And our three neighbours Encarni, Pilar & Maria !
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Sunday, January 05, 2020
" THREE KINGS DAY - DIA DE LOS REYES " ON SUNDAY EVENING IN SUNNY MANILVA;
And our three neighbours Encarni, Pilar & Maria !
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A STILL RATHER COOL & OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.
SUNDAY 5th/ JANUARY 2020.
We had a nice lie in this morning and no we
didn’t oversleep! After freshening up we had our regular light breakfast of
fresh fruit (sliced Banana) with toast & tea, Brenda then popped along to
the local ‘Bakery/ Supermarket’ shop, in ‘ Calle Mar’ - to pick up our
traditional ‘ Rosca de Reyes’ cake!
This evening we are going up to ‘ Bar Rojas
– Sol Vida Pizzeria’ to watch the annual ‘ Three Kings Day – Dia de los Reyes ‘
parade along ‘ Calle Mar’ as Gaspa, Melchor & Baltasar’ wish all the children a ‘Happy Fiesta’ and throw
them Caramelo’s/Candy sweets!
See the pictures above later!
We have just spoken to our very dear friend
‘ Joyce Baby’ up in ‘ Alhaurin el Grande ‘ and have arranged to meet her next
Sunday, a week today, she is coming down her to see us this time, we were going
to take her to ‘ Finca Thai Fushion’ for their excellent ‘ Sunday Roast Lunch’
as they also do a rather special ‘ Nut Roast’ – but sadly they close tomorrow for a month’s holiday! For ‘Plan B ‘ -
watch this space.
This morning has started rather cool, grey
& overcast, with a stiff breeze, so by lunchtime it’s only forecast to
reach 15 degs+ with the sun breaking through with patchy clouds, with the chance,
sadly, of some of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ hitting us, hopefully not when the parade is
due along ‘ Calle Mar’ at 6-30 pm ish!
Next week is now looking a lot more settled
with sunshine mostly, a few patchy clouds hanging around, with a light breeze,
so it will stay in the mid ‘ teens’ at around 15/16 degs – overnight down to only
8/9 degs, if not cooler! There is still the chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ in the
air but next weekend is looking dry, at the moment, when we will be out &
about on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’! Watch this space.
Just a quick update on the football
results; Manchester City won 4-1 over in
the ‘ Emirates FA Cup’ third round, over here Real Madrid won 0-2 but sadly
Barcelona could only manage a 2-2 draw in the ‘ Catalan Derby’ game, so they
are both equal on points at the top of ‘La Liga’ – Barcelona lead on goal
difference by 2!!
At lunchtime, a little later, we are having
a ‘ Sunday Brunch’ for a change, with Grilled English Pork Sausages &
English Smoked Back Bacon, Pan-Seared Button Mushrooms & Plum Tomatoes,
Fried ‘ Hash Browns’ and sautéed thick-cut slices of Baked Potato,
shallow-fried local sliced Chorizo, with ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs and finally ‘
Heinz Baked Beans’! To start with a
glass of freshly squeezes local ‘Orange Juice ‘ and accompanied with lots of
Buttered Toast.
‘Comfort
Food to Die For ‘ !!
While I have been typing/posting today’s ‘Blog’
I have been, as usual’ listening to the ‘Pete Black Retro Roadshow’ on “ Castle
Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW “ as the first ‘Film Quiz’ of 2020 came
on, it was ‘ Grease’ from 1978! So we are in the monthly draw again!!
Last night we caught the second back to
back episodes of the very gripping Norwegian crime drama ( with sub-tiles) “
Wisting “ as the homicide detective is challenged by the most difficult case of
his entire career, as he investigates a serial killer, one not to miss, catch
it if you can! The body count is rising all the time – 14/16 – and now his
daughter has gone missing !
Later this evening we have arranged after
we come back from the parade a ‘ Skype’ video call with Sandra & Bill, over
Everett, Ontario, Canada, the first in 2020, as Sandra has had a very hard/terrible
week in work, they are looking forward to the weekend off, so we will have a
good catch up with all their news.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Saturday, January 04, 2020
A VERY ' FRESH' AND STILL DRY SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.
SATURDAY 4th/ JANUARY 2020.
Well to say that we had a nice long lie in
this morning is somewhat of an understatement, if fact we overslept until
11-00am! Our excuse is that the village was very quiet, as usual, no children,
no neighbours etc, as well as no deliveries, in fact the gas-bottle delivery
man was also late! We had the shutter totally closed and of course we have no
guests in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ – and no alarm going off to get me out on my
travels!!
After freshening up we had Brenda’s famous ‘
Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast, scrambled for her on brown, with mugs of
hot/strong tea to get us on our way for another ‘ Bank Holiday Weekend’ down
here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ in sunny Manilva!
We then has a nice surprise ‘ guest’ as ‘
Chispa’ came crashing in, she is back to her normal happy self, full of joy,
barking etc, after her nasty operation, just before Xmas, she looks fully
recovered and back to normal.
Brenda then popped along to our local ‘
Chemists’ in Calle Mar for some of our prescription tablets.
This morning has started ‘ fresh’ as the
breeze has got up a little, the sky is clearing and the clouds are going away,
the blue sky is just showing, so by lunchtime it will reach just 15 degs+
staying the same tomorrow, overnight down to 9 degs+ - with also the small
threat of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ hanging in the air.
Next week is starting dry & sunny,
partly cloudy and with a stiff breeze, so we are in for more of the same, hovering
in the mid ‘teens’ – 14/15 degs, cold for the time of the year, by next weekend
going a little ‘damp’ as the next ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in, watch this space.
Yesterday on the ‘ Councils’ web-page they
announced that the work is to start, next Tuesday, after the ‘ Bank Holiday’ - on
the main road, ’Alvarez Leiva’ into the village, starting at the main
roundabout and up past the Police/Fire Station/ Wine Museum & the ‘Plaza de
la Vendimia’ to the junction with the old ring road/the entrance to ‘ Call Mar’!
They are replacing the drains and water
mains, rejoining all the services etc and then resurfacing the road and
pavements, as well as new lighting and seating, there is going to be a one-way
traffic system during all the work, all this will cause major traffic problems coming
into and leaving the village, the local
bus will have to be diverted, as well as maintaining the ‘ Fire Station’
accessibility!! Watch this space.
On the sports front this weekend; over in
the UK it’s the Third Round of the ‘ Emirates FA Cup’ as Manchester City welcome Port
Vale and tomorrow Liverpool are at home to Everton! Over here the ‘ La Liga’
returns after the three-week ‘Xmas’ break, Real Madrid travel to Getafe and
Espanyol welcome Barcelona, their near neighbours!
The ‘ National Hunt Racing’ this afternoon
is from Sandown Park & Wincanton.
For our supper this evening Brenda is
having her favourite ‘ Confit of Duck Leg ‘- ‘ crisped’ in a very hot oven,
while I’m having a ‘ Grilled Rib-Eye Angus Steak ‘ garnished with seared Button
Mushrooms, cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – pink no blood! Both
served with whole Baby ‘French’ Green Beans & Broccoli Florets and of
course triple-cooked ‘ Frits’
This afternoon we will be watching the
horse racing and then later after supper channel hopping, last night we caught
the final episode to the three-part Police/Murder crime drama ‘ Bancroft ‘ on ‘ITV’
– with two big surprise endings, which I won’t give away, watch is to find
out!!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Friday, January 03, 2020
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