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A LETTER FROM AMERICA My kid sister (your news writer) gave me an assignment this past weekend and that was to write an article on the recent sister-city partnership of Almuñécar (in Spain) and Hendersonville (USA) , and so as we drove into Hendersonville this past Memorial Day weekend, I could not for the life of me come up with any similarities; in fact, having visited Almuñécar a number of years ago, I couldn’t imagine two more distinct cities, with one being a coastal, fishing and trading settlement founded by the Phoenicians many, many years before Christ, and the other a relatively recent settlement tucked in the green, very green mountains of North Carolina. Delving a little deeper, however, I learn that it is more than physical attributes that go into the making of a sister-city partnership. I discovered that these two apparently distinct cities do have some things in common, something that binds them: The purpose of the sister-city agreement (according to Sister Cities International) is “to work together for a peaceful and united world; to stimulate and support our citizens in cultural, athletic and scientific encounters; to support the interchanges of our youth, particularly in the field of education; to consolidate and deepen the friendship between both cities; and to harness communication between the towns to promote tolerance of different values and ways of life.” Delving still deeper, I find there are some very real similarities between Almuñécar and Hendersonville after all: both are close-knit family communities; both have an ambience that attracts retirees; and both are surrounded by mountains – in fact, the Moorish word ALMUÑÉCAR means ‘surrounded by mountains.’ Now, although both communities rely heavily on agriculture, the one thing we do not have in Hendersonville are avocadoes. (Incidentally, for those interested in etymology, the word avocado stems from the NAHUATL word meaning ‘testicle,’) and although both cities are retirement communities, another thing we do not have in Hendersonville are a bunch of Fro....., eerr uumm I mean French retirees playing with their balls on the winter beaches, croaking every time their Petanque balls collide, delighting in the fact that they probably speak Spanish and the Brits do not, and that makes them superior, better qualified to be retirees in Spain, delighting also in the fact that while their man Napoleon conquered the whole of Spain, all we Brits got was that measly, monkey rock called Gibraltar. By Professor Carl-Michal Krawczyk, Marietta, Ohio, USA Jun 4, 2010
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