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 [...]

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 [...]

Francisco Camps & Rita Barberá, Valencia’s Mayor

What are some good ways to demonstrate your Catholic faith?

1. Pray faithfully every day
2. Give generously to the poor
3. Go to church as often as possible
4. Throw your children against a huge statue

Seriously. Child tossing.
This past Sunday at 10:30am, during a procession known as el [...]

We’ve mentioned the festivities for the Virgen de los Desemparados on Hola Valencia Blog before. Of course, we made sure to be there, and took some pictures documenting it.
There will be two posts about this festival - this one will be about the music and the dance on Saturday night [...]

Last weekend, we went to the Feria de Abril festivities being held in the Turia riverbed by the Puente de Calatrava.
Feria de Abril is a hugely popular festival in Andalusia — particularly Sevilla. Being party people, the large population of Andalusians in Valencia have set up a mini-fiesta for themselves. We went [...]