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!

Lluniau o'r Parti Nadolig- Xmas photos

Diolch i Esyllt am y lluniau.

Parti Nadolig/Xmas Party

Pryd? When? 8fed Rhagfyr am 7.30pm / 8th of December at 7.30pm
Ble? Where? Ty Gareth,Gareth's house, Ixelles - Elsene, B-1050.

Fel rydyn ni wedi gwneud yn y gorffenol cynhelir y parti Nadolig yn nhy un o'n aelodau, Gareth eleni. Fel wnaethon ni llynedd rydyn ni'n gofyn i bawb sy'n dod i'r parti i ddod â rhywbeth gyda nhw, bwyd neu diod. Os ydych chi'n bwriadu dod rhowch wybod i mi a dwedwch beth rydych chi'n meddwl cyfrannu. Gobeithio gwelwn ni chi yno.

As we have done in the past we will hold the Christmas party in the home of one of our members, Gareth Lawrence this year. As we did last year we are asking everybody who comes to the party to bring something with them, food or drink. If you intend to come please let me know and say what you are thinking of bringing. We hope to see you there.

Rhodri

Pantomime at the New Theatre in Cardiff

I wonder of you can help me, I have 4 tickets to the pantomime at the New Theatre in Cardiff for the evening performance on January 2nd. Unfortunately we are not able to go to Wales as my husband has to work. Would you please send an email to your contact list to see whether anyone would be interested in buying them? They cost me 80 pounds for the 4. Thanks, we are really disappointed not to be able to go but perhaps someone else would like them. Lisa de Haan <familydehaan@hotmail.com>

Sgwrs Gymraeg Tachwedd

Dyma rai luniau o'r Sgwrs Gymraeg ym mis Tachwedd yn y dafarn/ty bwyta WEINSTUBE MAXBURG. Fe fydd y Sgwrs Gymraeg nesaf yn cymeryd lle ar nos Fercher 20eg Rhagfyr 2007.