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Day trip to Concentaina – Feria
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In the mountains, 90 minutes drive from Javea is the town of Concentaina, population 12,000. Once a year this becomes the site of probably the biggest Feria in Spain with 800 stalls, fun fair, horse dressage competition and many pop-up restaurants. U3A Javea visited this event about 10 years ago and it was a very successful…
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The Birth of a Nation: the American War of Independence and its Aftermath1750 to 1820
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by Peter Atkinson The presentation will start with a review of the events and ideas, principally tax-related, that led 13 colonies to rebel against the Crown and resulted in the founding of the United States of America. We’ll follow the course of the war, focusing on the main strategic and political threads rather than on the detail of individual…
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WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS!
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by Dave McCall Travel back in time to the years of the Second World War – as you’ve almost certainly never known them before. Dave will tell us the “stranger than fiction” stories behind his 2022 book, A Betrayal of Heroes. Tales of Casablanca and Brazzaville, of the Spaniards who fought for Free France, of…
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From Fiji to Papúa New Guinea by Rosalind Miranda Part II
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Rosalind will be giving the second part of her talk given in March about the four-year sail that she took around the western Pacific on her small yacht many years ago. All history now! You don’t have to have heard the first part to enjoy this one. Rosalind had talked about the start of her sailing…
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September Ball
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For Menu options and booking form copy and paste this link https://u3ajavea.com/info/u3a-javea-september-ball/ into your browser.
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Valencia – Christmas Shopping
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Click here to see full details https://u3ajavea.com/info/valencia-christmas-shopping-trip/ Group leader Amanda Jordan email: travel@u3ajavea.com