Spanish proverbs

One of the main mistakes of the spaniards while speaking english is trying to make a direct translation of the proverbs, while in every language they are different and there are very few cases when this works.

This is a guide for the funniest ones:

• From lost to the river à In for a penny, in for a pound (Now that we are in this situation, I don't mind to go further) 
• The ocassion is painted bald à You have to strike while the iron is hot (You have to make the most of the chances that come your way)
• If I have seen you I don't remember à Long absent, soon forgotten (You forget about people when they aren't involved in your life for a long time)
• A lot of noise and few nuts à All mouth and no trousers (Refers to those who speak a lot but take no action)
• Bad grass never dies à The devil looks after himself (Bad things don't disappear)
• There is everything in the vineyard of the Lord à There's nothing so queer as folk (There is nothing as strange as people)
• Is the same dog with different collar à It's the same people under a different name (Nothing has really changed)
• In love and war, any hole is a trench à Any port in a storm (When you're in trouble, any way out is a good way out)
• He who went to Seville, lost his chair à Finders keepers, losers beepers (If you leave your place, you lose it)
• World is a tissue à It's a small world 
• Where there is a skipper, a sailor doesn't give orders à If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind (What the boss says goes )
• Give me bread and call me silly à Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me (I don't care what people say as long as I get what want)
• From a fallen tree, everyone makes lumber à Anyone can kick a man when he's down (Anyone can make a profit from someone's disgrace)
• From that stick, that chip à The apple doesn't fall far from the tree (Kids are just like their parents, good or bad)
• Two tits are mightier than two wagons à A woman's pubic hair pulls more than a tractor (The ability of women to get things in their favour due to their beauty and sexuality)
• God raises them and they meet each other à Birds of a feather flock together (People who act similar at the end are together)
• In the house of a blacksmith, wooden knife à The cobbler's children go barefoot (Not always what he preaches is what he practices)
• He went looking for wool and came back shorn à All that glitters isn't gold (Not everything it's like it looks like)
• As we were speaking of the King of Rome, look who dropped by à Speak of the Devil, and he's sure to appear (When you speak about someone and this guy appears suddenly)
• A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred flying à A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Better what you have than what you are wishing looking at it)
• Waking up earlier won't make the sun rise any quicker à You can't push on a rope (Some things cannot be changed)
• Whoever wants fish, go get their ass wet à There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (If you want to achieve something, you must make an effort in order to get it)
• Shoemaker, to your shoes à Cobbler, stick to your last (Stick to your own business and do not meddle in things you don't understand)

And there are many more... I dare you to guess the meaning!

• You have more tale than little street
• For if the flies
• Your pot has gone
• Everywhere they boil beans
• Switch off and let's go
• It’s not a snot of turkey 
• That if you want rice! Catherine!
• Shit yourself little parrot
• Talking in Silver
• Other one that such dance
• To another thing butterfly
• Between(Among) whistles and flutes
• As water of May
• My pleasure in a well
• There was ended what was given
• In April, thousand waters
• I want Rita to do it!
• There are more days than sausages
• Longer than a bread-less day
• To be in the vineyard
• Fly from flower to flower

Let's check which non-spanish speaker can guess the meaning of 3 or more. It is a challenge!

                 Posted by Juanola

50 years, 25 years, 5 years, 1 year...

Maybe you have been surprised today by the image of the google heading. Today's doodle is a tribute to something that happened 50 years ago. And it inspired my post!

50 years ago, Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин (Yuri Alekséyevich Gagarin) became part of History as the first Cosmonaut when he became the first man reaching Outer Space, on board of the Vostok 1 spacecraft.

25 years ago, in April 1986, EGEE celebrates the first Agora in Munchen. Surprisingly, it was also in April'86 when the Chernobyl disaster happened (April 26) and when the US launched an attack in Tripoli and Benghazi (April 15). Sounds familiar to me...

5 years ago, in April 2006, Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist on board of the Soyuz TM-32. Apart from it, The Netherlands sees for the first time same-sex couples to get married legally. In Agora Warszawa, some participants spent the night in the parking of the university.

1 year ago, the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted violently and launched a dense cloud of ashes into European sky... you all know the story, right?


In 2 weeks: Spring Agora Alicante begins!

                       Posted by Miguel

Meet the team: Bene

Jose Miguel Benedicto, a.k.a. Bene is a YAG (Yet Another Geek) in our team.

