The first Formula 1 race in Valencia is over and since we couldn’t afford tickets (and didn’t get press passes … yeah right - Holavalencia is still too small!), we went down to the track afterward. Being a photographer, wandering around the deserted track was more exciting than watching the race on TV.
As you’ll [...]

I finally managed to get my finger on a white iPhone 16GB (I’ll cover the benefits and flaws of the iPhone in a separate post) which enables me us to blog live from Valencia, with the help of the iPhone’s Tumble application.
Valencia Live is a new feature which has its own section and RSS [...]

This Wednesday, the 27th of August, the small town of Buñol will once again play host to one of the world’s most famously bizarre festivals: The Tomatina.
Source: arroncorey@flickr
You’ve probably seen the images — hundreds of people throwing millions of tomatoes at each other, turning the city’s streets into a mushy, red mess. The celebration [...]

It’s unbelievable, and goes against everything I’ve ever stood for as an educated member of civilized society: I am excited for a car race.
I can’t wait, despite being completely ignorant about Formula 1. In fact, here is the entire compendium of my knowledge of the sport:
Things I Know About F1

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Approximately half of the drivers [...]

In 138 BC, Junius Brutus established a small colony of Roman soldiers on an island in the river Turia, known as Valentia. Although the area had been previously inhabited by unorganized Iberian tribes, this is considered to be the founding of Valencia.
Ruins of the Circo Romano found near C/ La Paz in 1989 (http://www.cult.gva.es/)
Pompey: [...]

For most of humanity, public holidays are a breathlessly awaited godsend. But when you work independently, and are living in a new country, they can be an unexpected nuisance.
Ach, get up there already.
Like today, for instance. I woke up early, intending to get a paper and sit at my favorite café for breakfast. [...]

If you need a bottle of wine and would like an overwhelming selection that would take hours to browse, then by all means head down to Las Añadas de España, close to la Estación del Norte on Calle Xátiva (location).

Añadas means something like “seasons”, or “years”, and it’s not hard to imagine that every year [...]

View over Valencia from Ferris Wheel from Valencia Blog on Vimeo.
Part of the Feria de Julio was a fair in the Turia riverbed, which had this gigantic Ferris Wheel. You can’t have missed it if you’ve been Valencia during the last month. But perhaps you didn’t get a chance to take a spin… Well, in [...]

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The Plaza del Ayuntamiento is the largest and probably most important plaza in Valencia. Home to the city hall (ayuntamiento) and the magnificent central post office (edificio de correos), the Plaza del Ayuntamiento also serves as ground zero for Fallas.
The triangular shape of the plaza is interesting. At its southern end, [...]

According to a study done by a research group for the Cervecerias of Spain, the most popular aperitif of Valencians is a glass of cold beer and patatas bravas. Excellent — that just happens to be Hola Valencia’s choice, too.
Beer (70%) was followed by cola (50%), vermouth (24%), wine (19%) and sangria (17%). [...]