FRIDAY 13th/DECEMBER 2019 !
I was up very early this morning and after
a quick freshen up I shot off on my travels, down to Sabinillas, for the weekly
shopping. I had a quick toast & tea in ‘ ItsZabar’ before ‘ Mercadona’
opened, I’m getting quicker as I find my way around the isles, I picked up the
local newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ before dropping down to the far-end
of the promenade to the local market for our wall plants, he gave me a ‘
Poinsettia’ for Brenda, lastly I stopped at ‘ Super Sol’ for our ‘English’ essentials,
before unloading back at the house.
This morning as I set off on my travels it
was rather cold & damp, the breeze had stiffened overnight and there were
black clouds over the mountains, around the village, with the threat of rain in
the air, by lunchtime it’s only going to reach 16 degs+ - overnight down to 12
degs+ - tomorrow and over the weekend it’s staying the same, but dry, next week
as a new ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in it’s going to get colder, with lots of the ‘
wet-Stuff’ for most of the week, hovering in the mid ‘ teens’ – down to 12 degs
by Tuesday, overnight as low as 7/8 degs! Watch this space.
We had a ‘ Helluva’ evening in Malaga last
night, we arrived in time to see the first showing of the ‘ Xmas Lights &
Music’ extravaganza, which was spectacular, ‘ Calle Larios’ was packed full
with thousands of people, we had our first glass of ‘Cava’ in the only Bar/Cafeteria
‘ Lepanto’ along the street, we then called in to the main ‘ Pandora’ shop where
I bought Brenda a small letter ‘ B’ – to add to her chain, before stopping for
our usual ‘ Benjamin’s’ of Cava, at the famous ‘ Cafe Central’ in the main
Plaza.
See the pictures above.
Next we headed through the narrow streets
to the ‘Marriott Hotel AC Malaga Palacio’ – going up to the 15th floor pool-side, roof-top ‘Cocktail Bar’ for
another glass of the house ‘ Cava’
See the pictures below;
I was then time to have supper so we ended
up back at our favourite ‘ Cerveceria’ – “ Los Gatos “ – around the corner from
the Cathedral, in the heart of the Bar & Restaurants area. As usual it was
full and very loud & busy, as we found a table in the centre of all the ‘action’!
See below;
Two more glasses of the house ‘ Cava’
arrived, as we ordered two of the their excellent warm ‘Pintxos’ to start, one
open Prawn, one open Smoked Salmon, for our main course Brenda had a ‘ Ration’
of sliced marinated ( Ximenez Balsamic ) Pork, served on ‘Frits’ while I
ordered a large ‘ Entrecote – Sirloin’ steak ‘Rare’ – sliced and served on ‘
Frits’ garnished with seared Green and Red Peppers & Aubergine. Both very
tasty and succulent, sadly no pictures as the battery ran out! The ‘ House wine
for Brenda and more Cava for me finished our evening as we started!
It was then time to catch the coach back to
the village after another ‘ Helluva’ evening in Malaga, getting home by 1-00
am!
For our supper this evening we are having ‘
Grilled Sole – Lenguado ‘ – the ‘fish-monger’ took off the dark skins for me, I
will lightly dust them in seasoned flour and colour them in the pan, before
baking them in the hot oven, finished ‘ A La Meuniere’ style with ‘ Nut Brown
Parsley Butter’ - after taking the fillets off the bone – served with Broccoli
Florets & Garden Peas and for a change triple-cooked ‘ Frits’!
" Fillets of Grilled Sole "
On Saturday evening it’s going to ‘ Grilled
Fillet’ steaks with all the trimmings, then on Sunday, for a change we are
going to have ‘Medallions of Pork Fillet’
Tomorrow morning we have ‘Nacho’ with us
for the day in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ – then on Sunday we are putting up the ‘
Xmas’ decorations. This evening after supper we will channel hop to find
something to watch.
PS; The ‘Xmas’ cards have started to
arrive, yesterday lunchtime, including a ‘Post Card’ from Vienna! ‘Thanks’
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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