Universidad Popular Wednesday 4th April.
domingo, 25 de marzo de 2018
Easter Break
Enjoy your Easter break.Our talks took us from Egypt to Tibet and from Guatamala to Japan. We look forward to hearing more of your stories in Part 2 of Travelling Tales.
Universidad Popular Wednesday 4th April.
Universidad Popular Wednesday 4th April.
Carry on!
Tommy Sands, folk
singer and civil rights activist from Northern Ireland came back to San Sebastián De Los Reyes and
sang to a packed hall in El Caserón on Friday. Many
remember the cultural exchange trip to
his hometown of Rostrevor, County Down where dancers from Sanse participated in
the local festival called Fiddlers Green and The Sands family and Irish dancers
came to San Sebastián De Los Reyes twenty five years ago.
Los Viernes De La Tradición are organized by La Universidad Popular in la Plaza De La
Constitución. These free concerts are widely acknowledged
in the music world as a precious gem.
Friday was no exception. Tommy and his wife
Catherine, who acted as his interpreter, explained each song and its context in the troubled history of Northern Ireland.
Alone on the stage with his guitar and tin
whistle, he was never alone because he brought us friends, children, politicians, family, cats
and dogs, TV news, dark country roads and lashing rain through his stories and
songs.
Persistently pushing politicians through his music to use
their power to bring peace to the people and the persistent belief that peace
is possible, when it seemed impossible, the Good Friday agreement was signed twenty years ago. His message to them now is the same as twenty years ago.
domingo, 18 de marzo de 2018
Nice Irish weather for St Patrick´s weekend
The pouring rain did not deter us from celebrating it with our pub quiz.
Eleven of us turned up and the teams achieved a good score.
There is always a bit of dispute over the winners when the contest is so close and this was no exception.
The important thing is that we enjoyed it and took something away as we brushed up our general knowledge.Our thanks to the bar Con 1 Par. It was a good place to have it.
Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures but sure, the next time we will.
One question that stumped both teams was the name of the county town in Fermanagh where Oscar Wilde went to school.
The answer is Enniskillen. Here are some pictures of me there on a nice rainy day.
The map shows the importance of rail travel in those days. Boys travelled there by train from all over Ireland.
Eleven of us turned up and the teams achieved a good score.
There is always a bit of dispute over the winners when the contest is so close and this was no exception.
The important thing is that we enjoyed it and took something away as we brushed up our general knowledge.Our thanks to the bar Con 1 Par. It was a good place to have it.
Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures but sure, the next time we will.
One question that stumped both teams was the name of the county town in Fermanagh where Oscar Wilde went to school.
The answer is Enniskillen. Here are some pictures of me there on a nice rainy day.
The map shows the importance of rail travel in those days. Boys travelled there by train from all over Ireland.
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| View from the windows above |
sábado, 10 de marzo de 2018
miércoles, 7 de marzo de 2018
domingo, 4 de marzo de 2018
GOING VEGAN
An animal
eats more food than it provides as meat. Animal agriculture uses up too much
of the
world´s most precious natural resource, water.
So maybe it
is time to rethink our eating habits, which would mean eating less meat and more
plants.
To join our
talks, write to us at asedow@gmail.com
Universidad
Popular Primera planta, San Sebastián De Los Reyes
Wednesday 7th March 2018
18h for general chit chat and info about our assocaiation
18.30h for
the discussion
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