More Wildeflowers

Las flores silvestres de San Sebastián de los Reyes y un recuerdo para todos los jovenes.

Podéis enviar vuestros cuentos escritos en inglés a asedow@gmail.com hasta el 3 de junio.

¡Suerte!

Lecturas Compartidas En San Sebastián De Los Reyes

 Tuesday the 21st May Biblioteca Central

We gather at 19h15

 



The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

We will continue from Chapter 6.

 

Lord Henry and Basil discuss Dorian's plans to marry Sybil.

 Basil expresses his concern that Dorian has met 'some vile creature who would degrade his nature and ruin his intellect'

Dorian arrives, anxious for them to see Sybil perform.

 

A quote from Lord Henry's fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories,

 

'When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.'

 

 

 

STORY WRITING COMPETITION

Es nuestra tercera edición. Tendréis la oportunidad de ver vuestros cuentos publicados en la preciosa libreta que elaboramos, además podréis participar y leer vuestro cuento el día de la entrega de premios que se celebrará en el Salón de Actos en la Biblioteca Central.
Este año contamos con la colaboración ¡de la Agregada Cultural de la Embajada de Irlanda que formará parte del jurado que leerá vuestros cuentos!



CALLING ALL YOUNG STORYTELLERS

Where to look for inspiration? Just look around you.Weave your story like a spider weaves its web.

SEND US YOUR WILDE FLOWERS!

Meadow flowers

 

'Spring is sprung, the grass is ris
I wonder where the birdies is....'

                 

 First iris from Audrey.                               First poppy 

We'd love to see your snaps (photos) of the beautiful wild flowers that transform our city and countryside in Spain at this time of the year.

 

Dandelions                                       Fabiola's

Here are some examples and watch out for the hawthorn bushes that will come into flower soon.
The  scent will fill the air.

   

Ascen's wild orchid pictured  last week in Granada                Last year's hawthorn

                                                          Cristina's cherry blossom

                   

              Pink                                                      Tralla checking out the poppies  

Maribel sends us these from El Pardo in honour of Oscar Wilde:

Beautiful bluebells from El Escorial, found by Encarna

And Audrey sent us this beauty.

asedow@gmail.com

Asedow celebrated St. Patrick's Day

Despite the rain we made the most of the evening. According to the Irish tradition, all of us wore something green, walked to enjoy the nature, and drunk beer and other drinks to warm up. 

In the bar, our hostess Biddy was explaining to us the difference between the triangle shape of the shamrock, which is the Ireland flower, and the clover. Althought, not only was that what we could learn, because the pub quiz she had organized was focused on the Irish culture, two rounds with ten question for four teams, and chocolates for the winners who shared them with the rest of the group very kindly. 

In the end Biddy passed us the lyrics of some traditional songs, and we tried to follow her singing. We must say that the rain was not our fault because it was already raining, although it can't be said that our voices sounded like birds . After the Irish tunes some people left and the others went on chatting.

That was all, a nice evening with lovely people….. 

And talking about the rest of the members of the association, well, you might know how much we all missed you. Maybe next year we can enjoy the beautiful weather also, so let's go and join us!

Best,

Encarna

NEXT READING

Remember to check the dates but the time on the poster is not correct. We meet at 19h 15.

CHAPTER 4  The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Dorian falls in love!
Following his friend Lord Henry's advice to live life to the full, Dorian visits the East End of London and meets Sybil Vane-

'Ordinary women never appeal to one's imagination. But an actress! How different an actress is!'

'She is all the great heroines of the world in one.'

Good Vibrations

http://www.rte.ie/


You can listen in and enjoy the soft Irish accents and entertaining programmes such as the review of
Good Vibrations. It is a film released today about the music scene in Belfast in the seventies.

The site is very easy to use and even offers news programmes in SLOW ITALIAN for learners of the language. Maybe there is an opening here for a sharp Spanish underemployed journalist with initiative.
Check it out.

But cats can't read

In Malta they love their cats and you will see scenes like this all over the island.
À propos of nothing really. Just thought I would share it.
Still it could inspire a story for our story competition. Details will follow shortly.

St Patrick's Day rain and all

We braved the weather and made it very quickly to the bar where we had the quiz as planned. I hope Encarna can send some more pics. Great fun.

Wear Something Green

Our walk this year won't be too strenuous. We set off at 16h30 from Baunatal metro station. As usual we ask you to wear something green and if you have a funny hat from last year you could wear that too! After all the talking on the walk where you will meet lovely charming, well travelled people you will be ready for a pint or a caña. Both are great but we might have to visit two bars. Ah well, what can you do?

The terrain is sandy and the walk will last about an hour and a half. We will have a quick quiz about Ireland at the bar and songs to sing if they let us!

You are welcome to join us. All you need to bring is your good humour to join in our  St Patrick's Day celebration.