sorted for the day; I made the ‘ Boulangere ’ potatoes for supper and Brenda caught up with house work,Cheta came crashing in as normal in the morning and stayed for a few hours; for our cooked breakfast which we have once a week a did a ‘ Fry Up/Brunch’ from what I could find in the fridge – Eggs,Tomato,Sliced Green Beans and Mushroom stalks,Corizo and a Baked Potato sliced and sautéed, with Fried Bread and Tea! That set us up for the day ahead !! In the afternoon I watched the football over in England before settling down to watch the Brazilian GP – it was one of the most exciting races in years as the weather, as usual at Intalagos played it’s part; on the very first corner Vettel was knocked down to last and on his radio called for the team to get ready for him to come into the pits and was told in no uncertain terms by his boss ‘ To get on with it as there is nothing we can do ! ’Meanwhile as the rain came they all had to change tires to suit the road conditions, Hamilton and Button fought for first place before Hamilton was taken out, finishing his race and career with Mclaren ! Schumacher in his last ever Grand Prix was fighting all the way, at one time he was last and ended up 7^th in the end! Alonso was at his best fighting all the way to the finsh,passing at every chance, he was second in the World Championship by only 3 points to Vettel and could only think about the missed chances during the year. Vettel is now a three-time World Champion, the youngest ever! Oh and yes Jenson Button won the race !! Later in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona won 0-4 at Levante with Messi scoring two again and are now 11 points clear from Real with Ath.Madrid who are second in the The Liga three points behind after their win at home 4-0. One other result was England’s ruthless 10-wicket win over India in the second test mach in Mumbai.

Later for supper we had Pan-fried Lamb Cutlets finished on the Boulangere Potatoes then caught a good action movie, “ S.W.A.T. from 2003 with Colin Farrell,Samuel L.Jackson and L.L.Cool

PS; The pictures below taken on Monday morning show that they are starting to open up and finish the car park under the Plaza Pozo Del Rey.

Thought for the Day;

Perseverance and audacity generally win.

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