The Three Wise Men

This evening we went with Alain and Monique to represent the village at the inauguration of a new footgolf course in Maçanet de Cabrenys. What on earth is footgolf you may ask. Well, it's just as it says. The aim is to go around the course trying to get a football into a hole or basket. There are lots of advantages - no expensive greens to water and level, no fancy equipment and it appeals to young people. Here you can see the Mayor explaining the finer points to our two politicians. It seemed as if the whole village was there to enjoy the evening sun, the live music, the canapés and apéritifs. As I've said elsewhere the Catalans from the south really do things with style. Had a walk around the village as neither Monique nor Alain had been there before and found the young people busy putting card board over any street level windows in preparation for a fiesta which was due to start at 11.30pm. As it included the letting off of firecrackers they were taking no chances. We rounded off the evening with a meal at one of the local restaurants which I should say we paid for ourselves - no abuse of expenses here!