SATURDAY
12th / OCTOBER 2019. “ FIESTA
NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA “
We had a nice lie in
this morning in a very sleepy & quiet sunny Manilva, it’s a ‘ Bank Holiday’
weekend here in Spain, as today is the celebration of when Christopher Columbus
discovered the ‘ Americas’ back in 1492!
Up in Madrid, in front
of King Philippe & Queen Latizia and the two Princess’s, at the moment,
there is a grand military parade, which starts with a Skydiver/Parachutist landing
in front of the podium, with a very large ‘Spanish’ flag flying from his feet, which
is then raised on the tall flag-pole, with due pomp & ceremony, sadly he
crashed into a tall street lamppost and got hung up! He cut the flag free but
had to be brought down on a cherry-picker!!
After freshening up,
Brenda is washing/shampooing her hair later, she took ‘ Winnie’ out for her
first walk of the day, when she returned I had her very famous ‘ Campo’ Poached
Eggs on Toast, Scrambled for her on brown toast, with mugs of tea, to set us up
for the weekend ahead.
This morning has
started a little grey & overcast, with a light cooling breeze, the sun is
now breaking through and by lunchtime it’s due to reach 24 degs+ - just about
right for the time of the year, tomorrow is going to be the same, with a few
patchy clouds hanging around, next week, after Monday, when we could be in for
some moderate to heavy rain, it’s now looking dry, settled and sunny, with
patchy clouds, along with a light
breeze, keeping it in the low 20s, overnight down to 15/16 degs, watch this
space.
On the sports this
weekend; it’s the “European Championship
Qualifying” as ‘England & Spain’
attempt to go to the finals, so there is no ‘Premiere League or La Liga ‘
football this weekend, over in Japan, ‘ Typhoon Hagibis’ has affected the ‘Grand
Prix’ Qualifying and caused the cancellation,
sadly, of games at the ‘World Cup Rugby Union ‘ over the weekend also!
Meanwhile in Vienna
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has just become the first person ever to run a marathon
in under two hours, “ 1 HR 59 MINS 40 SECONDS “ ! – using ‘Laser’ guidance, 41
pace-makers and revolutionary running shoes!!
This evening for our
supper we are having ‘ Grilled Fillet Steaks ‘ – cooked on a very hot
griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – then left to rest, garnished with seared Asparagus
Spears, Button Mushrooms & Shallots, accompanied with the classic ‘
Bearnaise’ sauce. Served with whole Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans and
triple-cooked ‘ Frits’
On, Sunday, Brenda is
having her one of her favourite dishes ‘
A Confit of Duck Leg’ while I will find something else, as a treat!
This afternoon/evening
we are taking things very easy, relaxing and enjoying the cooler weather,
during the day and especially at night, ‘ Siesta’ time is back, we will watch
the TV later, as the ‘IPTV’ system is working again, watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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