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Intrepid travellers have fun on a budget
Two Javea U3A members had a fun time exploring Egypt and Jordan, which was clearly illustrated at the latest Travellers’ Tales presentation. Brenda Bates and Diana Jarvis recalled their adventures in an amusing and informative talk entitled ‘Egypt and Jordan on a Budget’. During their holiday last October, our two intrepid travellers enjoyed close-up the…
Should we be worried about falling fertility rates?
As usual last Friday of the month we had the Discussion Group meeting and this time talked about What are the pros and cons of a falling fertility rate? The fertility rate is the average number of live births per woman in the population. In order to maintain the current population size, the fertility rate…
Edward VIII affairs & secrets revealed!
We had a great talk at our last History group meeting. Gary Johnson told a big audience all about the affairs of Edward VIII long before Wallace Simpson came on the scene. One “lady friend” was able to use blackmail to evade a guilty murder verdict! Thanks to Gary for doing so much research. Ally…
ChatGPT – should we be wary of it or embrace it?
During the March meeting, the Discussion group members talked about the new Artificial Intellect application which since November of the last year has become the biggest news in the world of Information Technology. I asked Chat GPT – Generative Pre-trained Transformer – to give me a short and interesting introduction to the post and here…
Dining out in style
Another great Dining Out evening – this time at the beautiful Bacchus restaurant. More than 60 U3A members enjoyed a fabulous evening, once again organised by group leaders Alan Guest and Linda Coughlin. Congratulations to them and also to restaurant owner Milena and her staff for the excellent service.
Winery trip beats the odds!
It was an eventful day for 47 Javea U3A members on a Travel Group trip to the Vera de Estenas winery just outside Utiel. They were delayed by not one but two traffic accidents on the motorway on the way to the vineyard. But despite arriving over an hour late, their disappointment was short-lived thanks…