Tuesday, April 30, 2013
MANILVA - GIRONA ON MONDAY
MONDAY 29th/
APRIL 2013
Well the
dog stayed with us until the late afternoon when Isobel came home; the weather
over the weekend has been sunny but cool and on Monday the wind picked up and
as forecast it was cold. Rain was forecast but did not happen and tomorrow it
is more of the same before the rest of the week gets back to normal; in the
rest of Spain they have had severe rain storms and new heavy snow falls in all
the Northern regions and on all the mountains, Tim and Thea are having a few
days away in Majorca, I hope they have packed their macks, wellies and umbrellas
as it is rather damp at the moment to say the least!
Mano called
in later in the afternoon and picked up the paper’s, he has not been working
over the weekend and Anna has had some family over from Manchester
Over in
England in the evening at the Guildhall in London it was the announcements of
the ‘Worlds 50 Best Restaurants’ by the “ Restaurant Magazine” ‘El Cellar De Can Roca’ in Girona above
Barcelona was named the best, this is the first year that the restaurant has
held the title, though it has been on the list for eight years; the restaurant
is helmed by three brothers,Josep,Jordi and Joan Roca – see the pictures above.Better pictures and menu details will follow!
In the
evening for supper we had cold Pork with all the leftovers, we always prepare
more just for this reason and then settled down to watch the Monday night
classic movie called “ Turbulence ” from 1997 – a thriller in the ‘Air’ as Ray
Liotta goes mad as only he can and Lauren Holly has to deal with him and land
the 747 at Los Angeles Airport ! Check to see if she did!!
PS; The
pictures below show the work update’s on Tuesday morning around the village.
Thoughts
for the Day;
Excellence
is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you
have to offer. Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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Monday, April 29, 2013
MANILVA ON SUNDAY
SUNDAY 28th/
APRIL 2013.
We had a
nice long lie in on Sunday morning before we got the day on the go; after our
tea and toast we started on our roast, sadly not Rib of Beef as we can only
dream of it as the price is too restrictive at the moment due to the Euro v the
Pound! Another day – say la vie!! We roasted a nice Loin of Pork and I made a
savory Herb Stuffing and the finger coating Pan-Gravy later; Brenda’s
vegetables were Cauliflower and Broccoli florets with my now famous ‘Three’
Cheese sauce, Cabbage with Alselgas,sweet Baby Carrots and Garden Peas for me!
We had some nice minted New Potatoes and I roasted in Goose fat crisp half
sliced baby Roast Potatoes. We have not heard from Mano and Anna and they have
not called in to pick up their papers so it was just the two old aged
pensioners sat down to dinner!
Whilst I’
am on about food we were very jealous this week when David and Jane with two
friends went and stayed at the “Gleneagles” Hotel and dined at the eponymous
restaurant ‘Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles’ as part of David’s 50th
birthday celebrations; it has two ‘Michelin’ stars, has been voted as one of
the world’s top ten best hotel restaurants and he was voted AA Chef’s Chef of
the Year; Home Smoked Scottish Lobster with warm Lime and Herb Butter and Roast
Fillet of Turbot, Seaweed Butter, Asparagus and Clam Veloute being two of his
signature dishes that they tried! See the pictures above; proper food, no
spheres, foams, chemistry or molecular cooking as David commented served by
charming, professional and knowledgeable staff. Sublime!!
At
lunchtime we went for a late walk with the dog and stopped at Bar Rojas for a
drink; we then had my Mint and Pea Frittata back at our house after showing
Lumy the pictures, for her approval, as it is her recipe! And ‘Yes’ she did !!
We then caught up with all the sport and then watched the afternoon film
classic “ The Yards ”from 2000 which is set in the commuter rail yards in New
York City, hence the title; Mark Wahlberg, the award winning Joaquin
Phoenix,Charlize Theron who I did not recognize with short hair, James Caan and
Faye Dunaway in the true story based on a corruption scandal of the 80s.
In the early evening Brenda picked the dog up with her bed as she was staying with us for the night as Isobel was not well and was staying at her daughters and going to see the doctor in the morning;she is no problem and we love having her to stay!
In the early evening Brenda picked the dog up with her bed as she was staying with us for the night as Isobel was not well and was staying at her daughters and going to see the doctor in the morning;she is no problem and we love having her to stay!
