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FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER 2024 to SATURDAY 4 JANUARY 2025 Sorry, this tour is fully booked, but I would be happy to take names for the reserve list in case of any cancellations. SEVILLE – CÁDIZ – EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA – JEREZ – SEVILLE – CÓRDOBA – SEVILLE Enjoy a short cruise on the Guadalquivir and discover the famous cities of Andalusia such as Seville with its tremendous heritage and old town centre that houses fascinating monuments. Explore Cadiz and its surroundings and discover Roman theatres and medieval castles…

The presentation for our Travellers Tales’ meeting on Tuesday 17th October will be given by Gillian Ashworth and it is sure to be highly entertaining. Gillian, shown above in the bow of a dhoni in the Maldives, will be telling us about some of the amazing places where she has been scuba diving, including the Seychelles, Mozambique, Mauritius, Madagascar, the Galapagos Islands, to name but a few. There will be underwater shots of her dives, with some interesting facts about the sex life of some fish and other animals! Venue:…

Monday 11th December 2023 18.00h: Parador de Jávea Our Christmas Party this year will be an extra special event as we will also be celebrating the group’s 10th anniversary: January 2014 – December 2023, so come and join the fun! The menu is now available (see below). The party will be held in the Parador de Jávea, commencing with a welcome glass of cava or orange juice on arrival, followed by a 3-course dinner with wine, water and coffee included.  There will then be an hour’s musical entertainment by Duo Intermezzo;  Paola Delgado (soprano) and Héctor Gibert (guitar & vocals)…

We hope that you all enjoyed the summer months and are now looking forward to our programme of Travellers’ Tales presentations for the autumn. I will be giving the first talk, which will take place on Tuesday next, the 26th September in our usual venue, the Javea Players’ Studio. Doors open at 10.30 hrs and my presentation on “A tour of Cyprus, by car and on foot” will commence at 11.00 hrs, lasting approximately 1 hour.  A donation of 1 euro per person will be collected on entry to cover the cost…

There will be no meeting in September. The first meeting for this group will be 24 October. Group members have been notified by email by the leader Robert Sedgley. Contact Robert on talking.art@u3ajavea.com if you wish to join this group.

Tuesday 10 October 11am – Javea Players Studio Travel back in time to the years of the Second World War – as you’ve almost certainly never known them before.  Dave McCall will be our speaker on October 10th at 11am.  Javea Players studio doors will be open at 10.30am. He 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 the 1940s celebrities and spies who were involved.  This is the…

Friday 29th December 2023 – Thursday 4th January 2024 Ring in the New Year in Malaga, a sunny Andalusian city famous for its beautiful Christmas decorations and New Year’s Eve celebrations, followed by a visit to Almuñécar, one of Spain’s oldest towns, and Almería.  The city of Almería is located in Almería province, which is the driest place in Europe. It has Europe’s only true desert climate, so a perfect place to visit in the winter! For full details of this tour please contact the group leaders, Angela & Tony:…

Sorry, this trip is now fully booked but names will be taken for a reserve list in case of cancellation. A 3-day trip from Tuesday 31st October – Thursday 2nd November, with a special menu for Halloween night included! If you would like to receive full details for this new trip, please send an email to group leaders, Angela and Tony. spanish.culture.cuisine@u3ajavea.com

More than 90 members of Javea U3A’s Dining Out group enjoyed a get-together with a difference at a Summer Party on the terrace at the golf club. Group leaders Linda Coughlin and Alan Guest turned the usual monthly event into an occasion to remember – with a special tapas meal and dancing under the stars with music and entertainment provided by the popular James Hurst. It was great to see everyone enjoying the party and dancing the night away. Well done again to Linda and Alan for organising yet another…

Two places are now available. Pure flamenco going through the most popular styles, from soleá, tarantos, fandangos, alegrías to free songs such as malagueña, thus playing with different rhythms and with the emotion of free flamenco.  Verónica Pulido will transport her audience to the root of tradition, along with signs of evolution and modernity, a journey through love, hate, sadness, melancholy, passion, happiness, joy, effort, elegance…  Flamenco. Dance: Verónica Pulido  Guitar: Juan De Pilar Piano: Kike Bustamante ‘Riki’ Song: Antonio Amador The 52 members who joined us for the Flamenco Show with Karime…

The sun shone brightly all week for the 44 members who had joined the Spanish Culture and Cuisine tour, visiting Almagro and Jaen and the 2 UNESCO World Heritage towns of Úbeda and Baeza.  Our first two nights were spent in the historic Parador de Almagro, a former Franciscan convent located a few minutes’ walk from the Plaza de Mayor. Our guide explained many of the interesting sights in Almagro, and our visit included the Corral de Comedias, the only theatre of its kind built in the 17th century that…

Another fun afternoon at the (June) monthly Wine Appreciation Group lunch at La Plaza 6 restaurant. Five wines – two whites and three reds – were expertly presented by WAGS group leader Trevor Rush. And there was a surprise presentation to him: a special bottle of wine generously gifted by returning member Geoff Spinks. This month’s meetings, held on Wednesday and Thursday, are the last of the current season. The group will return in September.

We now have a twin/double room available for this 6-day tour which runs from Sunday 25th to Friday 30th June 2023. Jaén is known as the World Capital of Olive Oil because it is the biggest producer of the oil, referred to by locals as liquid gold.  It is also known – by historians – as the “Holy Kingdom” as long ago Jaén Province was a kingdom, ruled first by Moors and then by Christians. DAY 1: SUNDAY 25th JUNE – Jávea / La Roda (254 km) / Amalgro (172 km) 08.30 hrs: Departure from the…

What a fascinating presentation Alan Hunton gave to members of the history group today, at the end of which Alan asked his audience, did we believe Bligh to be a hero or a villain? Members were somewhat divided in their answers, but everyone certainly agreed that we had learned so much this morning: how the British government’s interest in bread fruit as a potential source of cheap and nutritious food for slaves on the sugar plantations of the British West Indies led to King George III authorizing the botanist Joseph…

So popular is Javea’s Chalet Suizo restaurant with the U3A Dining Out group that members went back for second helpings! Group leaders Alan Guest and Linda Coughlin, who staged their very first Dining Out event at this location, took 50 members back there for their latest (June) soiree. And the restaurant did not disappoint with members again voting it a big hit. Congratulations to Alan and Linda for organising yet another successful event. They are currently planning their next get-together – a special Summer Party with music and dancing at…

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 must-see sights around Cairo and Petra including the Pyramids, Dead Sea, the Royal Tombs and much more, mixing with the locals – not forgetting herds of camels! Well done to both lovely ladies for their…

Our next Travellers’ Tales presentation will take place on Tuesday 6th June when Brenda Bates & Diana Jarvis will be telling us all about their trip Cairo & Jordan on a Budget, which we are sure will be both interesting and entertaining. Venue: The Javea Players Studio (park at Mercadona in the road leading up to the old town). As this will be our last meeting until the autumn, there will be wine and nibbles available and the doors will be open from 10.15 a.m. with the presentation commencing at 11.00 a.m.…

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 needs to be 2.1 children per woman.  If it is bigger, the population will grow. If it is smaller the population will age, and ultimately reach a point where the proportion of the population which…