St.David's Day Dinner

The Brussels Welsh Society's annual St David's Day dinner will this year be held on Saturday March 1st, at Le Syrtaki Greek restaurant at Rue St Boniface, 22, Ixelles - in the shadow of St Boniface church in the Matonge area. The restaurant has a second entrance on the adjacent Rue Ernest Solvay, and (paid) parking is available on Rue St Boniface, opposite the bar l'Ultime Atom.

Location
Metro Porte de Namur.

Manolis and family are offering a fixed price menu for €35 which includes: aperitif - meze - gigot d'agneau - dessert - coffee - wine. The gigot is the house lamb speciality but there are other choices available (steak, fish, vegetarian, other traditional Greek dishes etc) - please contact Gareth (garethrl@gmail.com) for further details if interested. Desserts will be chosen on the night, and a 1/4l carafe of house wine (red, white, rose, retsina) included. Wine can be ordered a la carte if you prefer, maybe at a discounted rate (tbc).

We will have a guest speaker for the evening, Dr Seán O Riain an Irish diplomat who has worked in six different countries and who speaks eight languages including Welsh. At present working on secondment as an Irish translator at the European Commission he is a passionate advocate of multilingualism, the survival of Irish and is an Esperanto enthusiast - he sees Esperanto helping language learning in general. See his website www.seanoriain.eu. Seán is also a champion toastmaster.

The restaurant is well-established - over 35 years - and lively at weekends so we can look forward to a fusion of traditional Welsh and Greek music and entertainment during the evening. Don't miss this one! Please confirm your attendance and number of guests to both Rhodri and Gareth as soon as possible and in any case by Friday 23rd Feb at the latest.

Gareth garethrl@gmail.com

Rhodri thomasrhodri@yahoo.co.uk

Cinio Dewi Sant

Cynhelir cinio blynyddol Dewi Sant y Gymdeithas eleni ar nos Sadwrn, Mawrth 1af, ym mwyty Groegaidd Le Syrtaki, Rue St Boniface, 22, Ixelles - o flaen eglwys St Boniface yn yr ardal Matonge. Mae yna ail mynediad ar Rue Ernest Solvay, a parcio (i'w dalu) gyferbyn a bar l'Ultime Atom ar Rue St Boniface.

Lleoliad

Metro Porte de Namur.

Mae Manolis a'i deulu yn cynnig pryd o: aperitif - meze - gigot d'agneau - pwdin - coffi - gwin, am €35. Y gigot yw arbennigiaeth cig oen y ty, ond mae dewisiadau erail (stec, pysgod, llyseuol, traddodidol Groeg ayyb) i'w gael - cysylltwch a Gareth (garethrl@gmail.com) am rhagor o fanylion. Dewisir y pwdin ar y noson, ac mi fydd 1/4l o win i bawb (coch, gwyn, rose neu retsina). Gellir archebu gwin o'r rhestr, ac o bosib efo disgownt (i'w gadarnhau).

Fe fydd siaradwr gwadd gyda ni am y noson, Dr.Seán O Riain, diplomydd o Iwerddon sy wedi gweithio mewn chwech gwlad gwahanol ac sy'n siarad wyth iaith yn cynnwys y Gymraeg. Ar hyn o bryd mae e'n gweithio dros dro fel cyfieithydd Gwyddeleg yn y Comisiwn Ewropeiaidd. Cefnogwr cadarn amlieithrwydd, goroesiad yr iaith Wyddeleg ac yn frwdfrydig dros Esperanto, mae e'n credu bod Esperanto yn gallu helpu dysgu ieithoedd yn gyffredinol. Gweler ei wefan www.seanoriain.eu. Mae Seán hefyd yn "toastmaster" buddugol.

Mae'r bwyty wedi'i sefydlu ers 35 mlynedd a mwy, ac yn boblogaidd a bywiog ar y penwythnos felly gewn ni edrych ymlaen at gymysgiad o gerddoriaeth ac adloniant Cymreig a Groegaidd. Peidiwch a cholli allan! Atebwch i Rhodri a Gareth i gadarnhau'ch bod yn dod, a'r nifer o westai, cyn gynted a phosib ac yn sicr cyn nos Wener Chwefror 23ain ar y man pellaf.

Cymru vs Yr Alban / Wales vs Scotland

Diolch i Peredur, thanks to Peredur for this.

Shwmae

Wales v Scotland

Time: 15h00 (Bxl time)

Date: 9 February

Venue: Irish Pub De Valera's (17 Place Flagey) - sorry but thought best to stick with De Vals for the time being

Hope to see you there, and wear something red!