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Post by Tom Bombadil on Feb 19, 2009 3:48:14 GMT
And to my hometown! I learned today that King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia of Spain are coming to speak in the little old Spanish colony that is Pensacola. The schools are giving us permission to leave early to go see them. They'll be speaking in our equivalent of a 'town square' (a garden with a statue and a bunch of cannons) on Thursday at around noon (Central American time zone). Whoo! Excitement!  |
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Post by Vrek on Feb 19, 2009 4:07:14 GMT
Neat, congratulations. Not everyday do you get to see world rulers. Take pictures for the rest of us common folk.
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Post by Vicorva on Feb 19, 2009 12:23:50 GMT
Awesome! Seeing Royalty will be interesting, I should think.  Be sure to tell us what it's like! |
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Post by FC4 on Feb 19, 2009 15:51:12 GMT
Spain still has a monarchy? I hadn't known. Sounds awesome!
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Post by Tom Bombadil on Feb 19, 2009 21:33:13 GMT
Well, it was interesting. They had the speech in front of an old museum in town, and they had huge Spanish flags draped over the front of the building. The king made a speech about the city, and how today is apparently the 450th anniversary of the settlement, and how Spain has always been a good ally to Florida. Then the governor (or mayor, I couldn't tell) appointed February 19th as "King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia Day". It was neat...and for some reason a group of people were waving a large Greek flag in the crowd.
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Post by Vrek on Feb 20, 2009 0:34:54 GMT
Oh man, that was my Greek flag? I thought it was supposed to be Portuguese!
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Post by Tom Bombadil on Feb 20, 2009 1:19:00 GMT
Oh man, that was my Greek flag? I thought it was supposed to be Portuguese! Heh...we were making jokes about that...and about the British armada showing up...and Spain offering Florida to rejoin them...and of King Juan Carlos high-fiving the front row.... |
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Post by Elgen on Feb 20, 2009 16:57:47 GMT
As we all know, only awesome countries have monarchy  Our king is a lousy speaker, but his father was even worse. Wouldn't really want to listen to one of his speeches. But anyway, cool, was probably better than school. |
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Post by Simmo33 on Feb 22, 2009 20:07:42 GMT
If you ask me, the british monarchy is only good for one thing, tourism. Other than that it's completely pointless.
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Be sure to tell us what it's like!