After our
roast dinner for two sat at our fully laid table,as usual we settled down to
watch the late film on TVE1; “ The Inside Man ”from 2006 also based in New York
Thoughts
for the Day; in pictures for a change !
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
MANILVA THIS WEEKEND
SATURDAY 27th/
APRIL 2013
It was a
rather overcast day as we got up and did not clear up much as the day went on;
I watched ‘Saturday Morning Kitchen’and Brenda pottered about the house
cleaning and scrubbing anything she could find! I kept out of the way in the office!!
In the
afternoon I watched the early kick-off in England Manchester City
PS; Nadel won the Barcelona Open for the 8th time and Sharapova won a 'Porsche'in Germany.
PS; Nadel won the Barcelona Open for the 8th time and Sharapova won a 'Porsche'in Germany.
Here in
Spain in the ‘ La Liga’ Real Madrid won 1-2 at Atl.Madrid but Barcelona could
only manage a draw at Atl.Bilbao 2-2 The match of the day was over in England
with the late kick-off at Newcastle v Liverpool – Liverpool won 0-6 and played
some sublime football – why can’t they do it all the time? I have also been
following the cycling as it starts to get interesting; over in Switzerland
PS; Froome had an easy win in Switzerland.
PS; Froome had an easy win in Switzerland.
In the
evening for supper we had ‘Steak a la Plancha’ with Sautéed Onions and
Mushrooms, sliced Green Beans,crisp Chips and mine topped with a fried Egg! The
late film that we had not seen before was “ Jennifer 8 ” from 1992 with Andy
Garcia,Uma Thurman and John Malkovich – a murder mystery with a twist – Garcia
is the cop,Uma is a blind music teacher and Malkovich is the FBI - don’t miss the end and no Malkovich didn’t do
it!!
Thoughts
for the Day;
A person
does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
COLWYN BAY AND OLD COLWYN
SATURDAY 27th/
APRIL 2013
Another old
friend’s mother has posted some more old pictures from yester-year in North Wales ; some classic pictures of life as
it was – I just can’t resist posting them !
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Friday, April 26, 2013
MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND
THURSDAY 25th/
FRIDAY 26th/ APRIL 2013.
As you can
see on Thursday morning after breakfast we went for a long walk around the
village, my first since Monday; hopefully I’ am ‘Back’ to normal after the
tablets and the intense nursing from the ‘In- House’ nursing sister!! In the
early afternoon Tim called on the Skype video to see how I was, thanks Tim ! I
still could have done with his ‘ Masseuse’ help on his plinth, Brenda says that
she wouldn’t mind also having a quick rub-down!
For supper
we had English Pork sausages with grilled Smoked Bacon,Tomato,fried Campo Eggs
and crisp chips before we settled down to watch the 1ST Leg of the
UEFA Europa League semi-final between Basle and Chelsea on’Telecinco’ – Basle
1-2 Chelsea after Chelsea scored in the 94th minute!
This
morning we went down to Sabinillas for the shopping, called into the bank,
picked up the papers and exchanged some books in the English bookshop and then
went into the Chinese supermarket for a new(Cheap) clock for the office wall;
we then went for our walk with the dog down to the local market by the Congress
centre to pick up some flowers and a plant for our next door neighbour for a
thank you for all the fruit and vegetables she passes in from her Campo, for
instance yesterday fresh large Broad Beans and this morning very fresh baby new
Garden Peas! Over the weekend I’ am going to make a small Pea Frittata for lunch !! Watch this space.
While we
were out we discovered that the council have started yet another project behind
the Congress centre, it looks like it is going to be a small park; as we walked
back up through the center of the village we could smell the Tarmac being laid
in the area of Wall street; see the picture above, they have also started to
clear the small square above Wall street and are going to finish it off at the
same time!
Yesterday
afternoon the Mayor and the council as part of the cultural week celebrations
unveiled a new plaque in Calle Aurora in
Sabinillas; the plaque was originally erected in 1981 and portrays the text of
a poem by the eminent poet Rafael Alberti – see the picture above from Gary at
the The Resident newspaper;
Tonight for
supper we are having deep-fried Hake fillets in Beer Batter with Mushy Peas(
Tinned!) and square cut chips with lots of Lemon juice! Yummy ! The'Cruz Campo' batter is so light and tasty - an old 'Gary Rhodes' recipe! We will then find a
film to watch after channel hopping.
Thoughts
for the Day;
Imagination
is more important than knowledge. Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens. Things do not change, we change.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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