SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY " ANDALUCIA DAY"

SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY LUNCHTIME " ANDALUCIA DAY "

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

A WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY " ANDALUCIA DAY & GLOBAL SCOUSE DAY "

SATURDAY 28^th/ FEBRUARY 2015 “ANDALUCIA DAY” & “GLOBAL SCOUSE DAY” !!

No lie in for the wicked this morning as the sun was out early and the sky is blue, there is still a stiff breeze but it’s due to drop later. We freshened ourselves up and for breakfast we had a little treat of Brenda’s famous ‘Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast with mugs of steaming tea! See below

At the moment the council workmen are getting ready the stage outside the Town Hall at the top of our street; the formal part of the celebrations start with a parade by the Manilva Brass Band along Calle Mar and then the rising of the Andalucia Flag along with the singing of the Andalucia Anthem by the Village Choir and then of course some speeches by the new Mayor Diego Urieta Jimenez to mark the referendum in 1980 when the autonomous region of Andalucia was born!! See the pictures above later.

The second set of pictures are the informal ones,the Manilva TV presenter ,Anna,all dressed up,the stages being set up,the Band of the Music School with Isobel singing and the traditional Vegetable & Bread Soup!.

The rest of the celebrations that take place all day and this evening are not now moving down to the Congress Centre by the sports complex. They are all taking place in Calla Mar with an extra stage!

Now today is also another rather special day as its “Global Scouse Day” which when all true ‘Scousers’ remember their place of birth ( Walton Hospital 24/09/1945!) – 70 years ago this year!! It’s going to be a ‘Helluva’ celebration!! We are having our ‘Scouse’ made to my Mum’s recipe next Wednesday for supper.

Speaking of celebrations, we are preparing to welcome back the ‘Queen of Skelton’ with her consort on Sunday March 29^th – they are arriving at Gibraltar Airport on an official ‘State’ visit where the official ‘Red Limousine’ will be waiting to pick then up.

It’s going to be a very busy time for them as in the first week it’s the ‘Semana Santa’ processions here in the village, over in Estepona as it happens, on Saturday 28^th March the new ‘ Botanical Gardens & Orchid House’ is due to open and also the new 600 seat ‘Felipe VI’ Theater is also opening around then!! Back here in sunny Manilva all her very loyal citizens have planned various activities and a welcome ‘Banquet’ is in the planning stages! Watch this space.

On Thursday evening we watched on ‘TVE 2’ live coverage of the 2015 “ Drag Queen Carnival ‘Las Palmas’ from Grand Canaria which in hosted by Roberto Herrera & Antonia San Juan in true Carnival style – see some picture below of the Drag Queen stars performing!

'Reina' is with us for the evening while Daniela is singing down at 'La Raspita'!

This evening for our supper we are having ‘Entrecote Steak’ cooked on the hot griddle plate ‘Med-Rare’ with all the usual trimmings before settling down to catch up with the news, sport and weather details; here in ‘La Liga’ Barcelona travel to Grenada and tomorrow Real Madrid welcome Villarreal, over in the ‘Premiere League’ on Sunday its Liverpool v Manchester City and Everton travel down to London to play Arsenal.

Tomorrow in the ‘Six Nations Rugby’ England travel to Dublin to play Ireland in what could decide who wins the championship, watch out for ‘Jonny’ Sexton and a 6ft 11ins player for Ireland!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

A CRISP AND SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 27^th/ FEBRUARY 2015.

We overslept this morning as I left the alarm phone in the office! We had a quick breakfast and then shot down to Sabinillas for our weekly shopping, I had to double back to the bank as the ‘Mercadona’ computer systems were down and the tills would not accept the debit card.

On the way back we stopped at the Sabinillas market on the far end of the promenade to pick up some fresh flowers and plants,see above 'Calle San Vicente' 1 at lunchtime;

This morning the sun was out early and the skies are blue, there is a little stiff breeze coming in off the Atlantic so it’s a crisp & sunny Manilva today; over the weekend its getting warmer overall and will reach 21/23degs during the day and at night its up to 12/13degs which means that we have taken off one layer of covers off the bed!

See below sunny Manilva this lunchtime,the stage is set outside the Town Hall for 'Andalucia Day' tomorrow, in the 'Plaza de la Vendimia' the work is nearly finished on the Roman Pottery Ovens ?! 

Yesterday evening before supper we went down to the church as there was a ‘Memorial Mass’ for Lumy’s mum, Ann Rojas, it was very moving and we paid our respect to all the family at this very sad time.

As usual when we got back to the house ‘Chispa’ came charging up the street and tried to get into the car, she is now playing around the house as we are unpacking, tomorrow ‘Reina’ is with us for the evening as Daniela is playing at a local bar ‘La Raspita’ on the road down to Sabinillas from the village, she is picking her up after she finishes.

This evening for supper, for a change, we are having ‘Baked Fillets of Salmon’ using both local and farm Salmon, resting on a bed of sliced New Potatoes marinated in Virgin Olive Oil & Tarragon,Parsley, diced Sweet Pimento and with a ‘Macedoine’ of Baby Carrots & Garden Peas and Cauliflower florets.See below before it goes in the oven this evening in our new pan!

On Saturday evening its our usual ‘Entrecote Steak’ and then on Sunday it’s the ‘Chefs’ day off as we are going out to celebrate ‘Saint David’s Day’ at the ‘Cocomo’ Restaurant along the coast road past Estepona on the start of the ‘Golden Mile’ into Marbella, for a late Sunday Lunch.

At the moment the ‘Euro’is at its highest its been in over 5/6 years so here’s hopping that it stays strong as when is close this evening after the markets close world wide that’s what we will get as our Pensions are due into our Spanish Bank account on Sunday and Monday morning! Its still down overall by nearly 30% since we first arrived down here on the Costa Del Sol all those years ago!!

This evening after supper we will settle down to watch another episode on Gibraltar TV ‘GBC’ of the ‘Sky Arts Portrait Painter of the Year’ that we enjoyed last week.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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