We have visitors from 3rd to 13th July so very busy !!

Blogs will continue soon !!

Newspaper Day

This morning was spent doing a bit of shopping then collecting the newspapers - the Costa Blanca News and the Round Town News - from which I will do the news review over the weekend.

After lunch it was rest again as it was so hot and read the newspapers and our books.

Then the football was back after a two day break and what a shock result: Holland 2 Brazil 1.

Spain play tomorrow night and the atmosphere is building!

Thursday

We had an early swim today followed by light cleaning and then a bit of gardening before lunch.

It was very hot this afternoon, 30 degrees with high humidity, so we rested and read our books.

Another author I find very easy to read is Peter James and at the moment I'm reading "Dead Simple" the first in the Roy Grace series.

Wednesday - Hospital Visit

This morning we went to Mercadona to do our weekly shopping and when we got back I attempted to do some gardening but it was too hot. So I read a bit before lunch.

Afterwards we rested and headed for Levante Hospital, Benidorm, at 3pm.

On 2nd July last year my wife had a major operation on her back - the fusion of 4 lumbar vertebrae using 2 rods and 8 screws.

So today she had a X-Ray before seeing her consultant surgeon. She received a boost - everything was in place as it should be and there was no damage to the vertebra or disc above the fused site. So he wished her well, told her to take it easy and that he would leave it to her whether she needed to see him again in the future.

Good news indeed.

Tuesday

After the pain of yesterday my wife had a good night's sleep, was up early and in the pool for a gentle swim by 9am.

We then went down to the beach for the rest of the morning for another swim, a short walk and a read while lying in the sun.

I've found an author I particularly like - Simon Kernick - detective stories with uncomplicated plots

which are page turners. I can read a novel in two days - just can't put them down.

By 12.30 it was too hot, so back home for lunch, rest and and watch the World Cup.

More success for Spain!

Monday

On Mondays we clean the house so this morning we did precisely that. Then a friend called to say they had had the gardeners in and there were some logs for me. So I collected those and put them

undercover before lunch.

In the afternoon my wife was suffering with back pain after cleaning so she rested while I made some paper briquettes in the sun. Then the football came on...............when will it end!?

Price Check

It's nearly the end of June and the weather still hasn't settled down. Thunder and lightening today which kept us indoors so we were able to watch the football and do my price check of 20 basic products. Again, no change, which is good news:

Milk, 6 litres of skimmed euros 3,06

Drinking Water, 8 litres 90 cents

Bread (small brown sliced) 60 cents

Cheese 330 grms 2,50

Butter 125 grms 1,25

Broccoli per kilogram 1,95

Cabbage per kilogram 1,30

Carrots per kilogram 75

Apples per kilogram 99

Oranges per kilogram 1.25

Avocados (4) 2,35

Tomatoes half kilo 80

Bananas per kilogram 1,30

TUC crackers pack of 2 1,60

Yoghurt 4 small pots 90

Frozen chips 1 kilo 87

Lasagne (for 2) 2,50

Pizza (for 2) 2,35

Meatballs tin 90

Petrol has increased slightly to 1,20 per unleaded litre and cigarettes are 33 euros for a pack of 200.