Searcvhing, searching

On Monday, with shops open again (shops close on a Sunday here) we set off to the hypermarket 50 kilometers away by winding road.   We started with a trip round the store to top up foodstuffs.   We must now have enough because the fridge and the freezer have no more space!   After checking out I took the trolley back to the car  and then we went into - wait for it!- C & A.  Believe it or not C & A still exists.   There were lots to see, all with the famous label, Clockhouse.   You may think this is strange but I was looking for a light but warm jacket.   When we get back to Portsmouth I shall need something to keep me warm and I forgot my jacket when packing.   I found a hoodie for 20 euros.   Next we visited Casa next door to buy a candle in a jar.   It promptly blew out before we sat down to eat on the patio!

Our next mission was to find a shop in Torre del Mar selling pottery.   Torre del Mar is a mile down the road from the hypermarket.   We drove there and went round and round strange road systems but could not find the shop we had heard about.   So we drove back to Finca Manolo, took in all the shopping and went in the pool.   What a feeling after all that activity!

That night, for dinner, I cooked chicken fillets (stuffed with soft cheese and wrapped in Iberian ham) and did a lovely pasata based sauce in which the fillets were finished off.   It was very tasty indeed.   Our wine was Cordoniu Cava.   This is a sparkling wine that Spain does not export.   I heard about it from a previous manager of Majestic Wine in  Bangor.   He had been here on a tasting and was told that this particular Cordoniu was not exported.   He said it was good, and it is.

This weekend has seen our granddaughter, Isabel, celebrating her 19th birthday on the day she went to Leeds University.   It is the start of a new chapter for her and we wish her well.   So now we have two grandchildren at university.   Eleanor started at Manchester Met last year.   Our youngest granddaughter, Honor, started school last week.   This September is a real jumping off time!

Our search for pottery goes on, but I found on the Internet the location of a shop I cannot fail to find.   It is in the village of Moclinejo and I know exactly where that is.   A few years ago there was a Channel 4 Grand Designs Abroad about the design and building of a house just outside this village.   We went there 2 years ago to find it and discovered it was on the road above the village.   We didn't go down to the village and later wished we had.   They have a pottery shop so we are going tomorrow, Wednesday!