Quiet week in Rio

Tuesday 4 December

Not much to report this week as we have had a very quiet time, and loving it. The weather all week has been glorious and we have simply been for long walks in the mornings and retired to the sun terrace all afternoon. It continues to be very cold in the late afternoon, about 4pm where one simply has to put on a sweater...! 

Our Cat population has now increased to 8, yes Richard and Carole that’s 8 cats. We have somehow acquired three more very attractive adult cats a ginger and white, a black and white and a tortoiseshell. Clearly there is a bit of friction between the two groups but they seem to keep fairly well apart. The down side it the food in the hopper takes quite a hit every night and we are filling it up every 3rd day. Looks like we will be going to the shops very soon.

We also met the Goat man this week, he brought the herd down to the house to feed off the vegetation under the olive trees. Kevin had a short conversation with the owner Jose in which neither understood a single word the other said but it was cordial and both left feeling fulfilled and better acquainted.

Last Saturday we met up with Sue and Mick, it was nice to catch up again and we are looking forward to forthcoming trip to Gibraltar this Friday. Finally, we attended the Thursday quiz night and found to our horror that this week was the last week we shall see our quiz masters and fellow team mates Keith and Jenny as they are going back to the UK for Christmas. As we are utterly hopeless without them we are at a loss what to do. In any case the quiz night is taking a break for two weeks so we have a bit of a reprieve. Clearly we need to latch on to the ’Badgers’, last weeks winners.