Originally from Cadiz (not many people knows this fact), he has been one of the most active members of AEGEE Oviedo last years. Despite the fact his studies (specifically his thesis for masters degree) have kept him very busy lately, he decided to be active member again in AEGEE Oviedo as vicepresident and he's, together with Javi[pedia], responsible of the website that you visit so often to look for information about the Agora.

About his personality I can sum it up in two words: Geeky bear

Why geek? 

Well, apart of combing his hair like a Super Saiyan everytime he goes to a party,  <p><b>obviously</b></p>, as a good IT he likes a lot any kind of stupid jokes, like this one: "Yo mama is uglier than Gollum eating a lemon" Same as me! #geeksanonymous, and he was planning to printf("Control the assistance of the %d participants with a bar code system", 842); But the flow of data (among 4815162342 operations per day) was way too much. Say thanks to the FSM he didn't manage to do it, lazy guys! But don't drink grog yet, we'll use a beholder to control those who try to go to the beaches of Tatooine during plennary time!

Why a bear?

Because he's too nice to be true! Still sometimes I can't understand how he can be so peaceful in moments of full stress, and also that nice to everyone that all the people remember him with a smile! That's why all the girls want to hug him, like a teddy bear... but be careful, the bear "bites"!

PD: If you understood the whole post without reading the links, then you are a real geek! :)

PD2: If you need, for a strange reason, to find someone to guide a random Nobel prize and his wife in Madrid, call Bene. He will take care of them!

                             Posted by Juanola (but I totally subscribe every sentence)

Know Alicante: Santa Cruz y La Ereta

Alicante is home for a secret village inside the city. Not too far from the crowdy shopping streets and the noisy and polluted traffic jams, there is a   place where time seems to have stopped, where houses are withe and blue, flowers and plants are everywhere, and lazy cats sleep on the street under the Mediterranean sun. It is called Barrio de Santa Cruz (Holy Cross Neighbourhood) and it is quite unknown for people in Alicante. It is really amazing to climb the many stairs of this little village, perched on the Benacantill hill right under the Santa Barbara castle, and enjoy the breeze while watching the white boats sailing on Alicante Bay on a Spring Sunday Morning... Nice plan for tomorrow! :D

Also, in perfect combination with the Barrio de Santa Cruz and its out-of-time atmosphere, there is the quite new and modern Parque de la Ereta. Another great viewpoint for the Alicante Bay, it is a meeting point for people doing sport, yoga, or just enjoying the Spring sun. We always make a stop there with our SU, as you can see in the picture taken last year. Well deserved Siesta Time in Parque de la Ereta for our exhausted participants!

It is Chumba Chumba time!

Chumba chumba is one of the most feared dances, especially if you are Chairing the Opening Plennary and spanish antennae do it during the roll call.

To tell the truth I don’t know how it started… I’ve heard that it's a dance from AEGEE Oviedo but I can't confirm this [1]. Anyway the important about "Chumba Chumba" is that it's famous around AEGEE's world, recognised as a distinctive mark for Spanish antennae, but not many people do it correctly...

So, now I’ll show you how to make a perfect chumba chumba in 3 simple steps:

1)    Knowing the Spanish vowels (Skip it if you are Spaniard):

    In Spanish we just have 5 vowels, no more and they are:

        A, a /ʌ/

        E, e /e/

        I, i /i/

        O, o /ɒ/

        U, u /ʊ/

    And remember them in this order, not another! A, E, I, O, U 

2)    Knowing the lyrics:

    The reason of the success of “Chumba-chumba” lies in the simplicity of its lyrics. Either if you are from Japan, Armenia, Latvia or Germany, you’ll be able to learn them and pronunciate them easily. These are the lyrics:

    Pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pe, perebe, perebe, pe pe pe, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pi, piribi, piribi, pi pi pi, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Po, porobo, porobo, po po po, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pu, purubu, purubu, pu pu pu, (Chumba chumba) x4

As you can see, it’s just the first sentence, repeated 5 times, one for each of the spanish vowels, and just changing the vowels in the first part, keeping the “chumba chumba” the same during the whole dance. This is why the first step is to know the spanish vowels. And to make it easier, here is a translation of the sounds.

Pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa, (Chumba chumba) x4

/pʌ, pʌrʌbʌ, pʌrʌbʌ, pʌ pʌ pʌ, (tʃʊmbʌ tʃʊmbʌ)x4/

3)    Knowing the dance:

This is the most simple thing of all, but at the same time the one most of the people do wrong!

In the moment when you are singing “pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa” everybody must be standing without moving!!!! Not jumping or whatever, just singing al loud as possible, that and looking at each other. But in the moment that we start with the “chumba chumba” we have to jump into the group, bumping each other but without hurting. The aim is not to take the other person to the ground but just to create a group. And the jumps will stop when we start the next sentence “pe, perebe…”.

Ready for  Chumba chumba??                  

                                           Posted by Juanola


[1] I'd say that this song was first heard in NWM Benicassim in 200, introduced there by Xavi from AEGEE-Castelló,,, Miguel

Know Alicante: MARQ

Alicante has one of its most important touristic attractions in Archeology. To the -let's say aboriginal- population of Iberians (who left in the area the very beautiful and even more mysterious sculpture of the "Dama de Elche", on the right), you can add the contribution of Phoenicians, Greek, Carthaginian, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs, who all came and found the Alicante area quite pleasant to live at :) The combination of temperate weather, fertile soils, a natural harbour and the famous mediterranean light attracted everybody to Alicante.Now, it's the Spring Agora Alicante 2011 who repeats History and bring people from all Europe to our city.

There are very interesting archeaological sites in the region. Some of them can be visited, and they stand for one of the best options for an outdoor activity. But when you don't have that much time, or when the weather is rainy as it may be the case in April ("Ne'er cast a clout till May be out", as my grandma would say if she was from Stoke-on-Trent), you can still enjoy history and latest technologies in the Archaeological Museum of Alicante, also known as MARQ.

It is a modern museum, recognised with the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004, which reunites all we know about the past of the region of Alicante and presents it with a mix of old and new technologies. Moreover, it has a tradition of hosting exhibitions coming from all the world, and in the past years we have enjoyed the presence of the famous Discobolus, and some egyptian mummies. This year, ceebrating the year of cooperation Spain-Russia, our guest is the Hermitage Museum of Санкт-Петербург (Saint Petersburg). It is a pity that the artist who did the advertising panel did not make the effort of learning Cyrillic alphabet...

                        Posted by Miguel

The shower mystery

Dear Agora members.

Those of you who have attended some agorae before, will for sure have noticed that there is usually just a few showers available for 600-1000 people. In Leiden they were around 5+5 (men and women),in Istanbul 10+10, in Riga 4+4...

But... I can't explain why, they were enough. I have had just once to wait for the people to finish before starting mine. How does it happen? I don't know. Because, with these numbers, you could easily imagine the Agora people untidy and even smelly, and that is not the fact.We manage to look "fresh" and even dress up for parties! For me, that is a miracle!

Just in case, as we in AEGEE-Alicante don't believe in magic, we have included in our planning to provide around 20 showers per men and other 20 per women. We hope this will be enough...

Meet the team: Javi

Javipedia
Javipedia as seen in his FB profile
EX PRESIDENT OF AEGEE ALICANTE
Member of AEGEE since 2009-03-30 Board 2009-2010
Predecessor	Raúl Avilés Poblador
Successor	Miguel García Soria, Mike Costa I
Real name	Javier Gómez Sierra
Other nicknames known	Javipedia, jgomsi
Born	3rd February in Alicante
Favourite sport	Handball (female)
First AEGEE event (as participant)	Heidelberg / Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Köln (SU Heidelberg 2009) - From 17th July to 2nd August
First AEGEE event (as organiser)	AQF (Acho Que Finde)
Job in Agora	IT

Personal Life

Javipedia (Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, 1980) was president of AEGEE Alicante during 2010. Known as one of the best guides for the beautiful city of Alicante, he is known as Javipedia due to his huge knowledge about AEGEE.

It's well known by all the organisers of Agora Alicante that the questions he makes help us to become more AEGEE wise. From "Which was the antenna of the first Spaniard president of AEGEE Europe?"^[1] to "List all the places where the statutory events have been held", his amazing knowledge always has astonished all his friends in parties and meetings.

Also, as the good IT he's, he is one of the main responsibles of the website of the Agora, and the person behind the IPP (Internet Payment Platform) that many of the participants of Agora are using to pay the fees and confirm the participation skipping high commissions for bank transfers.

