Fiesta Time Again!

Another year has passed by and the Fiesta started at half six on Tuesday morning. I awoke to the sound of fireworks but managed to dose off again for a few minutes until a brass band started up outside my bedroom window!

I don´t have a problem with most of it but I´m a little bit aggrieved with one of my neighbours this evening. She seems to have started a dog nursery whilst her and her family go out to celebrate. Non-stop barking for the last three hours and another six to go before they all come home.

Oh well, when in Spain so they say and happen we will join in on Saturday night!

Key Problems

Dopey went and lost his house keys last Friday which wouldn´t have been too much of a problem if we had spares for the garage and the lock-up. How many times have I mentioned it? Today´s mission was to borrow a garage key from my neighbour and get some new ones cut. The lock-up will be a major job as it needs drilling out.............the drill is inside!!

To make matters worse the Community President has decided to change the lock on the main door and to leave keys in the mail box. Fair enough if you are indoors but if I remember rightly I was out the last time he did it. Grrrrrr.................

Birthday Bash

We had a pleasant evening at Maz´s birthday party on Friday.

Lots of lovely food and nice music.

Thanks to both Maz and Bernard for a great evening xxx

Hotel Gran Melia Palacio de Isora

Brian and I had a wander around the perimeter of the new hotel in Alcala last week. It´s a five minute drive from us but could be on a different planet. Not your ordinary loungers but double beds under a bamboo roof with silk curtains all around. The main pool is the full length of the site and it´s rumoured that the occupants of the suites have their own personal butler.

We did consider popping into the bar for a quick beer but decided that wasn´t quite our scene!

I must admit that it really is quite beautiful.

Bits and Bats

I have been suffering with sun burn from my recent trip to Las Americas. The first time I´ve been burned whilst I´ve lived here. It was stupid of me to wander around for three hours with a strappy top on but I didn´t think of it at the time. Thankfully, the sore bit has gone although I´m left with an itchy, flaking back.

Monday bowling has started again. The new owners of the Bowling Alley are in the middle of renovating it which is interesting. Lilac and yellow walls!

I´ve been trying my hand at painting this week. I´ve decided that I have been looking my yellow walls long enough and it´s time for a change. I´ve chosen white as I have a dark blue suite on my wish list and reckon it would be a good combination.

Friday night is party night as it´s Maz´s sixtieth birthday. She´s having a ´bit of a do´ at Raul´s Bar with a hot buffet and fifty guests. We rarely go out during the evening so it will make a nice change.

Internet Friendly!

Maz rang earlier to ask me to check something out on the internet for her. I was busily typing in the www. thingy and didn´t quite hear the last letter. Having asked if it was `d´ for dog or `b´ for bernard I got `no it´s `p´for flaming prick´!!

Las Americas

Sue had to visit the hospital yesterday as the surgeon needed to discuss her forthcoming operation. I went along to keep her company and, hopefully, as moral support.

After the nasty bit was sorted we went off for a walk around Las Americas. Did we walk?!! As I tend to stick to the places which I know I´d no idea how large it really was. Still, keeping our eye on the coastline we kept our bearings and ended up next to the Centro Commercial which is a handy spot for the bus home.

A pleasant afternoon and I managed another visit to Burger King!

Slides

Whilst searching for some photos to send to Tully I came across a box of photographic slides. They date back to when Tully´s Dad and her Auntie Sam were small and I´d love to see them again.

Our projector rusted out and was whizzed years ago and I don´t reckon they make them these days. Happen it might be worth a visit to the photo shop this week to ask if they could be turned into pics.

Watch this space.

Mobile Phones

My Movistar contract ran out a couple of months ago and, although I´ve been able to use my phone, the charges have been well high.

BT Mobile were doing a good deal and Shona and I went to check it out a few weeks ago. I was impressed enough to sign the contract but after some thought decided against it and cancelled. Why on earth did they need to see my last three bank statements..........I´m not buying a house!

You don´t get the wonderful deals here with free phones etc. but work on a point system. For the 8,000 points I´d accumulated and 45 Euros I was entitled to this Samsung thingy from Movistar. It sold itself for it´s large screen and the girl was well amused when I called it a ´Grannie´ phone. My Spanish is coming on in leaps and bounds!

I´m happy with it and our Jamie thinks it´s cool. Brian is moaning because he gets my old one, yet again.

Monday Bowling

We have reached the end of another season and here are Ron and Adam posing with their winner´s trophies.

Only another couple of weeks before it all starts again and Ros reckons that we´ll be up there next time. Wishful thinking or what?

Euro Millions

I can´t remember the last time that we did the lottery but we thought we´d give tonight´s Euro Millions a go.

I´d love to report that we had a winning ticket but we only had one number from two lines. A bit of a blow as I´d already spent most of it!!