“And we had to refuse registrations because this trip was so requested,” indicates Mario Jaen, the Spain representative on the twinning committee, who supervised this delegation which returned to its land this Tuesday, October 29 at the end of the afternoon, “delighted This stay turned out to be so wonderful,” he emphasizes.
Enough to give rise to regrets among those who were excluded, due to lack of sufficient places, with regard to the program which punctuated the participants’ week.
Stops in Avila, Madrid, then Alcala de Henares, towns all listed as UNESCO world heritage sites, before stopping for four days in Valdepeñas “where we were welcomed like kings by the inhabitants and elected officials, with visits, flamenco restaurant and receptions, including an official one at the town hall in the presence of local TV: the week was most festive and culturally enriching.
“Even the mayor was excited, he couldn’t put his eyes anywhere as there was so much to see,” he exclaimed during a visit,” confides Mario Jaen, who had registered on the way back the discovery of the Burgos Cathedral, the most beautiful in Spain. Just to round off this trip in style to a Spanish twin city which will in turn send a delegation next July for the 28th anniversary of this twinning.
