Issue No. 5 August 1974
Dear Mi-Sol-ite,
CLIMATE
During August it will be dry. sunny and hot with 30 dry days in the month and maximum temperature around 87°F. The nights will be very warm. During the day you can expect about 10.8 hours of sun every day. In London over the same period the temperature around 70°F. maximum with 6-1 hours of sun and 19 dry days during the month.
CURRENT PESETA/POUND RATE
At the time of going to press £1 sterling buys 135 pesetas.
SPANISH RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Chicken with Garlic (Pollo al ajillo)
Cost — Approx. 45ptas, Time - 2% hours (including 2 hours to macerate). Serves 2 people.
INGREDIENTS 350-400 gms chicken (i.e. 2 joints or half smallish chicken). 3.4 or 5 good size cloves garlic
(ajo). Bare level teasp. ground pepper. Tot of brandy (cheap loose brandy is ideal for cooking). 1 desp. Lemon juice. 50gms. flour. Salt to taste. 4 or 5 tablesps. oil for frying.
METHOD - Cut chicken into 6 or 8 pieces, put into a dish. Peel and chop garlic and sprinkle over chicken
pieces. Mix together pepper, brandy and lemon juice and pour over chicken from time to time. Heat oil in a
small frying pan, drain chicken pieces and coat lightly with salted flour. (This is achieved by putting flour
salt and chicken pieces into a polythene bag and shaking well). Fry in plenty of oil turning heat to
medium when pieces are sealed, for about 15 minutes. Chicken should be crisp and brown outside and juicy
inside. Serve proceeded by a salad or accompanied with boiled rice.
EVENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR DURING AUGUST
At Club Nautico Torrevieja there will be six competitions starting on the 7th with "The Real Club Nautico de
Torrevieja" Trophy in which boats from Cartegena, Mar Menor and Torrevieja will be competing. This is
followed by the "Radio Murcia" trophy on the 10th for light cruisers and boats. Next on the 14th August is
the Tropabujol Trophy for the Cadette Class. On the 15th is the Torrevieja Cabo Roig Trophy for boats of all
classes, then on the 21st is the competition for boats of the Snipe Class and the month ends with the "Reina De La Sal" Trophy for light boats and cruisers. In Torrevieja between the 1st and 20th August there will be performances by the various choirs that take part in the National Habanera and Counter Point competitions.
There will also be a number of performances in the theatre as this period of August is the main festival period
in Torrevieja during the year. In Alicante between the 1st and 15th August there will be artistic performances
in the Plaza before the City Hall with the incomparable background of the facade of the Municipal Palace. Also
in Alicante between the 1st and 15th August there will be patronal festivities in honour of La Virgen Del Remedio patroness and honourary Mayoress of the City. On the 3rd of August folklore festivals, sports, concerts and fireworks. On the 5th a big firework display from the summit on which Santa Barbra stands. At Calpe between (continued over page)
Your place in the sun....................................
Children's Playground in the Centre of Torrevieja. Notice the Palm Trees in the Background. Pic
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the 5th and 12th of August paronal festivities in honour of the Virgen D Las Nieves, processions, street fairs, water sports, fireworks and pigeon shooting.
Calpe is a lovely town 60 Kilometers up the coast from Alicante near the famous Rock of Ifach.
Between Torrevieja and Alicante lies Elche the town of the Date Palms which celebrates the "Mystery of Elche between the 10th and 22nd August. At Denia between the 12th and 18th August, Cocentaina between the 10th and 12th August, and Jijona between the 23rd and 25th August are festivals of various kinds.
At Orihuella (North of Torrevieja) between the 15th and 22nd there are big livestock fairs and championships in which the best animals are judged. There are also concerts, folklore parades, firworks and bullfights.
EATING OUT IN TORREVIEJA
Meson Ricio is to be found going out to Torevieja towards Cartagena on the lefthand side and is an old style Spanish Restaurant. Very good but rather expensive. The Meson Punta Prima about 6 Kilometers out of Torrevieja also on the Cartagena road on the beach, is similar to Meson Ricio, Very good but rather pricey. Another restaurant you might try is at Cabo Riog, 8 Kilometers out of Torrevieja on the lefthand side of the Cartagena road, also situated on the beach in a delightful positon. The food is very good but again it is not cheap.
LOCAL INFORMATION - TORREVIEJA
Torrevieja street market specialises in leather goods, including jackets, shoes and lace, and is held on Friday of each week.
Santa Paulo street market is held on a Monday each week and is 30 kilometers up the coast from Torrevieja and where you will find particularly good bargains in shoes and sandles. There is also a street market at Oruehella (28 Kilometers north of Torrevieja) on a Tuesday. Slicante street market which is 52 Kilometers is held on a Saturday. For those of you who like to keep up to date with the news from England, English newspapes (a day late) are sold at one of the local newsagents which is called in Spanish "Papeleria" Baeza in the Calle de Maria Pardol in Torrevieja. At La Zenia, 8 Kilometers out of Torrevieja on the Cartagena road on the left hand side is the La Zenia Hotel which during the Summer has free dancing every evening, also a restaurant. Incidentally this a hotel the package tour companies use. There is also next door to the La Zenia hotel the La Zenia restaurant (which has nothing to do with the La Zenia hotel). This has a very wide and extensive and reasonable priced menu including many English items and is open every night and run by an English couple. At weekends there is a Dinner Dance to a Spanish group at an inclusive price of around 225 pesetas per person.
Shop opening hours in Torrevieja during the Summer vary but most open between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 4.30. p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
The local calor gas supply in Torrevieja, and is butano, is to be found at Calle General Sanjurja.
There are several Banks in Torrevieja which display the E for Eurocheque and are the best place for changing money from an exchange rate point of view. For those of you with Eurocheque credit cards, you can draw a maximum of £30 each day (assuming you have at least £30 in your Bank account at home of course). Don't forget you will need your passport whenever you change money.
For your interest, wages in Spain are generally very low with a shop assistant earing around £7. per week, a mechanic in a garage about £20 per week and waiters in hotels and cafes £7. a week in winter and up to £25 per week in Summer (and they have to work extremely long hours, 7 days a week in the Summer to achieve that wage).
If you want to fish in Torrevieja harbour when you are on holiday you will need a licence obtainable from the local Council Offices. Incidentally you do not get a licence to fish outside the harbour. For a reasonable quiet beach (3 Kilometers long) try La Mata which is 7 Kilometers up the coast from Torrevieja and is right by the local Swedish Colony. Avoid Sundays which tends to make the beach rather crowded with the local Spanish.
There is a good local garage which is on the main road going into the town on the lefthand side called San Cristobal. The petrol to use is Super Grade, avoid the cheaper Regular which will do your car no good at all.
There is a cinema in the Centre of Torrevieja called the Nuevo Cinema and is to be found third on the right after the traffic lights. The cinema shows only films in Spanish but there are occasionally variety shows.
There is quite a good and reasonably priced supermarket on the corner opposite San Cristobal Garage alled Alimentacion and which sells a numbeer of proprietory English brands of foods.
JOKE OF THE MONTH
A small boy was walking past some prison gates when a man came out.
The man rushed up to the boy waving his arms and shouting "I'm free, I'm free.
That's nothing replied the boy scornfully I'm four
THOUGHT OF THE MONTH (By Spike Milligan)
There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in but they are ever so small, that's why rain's so thin.
Brian Turner
Editor
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