03/02/2007
21st December 2006 Andalucia Spain Blog
More good weather, a few clouds floating across blue skies.
The air still feels fresh, so we're wrapping up well for a trip to Gaucín.
First Jane made an early morning visit to the Benarrabá Post Office (Vincente's House). It opens half an hour a day, Monday to Friday 09:10 to 09:40h.
We got some Christmas parcels from family in the UK and some special liquid 'Eclipse' and 'Sensor Swabs' for cleaning the sensor chip in the DSLR camera.
In Gaucín we saw friends Chris and Carol with some other hardy hikers. They'd been out for a regular Thursday morning walk into the campo.
An Andalucian Christmas scene? Red Berries and a Yucca.
The view from Gaucín across the Valle de Guadiaro towards Cortes de la Frontera.
We called into Manolo's bar and later Venta El Socorro to put on our Euromillions lottery ticket.
We put up some posters for the Guayacán Fiesta.
In Venta El Socorro we met John and Evelyn from Ilkley West Yorkshire. They've been reading the blog prior to their visit. We were delighted to meet them. Especially as it was Evelyn's birthday. So Feliz Cumpleaños to Evelyn.
In Gaucín a large Christmas tree was being erected. We drove to Algatocín to the Super Genal. Then we went down to the plaza to put up more posters.
In Algatocín they've taken advantage of having a living pine growing in the plaza. It's covered in tinsel and packages.
In Benarrabá we fed the dogs and donkeys.
Our Border Collie, Jake.
A couple of our cutest Border Collie Sally, Jake's mother.
We went for a walk around the village and put up two more posters in strategic spots.
Jane's been watching a lot of cookery programmes lately, especially the Gordon Ramsay series ... We've noticed that none of the staff in these kitchens wear hats. (They also mess around with your food a lot with their fingers and wipe plates with dodgy looking cloths, all for good presentation!)
Yolanda on the other hand, as well as keeping a spotless kitchen, wears a hat when preparing food, which we caught her in when we called into Café Bar Guayacán. Guapa.
Val Forster.
Jane insisted she took one of me and my mother.
We enjoyed a quick chat with Yolanda. We hope that the posters bring in a few people from neighbouring villages to Saturday night's fiesta.
Back home we cooked two roast chickens, roast potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I also made a gravy using a finely chopped leek, celery and some of the above veg. It was cooked with some of the chicken juices and then mashed through a sieve. Not your traditional brown gravy but it was very tasty.
We watched 'Bruce Almighty' starring Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman as God.
A very silly comedy.
Later we left Val, who's not into movies, to read her 'Wilbur Smith'.
Jane and I watched 'Serendipity' starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. One of Jane's favourite 'soppy' movies.
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