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We all gathered last night at Pepe Rayas to celebrate the 60th birthday of Alan, seen here looking good in the centre of picture.
Alan has been in Olvera a few years now and is one of the artists featured on the Andalucia Artists link on this blog.
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Our friend Alfonso, who came in to the bar to watch his beloved Barcelona on the TV but unfortunately was disappointed due to the party.
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Our vecino (neighbour) José on the left with David.
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Mel sitting with Elma.
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Our friends from down our street, Ray and Geraldine.
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Margaret on the left and Eira. Eira's husband Eric has, subsequently to this post (as I regret I didn't obtain names at the time), informed me that Eira is a keen walker and a regular visitor to Olvera, having owned a property here for a number of years.
We look forward to hopefully meeting up again in the future.
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Friend Austin......
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.....and partner Shayne.
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Paco on the left with José. Paco brews a very potent wine called Mosto, made from locally grown grapes.
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Paco persuading Daryll that Mosto is far better for him than beer.
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CB, partner of Daryll above, with David.
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Our lovely neighbour Maricarmen, with Paco her son and Laura her niece engrossed in a Nintendo Super Mario game.
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My apologies for any misspelling but this is Juani and Gualy, a couple of new spanish friends we met for the first time last night.
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The backroom team who made the party possible, in particular Isobel who provided the lovely buffet.
From left to right Ian, Isobel, Inigo and Laurie.
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Maricarmen with her lovely son Paco.
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Mari, her husband Léo and daughter Laura. I have mentioned in previous posts that Léo is a guiar (shepherd), working seven days a week out in the campo tending his flock of goats. They are a smashing family and have made us feel very welcome here.
Hope he got up OK this morning as it was a bit of a late night (or I should say, early morning).
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With our friend Mel.
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A little bit of self indulgence but we liked this pic.
So yet again, another good night at Bar Pepe Rayas and hopefully Alan enjoyed his birthday bash.
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