This is the time when everyone's gardens are in full production. Our neighbor, Phillip, invited us over to his garden and we picked almost everything you see above in about ten minutes. Just after we got home, Maria brought us the plate of golden prunes and more figs. We'll use the tomatoes, peppers and onion in gazpacho and make jam out of the figs. We'll bake the eggplant with garlic and olive oil. Everyone here is incredibly generous.
Last night was the second annual sardinada. It was one of the biggest turnouts I've seen for a civic event. There were at least 200 people there. This sardinada was a little different than the one we have on September 11th. These sardines were fresh while the ones on September 11th are salt cured. Jordi, Dani and a couple of other guys cooked the sardinas out on the futbol field. Considering the number of people to be fed, it resembled the Miracle on the Mount! They managed to pull it off in style.
The town put up a big screen projector so everyone could watch the FCB vs. Bilbao game. Susan and I left early (11 p.m.) and finished watching the game at home. Unfortunately, it was a disaster for FCB (4-0, Bilbao). We will go to Camp Nou to watch Barça play Malaga on August 29th. Hopefully,our boys will do better.
The vineyards are looking good and it looks like we'll have a record crop. July was very hot here (another record) and we had some rain last week. The berries are a little bigger than I would like but, overall, the vines look healthy and happy. We will go to a barbeque tomorrow afternoon and then to a concert at the church tomorrow night.
