Showing posts with label Village Life.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Village Life.. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008

MANILVA.

Sunday 27th./Thursday 31st. July.

After Saturday night we had a lie in as we did not get to bed until 3-30am.A hearty cooked breakfast started the day on the right note,in the afternoon Brenda was out on the roof terrace reading and I watched the end of the Tour de France,The Spanish rider.Carlos Sastre won! It’s definitely Spain’s year,watch out for the Synchronized Swimming at the Olympics !On Monday we called into the bank in Estepona and the card shop as August is a busy month for birthdays,the cards are in the post,Jane,Ben,Andrea,Anna and Darren! Over the weekend we texted Tim in Crete to see how his holiday was going and he phoned us on Tuesday morning to update us and say that the island is beautiful,he is due to come and stay with us for ten days on the 11th. August! In the afternoon I made a curry for supper.Later on in the evening I ended up on the Pete Price show on Citytalk FM in Liverpool talking about the Wirral,including Port Sunlight,then Chester and North Wales and all the places we had been,the conversation then got onto food costs here in Spain.The show now has a web-cam in the studio at the top of the tower and so I am able to watch what goes on in the high-tec studio at the same time,Pete waved to me to check the time delay,it was six seconds!We called into the fish market in the Hypermarket and bought some very fresh large Gamba’s for supper on Wednesday and in the evening we went for a couple of drinks around the corner on the main street in the cool night air.Today we have just been for a short walk to the butchers and at the same time we met Anna Mari with Fabio outside the shop.This evening Gissy is coming to the house to cut,colour and style Brenda’s hair and give me the once over! Watch out for the picture!!

Monday, July 14, 2008

MANILVA.

Saturday 12th.July.

Over the weekend the main street through the village has been closed as the local council has put on a children’s festival with face painters,bouncy castles and children’s entertainers and music.It takes place in the late evening as the sun goes down and a cool breeze blows up the hill;last night we met Carlos and Ana Mari with Fabio and sat outside our favourite bar after we had our fish supper with the Sole that we bought earlier in the week.At the sports ground and centre they have also had a 24hr.sports festival with over fourteen different sports from Angling,Climbing,Shooting,Football,Padel Tennis and various other ball games on the pitches both indoor and out.Later this evening we joined Mano and Anna after he had finished work and called into 2/3 of the local bars around the village and ended up sat outside the family home with Fabio running up and down the street with his face painted and watching the world go by.

Sunday 13th.July.

After our usual Sunday cooked breakfast we took things easy and sat and read the papers and books under the sun umbrellas on the roof terrace,later I watched the Tour de France live and the Motor GP from Germany. In the evening Anna joined us for a late supper of Stir-Fried Beef with Ginger and Spring onions and Noodles! We then met Mano down in a bar at the start of the village that also sells all sorts of old wood furniture and bric a bac.for a late game of pool.The owner gave us local’s discount when we found our wine rack there earlier in the year and just recently Carlos and his sister Sally Ann have bought some thing’s for his new house.