April 23 - A FLASH MOB TAKES THE MAIN SQUARE OF PLASENCIA -Come celebrate the World Book Day with us

I've traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,

Old stars and hopeful beginners,

I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket

To the wonderful world of books.

~ Anonymous ~

Next Monday the world celebrates the existence of books and the pleasure of reading them, by remembering two great men who died on the same date, April 23, 1616: William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Can you recognise these two extracts? Whose are they?

"In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing."

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them?

To die: to sleep; No more;

and by a sleep to say we end

The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub"

The Official Language School of Plasencia also wants to celebrate such a day in a special way. Here it goes:

Get a book you like, or your e-book, or your favourite comic or graphic novel...and bring it with you!! It can be in any language you prefer, English, Italian, French, Portuguese, German...even in Spanish, if you fancy. Take it and...

PLEASE JOIN US NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 23, FOR A FIFTEEN-MINUTE READING FLASH MOB AT THE PLAZA MAYOR OF PLASENCIA, AT 7:30 P.M.

But what does 'flash mob' mean?

flash mob 

noun

1.

a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their trains. (source: dictionary.com) 

We'll stay there for a little while, and celebrate the World Book Day in the best possible way: reading!!

YOU'RE ALL INVITED. DON'T MISS IT!!!!