Argentan

Sint-Niklaas

Schongau

Lucca

Colmar

 FUTURE EVENTS

See also Past Events and the Newsletters.

Christmas Lunch

Sunday 14 December 2008 - 12.30 for 1pm The Cosener's House, Abbey Close, Abingdon

The Christmas Lunch once again is taking place at Coseners. It will again be well attended as there are nearly fifty members coming along. It will be a chance to meet old and new friends, with a chat over old times and new ones.
If you can, we would like some raffle prizes please!

Evening Meeting - "A Taste of the Twin Towns"

Wednesday 21 January 2009 - 8pm Preston Road Community Centre, Abingdon

The theme of the monthly meeting in January will be "A Taste of the Twin Towns" and will not just be puddings as previously publicised - although there will be some "puddings"! This evening is for all members and will particularly appeal to new members of the Society who wish to find out more about our twin towns. We will go to each twin town in turn and tell you some interesting facts about each town and its local area. We will then invite you to taste some local food or drink specialities from each twin town.

We would like to have some idea of numbers in advance, so please phone Peter or Anne Dodd on 01235 525997 if you are planning to attend. (£3 members, £5 non-members)

Evening Meeting - Alsace wines from Colmar

Wednesday 18 February 2009 - 8pm Preston Road Community Centre, Abingdon

Angela and Ian Waterhouse will share their knowledge of wines from the Colmar area. There will be five Alsace wines to sample that Stan Ponting brought back from the book fair visit.

Evening Meeting

Wednesday 18 March 2009 - Preston Road Community Centre, Abingdon

Oberammergau

Diamond Light Project Twinning Weekend

20 - 24 March 2009

Three people with a scientific interest and background from each twin town in the Vale are invited to come for a weekend in Abingdon to include a visit to the Diamond Light Project and other scientific activities.

Evening Meeting

Wednesday 15 April 2009 - Preston Road Community Centre, Abingdon

Normandy

Argentan Quasimodo Fair

18-19 April 2009?

Film Evening

Wednesday 30 April 2009 - Abingdon College

Joint film show with ABC Film Society - Days of Glory or The Singer

Europe Day Dinner

Saturday 9 May 2009

Blewbury Manor Open Day

Sunday 14 June 2009

Visit from Seesen

25 June - 3 July 2009

The Wantage, Grove & District Twinning Association (German Group) hosts a visit from the Seesen Partnershaftsverein. Details: Derek Verdin 01235 764750.

Visit to Mably

24 July - 1 August 2009

The town of Mably hosts a visit by the Wantage, Grove & District Twinning Association (French Group). Details: Simon Weston s-l.weston@dsl.pipex.com.

Sint-Niklaas Balloon Festival

September 2009

This is the weekend they have a Balloon Festival from the Friday to Sunday. They have Gas and Hot Air Balloons massed in the town square from where they take off if the weather is fine. In the evening the hot air balloons light up to music.

Lucca Luminara

September 2009

The Luminara is a big annual religious festival. It is well worth a visit if you have never been before.

Oberammergau 2010 Passion Play

Summer 2010

We know that a lot of people have been enquiring about going to see the famous Passion Play when it comes round next in 2010. The village of Oberammergau is about an hour’s bus ride from our twin town of Schongau and we are planning to make a number of visits that year combining the two places. Tickets for the play will not be available for us to buy until next spring, but we have started preliminary planning for our visits and have some idea of costs for you to consider at this stage. We hope to organise three visits, in June, in August and in September. One visit will be brief, over a weekend, and the others longer, to give us more time to explore the area. We would stay in Schongau, either in a hotel, guest houses or with families and hire a bus to get there from the airport or railway station and to get to Oberammergau and to other places. Ticket prices for the play have been published and there are four categories, priced at 165 Euro, 137.50 Euro, 93.50 Euro and 49.50 Euro. Subject to availability, you will be able to choose your price. Transport costs are of course very volatile at present, but you should probably budget for 450 Euro per head at today’s prices for hotel accommodation and local transport and then there is the cost of a flight or rail ticket. Train travel is now a viable option with the new Eurostar link, either via Brussels or Paris, by day or overnight.

About 128 members made the trip the last time in 2000: They all enjoyed it and the play was most impressive, so it's well worth thinking about going. We would like to get an idea of numbers so, if you may be interested, please contact John Smith.