Wednesday Night

Murcia City Hall

I took a few speculative photos of the town hall before we grabbed an empanada and went on our way to El Ahorcado Feliz for the next meeting of the Language Workshop. 

Although really too dark to see any written documents easily, it provides a good relaxed atmosphere in which to talk with a small group of people around the table.

As one of two native English speakers, the other being Mike from Co. Cork in Ireland, my task for the night as a language co-ordinator was to encourage the discussion of topics such as television, sport and the cinema - which included such classics as Desayuno con Diamantes, Descalzos por el Parque and Casablanca.

The conversation digressed as the evening continued and, moving around the table, I had the opportunity to meet a wide variety of interesting people, answering questions on points of grammar and discussing general topics that included the merits of The New Town Hall, which has been placed at one end of the Plaza Cardinal Belluga, where the cathedral is situated.

As the night was coming to an end, and when most people had gone home, I began to feel ill. It had been a long day and when outside again in the cold, damp night - and had walked across the old town - I knew that something wasn't quite right...