Terra Sana more than just a restaurant
George loves his chocolate cakes
Here is a picture of my very lucky teddy. He has picked up a few books from Terra Sana, 2 euros each. He also is having a sniff of the chocolate cakes that my daughter made today in her cookery class there, along with other children and the chef. Terra Sana has a market, cookery classes for children, sells handmade soaps, organic food in its deli, second hand books……Terra Sana on the Golen Mile in Marbella, is more than just a restaurant.
A week-end of reading lies ahead.....
The Butterfly Ball
The Butterfly Ball to raise money for charity is being held at the Puento Romano hotel in Marbella on June 5th. Tickets are £150 each. More information from info@rhysdanielstrust.org
There is also a corportate golf event taking place shortly, with Max Clifford and other “celebs”. You can sponsor your team of 3 golf players plus a celeb for £3,000. The tournament starts on June 3rd and the charity can also provide you with accomodation if required.
Again more information on the RhysDaniels website or on the email above.
Lazy sunny Sundays
We are having a really lazy sunny Sunday. Whilst I pottered around my terraces watering the potted plants and moving some back into sunnier spots, my lovely hubby made us an early lunch, using up all the fresh peppers and courgettes in the fridge. It is such a hot day he cooked spicy curry and now the weather is so warm we are all eating outside at long last. Lovely.
La Virginia’s fete is today
We are off shortly to La Virginia’s fete, it starts at 12pm. I love La Virginia it is a pueblo type community with pots of geraniums exploding from every nook and cranny, wrought iron balconies with plants tumbling down, white washed paintwork and the owners that buy there are typically artists and artisans. Each year they have a fete where they display their products and goods for people to purchase, paintings, food, crafts, all sorts. It finishes late.
PM….here are some photos of La Virginia in Marbella and the lovely afternoon that we experienced there. They have two fete’s a year, today and just before Christmas.
- Fantastic, fresh homemade food to buy, tortillas and tapas
- Dawn from Eurosoaps makes natural, chemical free soaps.
- Live music…
The best dessert
These gorgeous strawberries all bought locally for under 2 euros. The children and I have been popping them into our mouths as though they were sweets. Delicious……
Luxury villas in Spain, Portugal and the South of France
The villas on the Palmer and Parker website available for holiday rentals are to die for. The South of France really appeals to me but I’m going to have to just make do with looking at the pictures of these fabulous villas instead. If you want to book a luxury villa in one of these locations for a summer holiday, then take a peek.
Thought for the day
Comes from Peter Edgerton.
Take time to be happy with what you have, it is more than you realise.
Chinese lanterns on the beach
We have just come back from releasing several Chinese lanterns on the Marbella beaches. I took children with me from ages 9-14 and I can’t tell you how much we all enjoyed the experience. I’ve never seen Chinese lanterns in the UK or Spain but I’m totally hooked now. No party should be without a Chinese lantern, released as soon as it gets dark.
They were much larger than I had expected, about a metre tall and very easy to light. No candles, you just need a match and you light two corners of a block. Everyone held a corner of the white lantern and we counted to around 75 and then released the lantern. It went up quickly and REALLY high. On the website of fiesta sky lanterns where we had purchased them it does say they go high. Seeing was believing though….the lantern actually went higher than a cloud. I’m not kidding. We all made a wish as it went up and it made the end of a party very special indeed.
The website fiesta sky lanterns delivered to Spain in around 5 days. Easy online ordering and just over 20 euros including delivery for 5 lanterns. Lots of choice of styles and colours.
If you have a birthday party coming up then order yourself some Chinese lanterns for that little touch of oriental magic.
Recycle more
There is a website which will list all UK recycling areas if you just pop in your postcode, the idea is to recycle more, including electrical items which are one of the fastest growning section that we are dumping. Electrical items can be recycled to make new consumer goods so if you see the sign in both the UK and Spain with the bin with the cross it means you can recycle it.
An excellent website to help you is www.recycle-more.co.uk
zhu zhu hamsters
I bought a zhu zhu toy hamster for my daughter from El Campo for her birthday and today we opened it and all the sounds are coming from it but the wheels are not working correctly. We have a noisy zhu zhu hamster that doesn’t move. Not the greatest toy. I’ve been online to look at other reviews of this toy to see if we can correct the fault and guess what, a lot of people have had the same problem.
So if you are buying a zhu zhu hamster, it used to be called Go Go hamster, then keep the receipt ( I didn’t!) It cost around 14 euros, so it wasn’t that cheap either.
Less zhu zhu zoom and more Zzzzzzzzzz.