Another of his characteristics is his love for taking care of the smallest details (some people could think he's a bit fusspot, but he just truly wants to make things easier to everyone). The descriptions that he makes are long, but without space for doubt!

Reliability of a robot, his use of the different mailing list is such an example on how to handle different email addresses without a single mistake^[2].

Last, but not least, he's known by Juanola as "GRANDE" ("big" in spanish) not due to his size, but to the size of his heart. Not a single bit of rage known up to date, even upon high stress situations.<sup>[3]



[1] AEGEE Madrid
[2] There is controversy still on a email he sent to the general mailing list of the Agora instead into the merchandising one on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM. It seems like he had failed miserably, but some rumors say he did it on purpose.
[3] As certified my Miguel that has gone through volcanoes and other crisis with him.</sup>

Meet the team: Luis

When I first met Luis, I thought he was going to be one of the fun-focussed members of our association who joins AEGEE, travels, has fun and disappears sooner or later. But happily, I was completely mistaken. Not only he started to attend "more serious" events (such Agorae), but he wanted to be more and more involved in our local board's activities. He even became AEGEE-Alicante's president in 2004.

Almost 8 years have gone by, and Luis has become one of my best friends. We have shared several AEGEE events, many trips, and lots of friends. He's the kind of person you would like to count among your friends: always funny, responsible and very smart, he can make you smile or give you a word (or a hug!) to cheer you up when you need it the most.

Being for a while out of the "activeness" of AEGEE, as soon as he knew there was going to be an Agora in Alicante, he stepped forward and joined the organizing team, bringing in his crazy-fun energy, ideas and supportive personality.

                        Published by Neila

Testing: Social media integration

Hello Agora Fans!

One of the best things of AEGEE is that you have great opportunities for learn-by-doing. Nowadays I am playing a lot with this blog, it is my favourite toy! So I try to improve it, make it nicer, more complete, more interactive. Thanks to this self-initiative, and being lucky I have some free time due to my lack of sleep, I have learned how to use Twitter (follow us with the tag #AgoraAlicante and account @AEGEEAlicante), developped a lot my blogging skills, learned about the badges (Thanks Guille!) and enjoyed many moments of Eureka!

So now I am learning how to include in my posts one widget - oh, I forgot to mention how many new words I have learned :) - that should enable a connection between the posts and FB, so comments will be easier to be made and once written in the blog will appear on facebook profiles.

So,let's give it a try... Help me checking if it works, by leaving a nice comment!

    Posted by Miguel Gallardo

Meet the team: Fernando

- I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.
- I'm known to locate certain things from time to time.

 

[The Shawshank Redemption]

 

I think with this quotation I can describe Fer and his work for the Agora Alicante very good.

 

He's one of the best fundraisers I've ever met in AEGEE, and probably he get things because of his nature.

 

Rogue, cunning, clever... are just some of the adjectives that could define him the most. But overall he's a very good friend of his friends, a guy that stand with those who need his help; and he prove this everyday in "AEGEE's world".

 

Former president of AEGEE Santander, he was in the antenna during bad times and he found out how to keep it 'alive' and even organize great events, such as one LTC still rememberd by many of us as a great event where many good friendships started. He even started to look for FR to organize an Agora in Santander time ago (he had a masterplan since Agora Kiev!).

 

Right now doing Eramus in Italy, even though he's far away he didn't hesitate for a second to join the Agora crew, and thanks to him we'll have marvelous "sobaos" for the breakfasts! It's amazing his commitment and I hope we could have more people like him in AEGEE.

 

PS: Girls, he's single (plus handsome, check the photos), so don't hesitate to approach him and ask, what is "hojaldrito"? He'll be pleased to say it! :)

Posted by Juanola

I read "Agora Alicante: Open call for organizers and helpers"

That was the subject of the email sent to La nave (The starcraft - the mailing list for the Portuguese and Spanish antennae)…

Our antennae have been always notable for the close relationship we have. From Coruña to Alicante, from Porto to Las Palmas, from Granada to Barcelona… Everytime we have one event, doesn’t matter where are you from, you just go and help if needed (at the same time you are having fun of course…)

So when I read this email I didn’t hesitate for a second, I just replied that I wanted to help them as much as I could. And to be honest, I was kinda busy with other AEGEE stuff… but c’mon! It’s an Agora! How many opportunities like this do you have?

