MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

THURSDAY 10^th/ FRIDAY 11^th/ JANUARY 2013.

We awoke to yet another sunny morning, the sun shines into our bedroom as we pull up the blinds; it was so nice that when we went for a walk with Cheta, we did not need our coats, we ended up down at Bodega Augustin and bumped into Mano and Anna who were out for their morning walk and coffee; we caught up with all their news and some village gossip; we have asked them for Sunday Dinner as we are planning to roast the Topside of Beef, we will have to wait and see as they never know what they are doing  it’s called ‘ Hasta Manana ’! In the afternoon Brenda retired to the roof terrace and I tried to watch ‘Saturday Morning Kitchen ’on the BBCIPlayer – I’ am having problems getting a good contact – it must be the satellite updates that they are setting in motion. In the evening for supper we had Cold Smoked York Ham with Egg and Chips before we caught up with football news; it was the ‘ Copa Del Rey ’( Same as our FA Cup ) – Barcelona won 5-0 and rested Messi while Real Madrid won 4-0 with a Ronaldo hatrick! We then watched the Spanish soap that we follow “ Cuentame Como Paso ” ( Tell me how it happened ) – it’s about a family living in Madrid back in the late 60s/early70s.It shows life mixed in with actual film footage, last night it was 1975 and the attempted coup in the congress on the 23^rd of February, the music and clothes of the time are also very realistic. The series has been on since 2001 and the characters have grown up in their parts; the two main parts our the husband and wife played by Imanol Arias and Anna Duato- ‘ Antonio and Mercedes.

PS; Mano and Anna have just confirmed that they are coming on Sunday.

This morning we went down to Sabinilas for the weekend shopping; we called and picked up the papers and also some more books ‘ Patterson’s ’for our reading. After we came back we walked down to market with the dog for flowers and I spotted some socks on the 241 stall at 3euros! I then went across to the council Sports office and enquired again about the Basketball tickets,we were on the waiting list but they informed me that they had had a phone call and we are on the trip next Friday - result - it pays to have friends in high place's !We are waiting on Jane sending us their flight details for ‘ Valentines ’weekend on the 15^th Feb. We are really looking forward to our first guests this year and hope that the sunny weather hold out! Tonight we are having some large fresh Gambas to start – A La Plancha – with sea salt and then the rest of the Goujons of Hake with homemade Tartare sauce from last week. It is then film night so we will channel hop and find something to watch.I found the " Shooter " from 2007 - a conspiracy thriller with Mark Wahlberg in the title role and Danny Glover,for a change,as the baddie! 

Thought for the Day;

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

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