THURSDAY 23rd JUNE 2016.
A nice little lie in this was called for
after last night’s celebrations, we then treated ourselves to ‘English Smoked
Back Bacon Butties’ with a mug of steaming tea to get us going; I then went and
collected the folks and dropped them down in Sabinillas, I called into our bank
and then the ‘English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers and finally picked up
a couple of light bulbs from the ‘Ferreteria’s’ When I got back to the house I
went along to the Chemists in ‘ Calle Mar’ for some of my tablets.
We are taking things easy for the day and
catching up with the chores around the house, this evening the folks are
joining us for a nice chilled glass of Cava and to see all the pictures on the
Blog, we are then going out for our ‘ last supper’ to ‘ Venta la Choza’ Watch
this space.
Its yet another glorious day down here on
the ‘ Costa Del Sol’- from early this morning the sun was out and the sky was
bright blue, the breeze has dropped and by lunchtime its going to be hot, more
of the same to come over the weekend, sadly the folks are going home tomorrow
evening to heavy rain & storms – sorry!
Down in Sabinillas they are all ready for
tonight’s festivities as its the ‘ Noche de St Juan’ down on the beach, its the
‘fire’ festival when the tableau (this year its TV Cartoon’ characters) - is
burnt at midnight and then a large fireworks display follows, there is a large
& loud ‘Rumba Show Band’ playing on the stage along with lots of drinking
and singing until day light! Its a local ‘ Bank Holiday’ in the village
tomorrow!! We took the folks down three years ago when they were last here for
Brenda’s birthday so we are giving it a miss tonight! See this year Tableau
below on the beach this morning.
Last night we went down to ‘Puerto de la
Duquesa’ for her ‘ Birthday Bash’ to our favourite ‘ celebration’ restaurant “
Restaurante Macues “ where as usual we had a memorable meal looked after by the
very attentive staff, I was also very lucky as a parking spot came free right
by the entrance to the main square just as we arrived, to drink I chose the ‘House
Red & White Rioja’s’
Brenda ordered the ‘ Entrecote Cafe de
Paris ‘ for a change, the steak was cooked ‘rare’ and then sliced and the
classic ‘ Cafe de Paris ‘ sauce made with Cream Mustard, Thyme etc which was
excellent, Lyn & Jenny had the ‘ Beef Stroganoff’ with Rice, it was very
tasty and the sliced ‘Beef Fillet’ was spot on, Norah had the ‘Paupiettes of Sole
in a Champagne Sauce’ garnished with Prawns, also excellent, Jack & I
ordered the ‘ Sole Meuniere ‘ and for me just a plain ‘Grilled Sole ‘ – both filleted
at the table, as well as lots of ‘ Frits’ & Mixed Vegetables! See the pictures
above.
Brenda’s ‘Birthday Cake’ that I had ordered
then arrived, it was a very nice Cream& Fruit light sponge decorated with
Ice Sugar and pulled ‘Flowers’ along with White Chocolate Flakes, everybody
really enjoyed it and we brought the rest home! At the same time complimentary glasses of the ‘ House Cava’ arrived!! See the
picture below of the ‘Birthday Girl’ about to blow out the candles.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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