I knew few people from AEGEE Alicante and I was afraid they were not enough to organize an Agora…. Furthermore, most of them were new members (to the point they didn’t even know what is a “delegate” or an “envoy”)

But my opinion changed a lot when I went to “La encerrona - The Trap”. I met most of them for the first time and it was awesome….

You can’t imagine how excited they are to organize next Agora. Even if they don’t have the experience, even if they are newbies in AEGEE, even if most of them study hard or work… they give the best of themselves to organize an Agora for people they don’t even know… for an organization they’ve just joined and yet can’t understand really good…

Although, the best of it, was the group spirit I felt over there… In one day I felt like a team member, like if I’ve alwaysbeen a member of AEGEE Alicante. That’s why I have the feeling this Agora it’s gonna be outstanding! Because whatever happen, there is a marvellous group of people working for it!

Believe me ;)

PS: yes, we also worked hard during The Trap weekend... but those pictures of us working are boring, and with these ones you can touch the Team Spirit...

                                            Post by Juanola

Meet the team: Miguel

Hello again, dear Agora followers, you can use “the first time I met Miguel” to start a chat during our agora free time, it is a good way to break the ice!

• Juan: I remember the first time I met Miguel! He was coming as an expert of Enviromental WG. I had heard many stories about how great he was but I've never expected what I found... I don't know how, but he has this charm that makes you love him from the very first moment, don't you think?
• Carol: I met him during last weekend of Alicante-SU’09. I checked out the pics to Alicante’s website to get the organizers' face, and when I arrived the fist smile that I see was Miguel’s. But it was the only thing that I could recognize from him. He was completely covered under black hair (long hair and beard) too much hair! But it was on purpose. Next night, during a party with the participants he suddenly disappeared and when he returned, guess what? Nobody could recognize him. He had cut all this hair and shaved the beard, and he looked like a Buddhist ! Hahaha, hilarious!. This is a Miguel’s traditional joke. He does the same every SU, and he enjoys the participants' reaction! Hahaha, this year he did again, and even for me it was a shock!
• Juan: Yeah, and his life is like a neverending book, where you are reading more and more chapters, and every chapter amazes you more than the others. Once, he told me about a "small" convention where he was working as volunteer, and he asked me to go with him... when I arrived there, I found out it was a convention full of Nobel prizes and ex-prime ministers giving lectures for free to the students... and it was his 5th year there as organizer!!!
• Carol: haha, you know what? he also called me to go to this “small” convention, I’m still regretting because I didn’t go. Yes, with Miguel everything can be possible. What can you expect from a person living in morocco sharing a modest house with a berber family, without running water and even without glasses in the windows, while during the day he is looking for the extinct leopard in the mountains?
• Juan: yes... I just can say that I hope one day I could be like Miguel... and if I get lost in a desert island I hope he'll be with me or I won't survive! :DD
• Carol: hahaha, yes I know what you mean, I agree with you Juan!!

Everybody knows Miguel so what else can we say about him? There is not enough post to talk about. Just add that is a pleasure work with him. Always full of energy and nice ideas, my dear redacteitor (the way I use to call him, although writing all kind of applications and projects and documents is just one of his skills) is my right hand and the agora team would not be the same without him. 

PS: Sorry but this great guy is not single; yes, I can read your mind!! Hahahaha.

Post by Juanola & Carol

Meet the Team: Bego

It is my pleasure to introduce to you someone that has been part of the last years of AEGEE-Alicante history, and my partner in many adventures in our antenna and European level... Lovely Bego!

We travelled together to our first Agora (with her huge green luggage :D ) and we learned step by step what a prytanium is, how to vote, who was all those people on the stage... Thanks to Saioa for her continuous support, and to the rest of oldies that were there to answer all our questions! That was Agora Napoli... Later they came shared experiences at Eskisehir, Ljubljana, Istanbul...

When I was president she was my saviour in many situations; I tried to be the same when it was her time in the presidency. In those two terms, we settled the ground for the future growth of AEGEE-Alicante that finally allowed our antenna to accept the challenge of this project of Spring Agora Alicante 2011. We started with a Youth in Action Exchange, where we learned a huge lot! (BTW, as in every AEGEE-Alicante event, it rained. A lot. So don't bring swimsuits to Agora Alicante, but be ready to take shelter in the plennary room and enjoy contentful sessions). After, it came a NWM in Moraira, and the retake of the yearly SU with a TSU with Valencia and Castelló...

