The view from the back

Well having translated all the EX18 form with bing I must say I'm not much the wiser as it doesn't actually ask most of the questions I was prepared for , our personal circumstances only appear in the temporary residence section not the permanent section and we were given the form to pay the tax on as well so were having a go what can happen we can only get it wrong and do it again! 

Like most of you probably do the lovely wife has been doing the main shop in the supermarket with veg and salad from the market and bread from the bakery , last saturday off she went at 8am for her " me time " in the market, it was the morning after the local fiesta and they were just tidying up , after a wander and a coffee in the bar she started the drive home only to find the road back  thro the village still closed so as about turn for the long way back . whilst turning a man taps on the window so thinking he has road info the lovely wife winds the window down and this guy inserts himself through the passenger window waving a ID card and pictures of his kids on his phone ! Well the wife panicked shouting no ! No!  Vamos ! the guy replies Sí Sí  . ( You long timers will be aware vamos means " lets go " not " go" ) so you can see the confusion , obviously still drunk and after a ride home a nice lady sorting the flowers came to her aid and give this guy an ear bashing at 50 words a minute and off he went , the lovely wife thanked the good samaritan & she was gone. in town the other day i said I'd see an interesting looking shop in town with some really good offers on meat & cheese in the window should we pop in its only around the corner ? Yeh go on then , I said it looks very Spanish and is on a side road so probably no English spoken ! Yeh go ill be fine , so off we went , double parking seems to be a way of life around here even on the main high st as for the side roads  park in the middle and move if they get really upset seems to be the norm. So double park I did ( trying to blend in ) in she went after the 3 pollo 6€ & 1kg queso 4.5€ oferta. I sat conspicuously double parked engine running ( for the air con ) like a get away driver outside a bank. Out she popped weighed down with a smile on her face " ok "  " yes it's a great shop , very friendly " off we went looks like you got extras ? " yes and some steak ! " ok with the lingo ? " we'll , I saw the steak and wasn't sure if it was beef and as I couldn't remember the word for beef I pointed and went moo " What " when that didn't work I repeated with the addition of two fingers for horns followed by pretending to milk and saying leche " you never  I crocked in stitches trying to remember to stay right , what did she say ?? She replied " Si its beef " so I got a 1kg . I'm not waiting in the car any more this shopping lark sounds too much fun .