By Sunday, we were starting to grow tired of Valencia’s endless supply of religious processions, and decided to do something a little different as an antidote: the Manga and Cosplay festival being held at Heineken Greenspace. Out In Traditional Fallera Costumes Angel Wings and Psycho-sexual Japanese Schoolgirl Uniforms Holy Religious Icons Anime Cutouts and plush [...]

Yes my lady, look again. This restaurant is called 100 Montaditos for a reason. You can choose from 100 toppings for your montaditos, which are little sandwich buns/baguettes. They look like this: If you never had tapas before, this is a great and affordable way to try and sample different types. Most of the toppings [...]

I like books. And since it was time to buy a new one, I decided to check out the store which had been passing out free paperbacks during the recent Book Fair in the Viveros Gardens. (Free stuff: Marketing that works!) FNAC is a popular French bookstore chain that has expanded to Spain. It’s actually [...]

Is anyone else having a hard time following the status of the America’s Cup? On again, off again and constantly rescheduled, the America’s Cup now has a green light for March, 2009. A judge in New York dismissed some sort of lawsuit initiated by Team USA (Oracle) against the Swiss (Alinghi), and has set a [...]

After the short but eventful Traslado on Sunday morning, we found ourselves again on Plaza de la Virgen that evening for the official procession. The virgin was going to be carried on an even longer route with more rose petals. Due to bad weather the procession was canceled, but I managed to take some fun [...]