In European level, she helped to develop the Flagship Project Sustaining our Future, although later she could not contribute as much as she would have liked to. She had to step a bit off AEGEE for a couple of years, due to studies and personal life, just to come back when she was needed to join Agora team and become the manager during 6 months; at the moment she is our vice-coordinator. 

She is married since last December 4th - and it is not a secret, she was the most beautiful bride ever! (you will meet her husband soon, he will have his own entry as they are both involved in the Agora).

PS: She is like Amelie but with a stronger character... and she cannot row in straight line :D

Know Alicante University: MUA

Alicante University has several secret spots into the campus, but one of them is really amazing because it is at the same time a visual reference and a hidden treasure. I am talking of my favourite area in the Campus, and I sometimes feel guilty when I feel happy being there alone, whilte it should be without any doubt one of the most visited points of the Campus. So I am trying now to atone for my previous greed by sharing all my likes of this jewel of University of Alicante heritage.

MUA means Museum of University of Alicante.

Why do I like it so much?

a) The Building: elegantly combining raw materials like water, wood, concrete and metal, its brave architecture assured the young architect Alfredo Payá  international recognision. Known as "The Music Box", you will have to visit the museum to discover its intervowen spaces, the calmness of its open areas, the secrets of its corridors. Its position in an empty space surrounded by water determines its relationship with the public, somehow iconic but somehow also needing a deliberate wish to go there, as nobody ends up in the MUA by accident.

b) The Exhibitions: the program of the museum is dedicating attention to Alicante and the world, to every possible art discipline. I have enjoyed several breathtaking photoexhibitions, and felt strange emotions with some video-art projections.

c) The Concept: The University decided to invest in art, to contribute to every face of the human being. And it did it with a project of a young architech, a risky building that causes an impression to every visitor. And it continues the compromise with the choice of a comprehensive programme far from conventionalisms.

And of course, there are nice memories I associate to this museum; moments on my own or enjoyed with special people who shared this secret.

Definitely, something worth to visit on your next Agora, a proposed plan for early newcomers on wednesday (sorry, it closes on Sundays). I just wrote to confirm it will be open on Agora dates.

(pictures taken from Fernando Prieto's blog Linkalicante)

Meet the team!

Dear future participants of the Agora...Finally, the moment arrived: MEET THE TEAM!!

Step by step, our Agora website is getting all ready, filling up with important data. We are now dealing with the useful information on how to travel to Alicante, how to go from Airport to Agora... So everyday some section is updated, enlarged or translated. Because we are having the blog in many languages! AEGEE-Alicante is really multilingual :D

But there is one thing we have ready now! We have already uploaded the team pictures! Why this section? Because we are really proud of the TEAM we are! So,what are you waiting? Go to the website and check who is going to welcome you at the Agora, who will be the one serving your breakfast, who will dance with you on the club and wake you up the next morning... Did you find a friend? Which picture is your favourite? Which one is the funniest? Most charming? Don't be shy, leave a comment on the blog, we'd love to read them!! (you may even ask for phone numbers :D)

As you can see, there is not just people from AEGEE-Alicante, we have received support from other antennae that have sent us the best of the best, and this external contribution is being huge. This multilevel cooperation is what I like most of this Agora Experience...

Know Alicante University: The aeroplanes

The Campus of the University of Alicante is located in an flat area that used to be an aerodrome (from 1919 to 1978). Some buildings from that time are still there, as the control tower, which hosts nowadays the International Relations Society of the university, the meeting point of all Erasmus and exchange students. The old hangar (place used to keep the aeroplanes inside) has disappeared but its metal structure remains on place like an skeleton, hosting a lush garden with bamboo and tropical plants.

This is just one of the treasures the University of Alicante hides on its campus... more coming soon!!


Agora Alicante team

Dear sister Riga

Did you know... that Alicante and Riga are Twin Towns? Not in the AEGEE meaniing but in the official list of twin towns. Check it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga

Thanks to our dear Vice Chair Roberto who pointed the fact out! Now we know this small but very interesting detail. We want to take this opportunity to wish AEGEE-Riga again al the best. We send you even more support, more positive energy, more AEGEE Spirit. And a bit of warm Sunlight.