Culture Vultures, Birthdays and Railways...

Culture Vultures is an organisation set up by a lady called Annie Busch to enable people from Bolnuevo, Mazarron and Camposol to have a cultural treat in Cartagena, Lorca or Murcia without having to worry about the driving.  It also means you can have a drink whilst out without worrying about the Guardia Civil.  On Thursday we went with T and D to the Teatro Romea in Murcua for a performance of Madama Butterfly, sung in Italian with Spanish surtitles. The company was from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine which is very much in the news at the moment.  I don't know if they were Russians or ethnic Ukrainians and frankly it didn't matter.  They soon warmed up and the performance was most enjoyable.  Some of the arias were particularly moving.  We had seats in a box which afforded an excellent view of the stage and of the theatre itself but the chairs, albeit movable, were a little on the hard side.  Maybe take a cushion next time?

And next time will be La Boheme on 4 April.  There isnt a coach, at least not at the moment, so we'll be driving there in the Volvo.  Which means we should be able to have a nice italian meal at our favourite restaurant just opposite the theatre.

कैरोल कि जनम दिन ! (Carol's Birthday)

Let's just say it's 21 again fort memsahib and, to celebrate, we went to the Spice Villa on Camposol for a magnificent Indian meal.  Camposol is not exactly our favourite place but the Spice Villa is an excellent Indian restaurant and, so far, the best we have found in Spain.  

Bradshaw's Bolnuevo

The Ferocarril de Bolnuevo is coming on slowly but surely.  We have a mountain with tunnel, a new station and some track ballast down and tomorrow we are making a trip to the model shop in the Thader centre in Murcia.  And just maybe some spaghetti at La Tagliatella!