Wednesday, April 30, 2014
HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;
WEDNESDAY
30th/ APRIL 2014.
It’s going
to be another ‘Helluva’ hot one in sunny Manilva today; we are just pottering
about catching up with the chores, Brenda is washing, drying, ironing,
cleaning, polishing and any other ‘ing’ that she can find to do! She is getting
back to her old self but is still not right so she has an appointment with the
doctor on Monday morning for a check up; meanwhile I’ am as you can see up in
the office reading any E-Mails, checking out Facebook, reading the on-line
newspapers and watching the news – I’ve just updated my ‘Twitter’ account with
a new picture and heading, it looks rather good – ‘Tweet’ me!!
We have
decided not to make a’ Dish of the Day’ as we normally do on a Wednesday so
tonight’s supper is going to be pan-fried ‘Chicken Wings’ which I get from the butcher,
he cuts them from all the fresh Chickens as they are used, he then trims and
cuts them in two, they are very cheap and tasty – in fact they are ‘Gordon
Ramsey’s favorite thing to eat – I don’t know if that’s a recommendation or
not! Baked potato and a mixed salad to accompany them, we eat them warm, Brenda
likes to pick then with her fingers and I prefer to take all the meat of the
bones before attacking them!
Tomorrow
here in Spain it’s the ‘May Day’ bank holiday so it makes it a long weekend as
the ‘Workers’ tend to take off the Friday as well and make into a longer bank
holiday! For supper we are having my famous ‘Sexton Stacked Burgers’ with a
treat – a few fresh Frits!
This
evening after supper I will shoot upstairs to the office to watch the second
leg semi-final game of the ‘UEFA Champions League’ as Chelsea welcome Atletico
Madrid on the large PC via my ‘First Row Live Football’ – will it be an all
Spanish final in Lisbon or will ‘Mr. Mourinho’ make it back home to Portugal ?!
So 'Mr. Mourinho' won't be going home - Chelsea 1 - Atletico Madrid 3 - which means that it will be an all Madrid final in Lisbon !!
So 'Mr. Mourinho' won't be going home - Chelsea 1 - Atletico Madrid 3 - which means that it will be an all Madrid final in Lisbon !!
Last night
after the football we watched the late film, another re-make of the classic “
The Three Musketeers’ from 2011 – this time with a fairly un-know cast except
for Orlando Bloom and James Corden,both over ‘acting’ in a rather lavish and
spectacular, at times new version.
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;
TUESDAY 29th/APRIL
2014.
This
morning it was the sun that got us up, the weather at the moment and for the
rest of the week and into next is hot sunshine and no breeze, clear blue skies
and getting hotter, today its 29/31 degs! It’s also warmer during the night so
we are already changing to our summer covers on the bed.
After
breakfast we decided to go across to Estepona to the car hypermarket for Oil
& Coolant as it’s a lot cheaper, we then dropped down through the town and
called in ‘Carrefore’ to have a look around, first to check out the camera’s as
I’ am planning to get a new Nikon later in the year, not much in stock so it
means that we will go across to the larger ‘Las Palomas’ shopping mall and
hyper shops behind Algeciras some time next week; I was also looking for a
light cotton bathrobe for the summer at the same time ,no luck also! We did
call into the ‘Josh-Stick/Oils’ shop for some scented oil for the burner on our
coffee table – success!
Last night
I had an E-Mail from Bedwyr over in North Wales with an up-date on the
exhibition/project at the ‘Oriel Mostyn Art Gallery’in Llandudno; it has been
very well received, including a review in the ‘Guardian’ guide last Saturday,
everybody has said that it has brought back very many happy memories of the
Hotel 70* He is sending us a signed print from the model that the animators
made; to watch the film you can go to –
bedyrwilliams.wista.com/projects/olookharg3 – bear in mind that he used some
artistic license with the interior and in his own words “ Be warned the film is
a little strange” !!
So this
evening for supper we are having ‘Pan-fried Calves Liver’ with English Pork
Sausages, Smoked Bacon, sautéed Mushrooms and grilled Tomato, fried Onion rings
and the rest of last night’ ‘Spaghetti Milanaise’ – yesterday our next door
neighbor Anna passed in through the back kitchen window some lovely fresh large
Broad Beans, so I’ am making them into a local ‘Dish’ after cooking and
shelling them I will toss them with a little Garlic and Smoked Bacon sippits!
It will
then be time to watch the second leg semi-final of the ‘UEFA Champions League’
between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on TVE 1 – last nights film was one that
we had not seen before, for a change “ The Cold Light of Day” from 2012 – it’s
a CIA/Mossad spy story filmed in Spain and mostly in the center of Madrid
starring Henry Cavill,Bruce Willis( Briefly!) Sigourney Weaver as the baddie
and Veronica Echegui as the love interest – watch it to the end to catch the
night-time car chase through the streets in the center of Madrid
Real Madrid won 0-4 - 0-5 on aggregate to reach the final - totally out-playing the Germans!!
Real Madrid won 0-4 - 0-5 on aggregate to reach the final - totally out-playing the Germans!!
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF ANOTHER WEEK;
MONDAY 28th/APRIL
2014.
We were
awoken this morning by the street cleaning machine as it went past our bedroom
window; the sun is out and its going to be another hot one, yesterday it
reached 29/30 degs and today the forecast is for 25/27 degs – more of the same
all this week and into the weekend!
