Post by neferetus on Dec 2, 2005 19:10:51 GMT -5
For those of you who are up on your San Antonio history, the city's first European settlers were 13 families and 2 single men from the Canary Islands.
Main Plaza, or 'Plaza de Las Islas' was named in honor of these Texas pioneers who arrived in was was then known as Villa de San Fernando de Bejar
on March 9, 1731.
Jump ahead now some 260 years and back to the Canary islands. On a visit to the islands not long ago, a friend of mine discovered the Hacienda El
Alamo , a restaurant, bar and folklorio center. Located in Carretera a Palmitos Park, the compound's entertainment features flamenco dancers that
would not feel at all out of place in far off San Antonio, Texas. Have any of you Bejarians out there made the trek back to your town's ancestral roots
in the Canary Islands, yet? If not, you can always make the excuse, "Ive got to get back to the Alamo".
Let's jig a little, Mamacita!
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Main Plaza, or 'Plaza de Las Islas' was named in honor of these Texas pioneers who arrived in was was then known as Villa de San Fernando de Bejar
on March 9, 1731.
Jump ahead now some 260 years and back to the Canary islands. On a visit to the islands not long ago, a friend of mine discovered the Hacienda El
Alamo , a restaurant, bar and folklorio center. Located in Carretera a Palmitos Park, the compound's entertainment features flamenco dancers that
would not feel at all out of place in far off San Antonio, Texas. Have any of you Bejarians out there made the trek back to your town's ancestral roots
in the Canary Islands, yet? If not, you can always make the excuse, "Ive got to get back to the Alamo".
Let's jig a little, Mamacita!
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