Comments on: Grandpa Ramón’s 86th Birthday http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/20/grandpa-ramons-86th-birthday/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:51:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/20/grandpa-ramons-86th-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-35 erik Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:40:29 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/20/grandpa-ramons-86th-birthday/#comment-35 Good question. Yes, they're from soccer events, I think. Some are for card games. I don't know all the details. I think they don't do that so much anymore since most of the members' children are past intramural soccer age. Most of the members seem to be 55-years-old (+/- 5 years), part of the big "looking for work" south-to-north migration of 30 years ago. A couple of months ago, Andoni, the only grandchild missing in the picture above, went back into a back room and pulled out an old dusty trophy that he had won ten years ago. I'll ask about the trophies next time I'm there. There's an Andalucian cultural club in Mondragon too. Good question. Yes, they’re from soccer events, I think. Some are for card games. I don’t know all the details. I think they don’t do that so much anymore since most of the members’ children are past intramural soccer age. Most of the members seem to be 55-years-old (+/- 5 years), part of the big “looking for work” south-to-north migration of 30 years ago.

A couple of months ago, Andoni, the only grandchild missing in the picture above, went back into a back room and pulled out an old dusty trophy that he had won ten years ago. I’ll ask about the trophies next time I’m there.

There’s an Andalucian cultural club in Mondragon too.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/20/grandpa-ramons-86th-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Betsy Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:27:34 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/06/20/grandpa-ramons-86th-birthday/#comment-34 The Spanish sure know how to celebrate. Are the trophies, visible in the background of one of the shots, from Extremadura exploits? Do the cultural clubs compete in intramural type events? The Spanish sure know how to celebrate. Are the trophies, visible in the background of one of the shots, from Extremadura exploits? Do the cultural clubs compete in intramural type events?

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