Yesterday
evening as we were out for a walk with Scruffy we bumped into, not literally, a
very nice lady with her young son, she was obviously pregnant and introduced
her self as the nurse that looked after me in hospital back in the end of
February when I had a nasty bowl infection; Gema Lopez was visiting her family
in the village, she’s a local girl, born & bred and introduced herself to
us as we didn’t recognize her out of uniform and with her hair down, she
enquired after my heath and we had a nice chat, she’s expecting twin-girls!
We wish her
all the very best and it was nice to see her again in different circumstances!
This
morning our Pensions have arrived into out Spanish Bank account, this month they
have gone up a small amount due to the increase from the English government and
as it so happens the ‘Euro’ has also picked up a bit at the same time – result!
Fingers crossed for Thursday when the transfer from our English bank account
happens with some annuities payment that goes into the account monthly!
At lunchtime we went for our walk with Chispa around the village and ended up sat in the 'Plaza de la Vendimia' taking in the sights,our neighbours, the sounds,the water fall & fountain and the smells,coming from the house's along the top as we enjoyed the tranquillity of a very hot and sunny Manilva. See the pictures above of a 'Helluva' Blue sky!
At lunchtime we went for our walk with Chispa around the village and ended up sat in the 'Plaza de la Vendimia' taking in the sights,our neighbours, the sounds,the water fall & fountain and the smells,coming from the house's along the top as we enjoyed the tranquillity of a very hot and sunny Manilva. See the pictures above of a 'Helluva' Blue sky!
Last night
was the final evening in the ‘Manilva Cultural’ week taking place in the ‘Wine
Centre Theater’ – so it was time for some small ‘Plays’ performed by the local
including our neighbours Marta and her father! See the pictures above.
Late last
night I watched the ‘Argentinean Motor GP’ in the early hours of Monday
morning, due to the time difference, it was very exciting as Marc Marquez won
after overtaking Lorenzo and his team mate Pedrosa also managed to get past to
make it 1/2 for Honda and a Spanish1/2/3!
At the
official ‘Weigh in’ this morning it was a good news and a bad news day; Brenda
has finally lost a kilo but I have put on 2 kilo’s after my initial 3 kilo loss
last week – I blame the potatoes last night! The menus for the week are
planned, tonight we are having ‘Escalope of Pork Schnitzels; with ‘Spaghetti
Milanaise’ – then on Tuesday its pan-fried Calves Liver with English Pork
Sausages and Smoked Bacon before Wednesday’s Chicken, yet to be decided dish –
Thursday is left over day and Friday fish!
After
supper this evening we will catch up with all the news,sport and weather for
the rest of the week before finding something to watch. Its another big week in
football with two semi-final second-leg matches taking place, tomorrow its
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid on TVE1 and then on Wednesday Chelsea v Atletico
Madrid!
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;
SUNDAY 27th/
APRIL 2014.
Just a
little lie in this morning at the start of yet another glorious day in sunny
Manilva; it looks like the weather is the same for next week, no plans yet just
taking things easy. One day we will go across to the ‘Poligamo- Industrial
Estate’ in Estepona for some cheap Oil and Coolant for the car.
Today we
are relaxing and freshening our self’s up before we go for a walk with both of
the dogs as ‘Scruffy; is coming for the day with us later; this afternoon I
will be watching the Liverpool v Chelsea game upstairs in the office on the
large PC.
Oh " B----r " !! Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 !! Not the end of the world - but ?! City have just won 0-2 so they are now back in the driving seat to win !! Meanwhile Ateltico Madrid won 0-1 and are now pretty certain to win here!!- But late on here Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-3 and are still in with a slim chance!!!
Oh " B----r " !! Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 !! Not the end of the world - but ?! City have just won 0-2 so they are now back in the driving seat to win !! Meanwhile Ateltico Madrid won 0-1 and are now pretty certain to win here!!- But late on here Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-3 and are still in with a slim chance!!!
Tonight for
our supper we are having ‘Medallions of Pork Fillet’ cooked on the griddle with
Carrots in Ginger. Diamond-cut Green Beans and as a treat a small amount of our
favorite ‘Breton’ potatoes – diced
boiled potatoes tossed with chopped Onions, Mushrooms and Red & Green
Peppers in foaming butter! And yes of course a sauce boat of my famous 'Charcutiere' sauce - Oh dear it’s the ‘Weigh in’ on Monday morning!
Yesterday
we had a good film day as we watched three and missed one! In the afternoon after
the football we chose to watch from six films “ K19 The Widowmaker” from 2002
with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson about a Russian Nuclear submarine facing
various disasters on a voyage- a story based on an actual event! Then after
supper we watched two films at the same time, don’t ask! – “ The American” from
2010 with George Clooney and Thekla Reuten about a assassin with no heart! –
and on another channel a re-make of the classic 1957 film “ 3:10 to Yuma” from
2007 with Russell Crowe as the baddie and Christian Bale as the goodie – watch
out for the final shoot-out at the end!
Finally it
was “ Wyatt Earp” from 1994 with Kevin Costner and a very large ‘Ensemble’ cast
– it was on late on the channel with the longest commercial breaks 6/7 minutes
which makes the film nearly45 minutes longer! So we didn’t catch it!!
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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