Sarah Brown and Colin Heaney, the English Department of Miguelturra says hi.

We´d like to hear from two young people who were here with us in the late nineties-turn of the century and millenium and of whom we have fond memories.

First came Colin Heaney, who lived in Northern Ireland but was Catholic, was surprised at how fond the kids here were of shouting out of windows because the students back home were very reserved, is a relative of the sportswoman Geraldine Heaney, had a nephew born into his family while he was here and took the trouble to tape a lot of Irish songs for us. He also learned how to say "echar la pota."

Next came Sarah Brown, from Sawbridgeworth in England, which has a lovely castle and is near London, if we remember this right. She had a rabbit named Jasper back home, was surprised at how Christmas decorations were left hanging in this school until mid January, and even more surprised when one of the noisiest groups of kids we´ve had here became really quiet when we told them about Henry the VIIIth and his family. All the boys voted that Catherine Howard was the coolest wife and the girls liked Catherine Parr because she was smart enough to outlive Henry.

This is like a note in a bottle cast into the sea. But if miraculously you get to read this, please write to us. Don´t email because we´re not allowed to open unidentified emails. We hope life has treated you well and we´d really like to hear from you. Our address still is:

Departamento de Inglés
I.E.S. Campo de Calatrava
C/. Tomillo s/n
13170 Miguelturra, Ciudad Real
Spain

Ah! And we´re still looking for Nuño Paez!