Sunday lunch with the family

Another surreal experience... It´s almost 4.30 pm, and lunch is almost ready... but so much has gone on before. Milka´s family are all here for Sunday lunch - Milka´s mum and dad, who have come from Lima with a grandaughter, Ximena, Milka´s sister, Mercy and brother in law, Rod (who is Australian) and 3 kids, and one of the bridesmaids from Lima, Isabella plus us Australians. We´ve already had delicious scallops in the shells, brought from Lima by Miguel, Milka´s dad, and cooked under the griller with cheese, garlic butter and lime.

Next we´re having a lamb roast, bought from the local market this morning, with gravy Australian style, courtesy of the Gravox brought from Oz. It´s been a riot - a mix of English and Spanish with bilinguals working hard! They have been so welcoming to us foreigners, it´s been wonderful! Plenty of drinks - Zac´s homebrew and a couple of nice wines, and we haven´t started lunch yet.

Many ´salud´s happening - a great day, on top of of the buck´s party - a bit of the hair of the dog! The boys woke up a bit slowly, but are in fine form now. Prior to the visitors arriving, we were banished to the bedrooms so that Milka and her mum could do the cleaning, which happens quite regularly. Everyone does exactly what Milka says - no doubt who wears the pants in this family! This is Jill blogging because Judy has a bit of a glow up and has difficulty with the typing - I put it down to emotional overload!