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Forthcoming Events
By Keith Nicol
It’s almost February and that means carnival time for many of us. Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day, call it what you will, along with the Chinese New Year, Ash Wednesday, St. Valentine’s Day: so lots of love, roses and chocolates throughout the month, and lest we should forget, we should look forward to the greatest party of them all: St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th.
Torrevieja has any number of great Fiestas throughout the year, and although details have not been coming to us thick and fast, that most colourful and fun of fiestas, Carnival will start during the first week of the month. The Carnival Contest Parade starts from Plaza María Asunción, just outside of Mullins Irish Pub, and continues along Calle Ramón Gallud, past the Virgin del Carmen Cultural Centre, with the main focus being just in front of the Town Hall Square and finishing at Calle Patricio Pérez.
Walking Football fever is now taking off and those 50 and over who fancy kicking a ball around again, ladies included, can now take part in Walking Football, which takes place in Los Montesinos on a Tuesday morning at 10.00am. It all helps us work off those festive kilos following those New Year’s resolutions to lose a few kilos and get fitter during 2017.
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During the winter The Rojales Craft Market is open on the 1st Sunday of each month in the morning from 11.00am to 2.00pm. It’s is a fun place to visit if you are looking for a small gift, piece of art or decoration, don’t miss the monthly Craft Market at the Cuevas del Rodeo in Rojales. Local artists put their work on display along with other craft works to browse and enjoy. Also on the 1st Sunday of each month is the Ace Cafe Classic Car event, on the street outside La Torre Hotel in Los Montesinos from 11.00am to 1.00pm. Admission is free.
Kids of all ages are invited to attend the Torrellano Miniature Steam Train. It is run by the friends of the railways association and so is normally only open on Saturdays between 4.00pm and 8.00pm with Miniature Train Rides during February and March on the 2nd Sunday from 10:30am to 1:30pm. Every month the Friends of the Railways Association host a miniature train event at the railway museum in Torrellano. Donations of 1.50€ per visit are requested.
Least we forget, that most romantic day of the year, St. Valentine’s is on 14th February, so girls, stop dropping those hints now about romantic presents, chocolates, diamonds, dinner for two and all that to your man now, just in case he should forget. And ladies, if he hasn’t popped the question yet, why not get down on your bent knee and put the pressure on him in front of hundreds of people, to say ‘yes’.
There are three dates in March that are impossible to ignore in Spain, no matter how we try: St. Patrick’s Day, San Jose or Father’s Day and Easter: the Semana Santa. Around the Southern Costa Blanca there are also a few gastronomic events that allow you to enjoy a different taste of Spain.
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