A VERY WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 26^th/ JANUARY 2014.

We had a nice long lie in this morning as we are having a quiet day with no roasting for a change; after our tea and toast we pottered about and sorted ourselves out for next week, on Tuesday morning Andy is coming with me over to La Linea to go to the traffic department to hopefully sort out the transfer of my driving license to Spanish; then on Wednesday I have my appointment at the hospital past Marbella for my check up/results with my ‘Prostrate’ consultant!! Fingers crossed for both!!

This morning Andy called in and sorted out my mobile; I now have Facebook and Skype online and all my other apps are working; we then went for a short walk with the dog as Brenda’s back is acting up a bit – I gave her a little massage earlier this morning! (Brenda’s not the dog!) See the picture above of the ‘Plaza de la Vendimia’ where we sat and took in the warm sunshine on another fine day in sunny Manilva.

When we got back we had a small, by our normal standards ‘Brunch’ for a change from the Paella up at Bar Rojas; Campo fried Eggs in Virgin Olive Oil,crispy Smoked Bacon and sautéed Mushrooms,toast and of course HP Sauce! After I made a savory Basmati rice with finely diced Onions, Celery, Leeks, Red Peppers and Garden Peas ready for ‘supper – flattened Breast of Turkey cooked in foaming Lime Butter with Green Beans and a creamy Mushroom sauce on the side.

Yesterdays ‘Moroccan’ Feast at ‘La Bodega Espanola’ was one ‘Helluva’ meal! It started with a savory pastry followed by a min-Brochette of marinated Lamb, then another type of savory dry bread small vegetable pie. The next course was a very Moroccan dish of marinated Chicken in a sour yoghurt Turmeric flavored Filo Pastry crust – then the ‘Tajine’ of Lamb with Dates, Olives.dry fruits and Almonds followed- we were then surprised by another dish of a very rich Lemon sauce Chicken with a large dish of a Cous- Cous with braised vegetables and topped with more chunks of marinated Beef!! To finish it was small tasty sweet fruit pastry parcels.

We had a really enjoyable time with Klaus and Doreen who you can see in the pictures below; they are from Bremen outside Hamburg and have an on-line IT ‘Militaria’ business, they live just down the coast before Estepona in a large villa that they visit during various times of the year; we got on with them very well and soon became friends, they were good company and we are looking forward to seeing them again soon! Copious amounts of a very good and cheap Argentinean white wine went down well with the girls, some glasses of a similar Red for Brenda, beer for Klaus and I was in on a vintage reserve Gold Havana spirit with Coca Cola !!

This evening after supper we will catch up with the news,sport and weather details before settling down to find a film to watch.

PS; A very “ Happy Australia Day’ to all our family over in a very hot and sunny Australia !

Thought for the Day; See Above.

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