Tweet If you’re in Valencia on Sunday afternoon, make sure to turn your radios to Cadena Ser (1.179 OM/ 100.4 FM). Juergen and I were invited to their studio this week, for an interview as part of a recurring feature about Valencian blogs. But take some aspirin before listening to us! The interview was in [...]

Tweet In the Plaza del Mercado, the Iglesia de los Santos Juanes (The Church of the Saint Johns) blends inconspicuously into its surroundings (location). This area of Valencia is awash in architectural highlights, including La Lonja and Mercado Central, and a tourist could be forgiven for passing over Los Santos Juanes completely. But doing so [...]

Tweet Cavalia in Valencia from Valencia Blog on Vimeo. Here’s a video from Cavalia’s opening night, to get you even more excited about the show here in Valencia. Don’t forget that Hola Valencia is raffling off free tickets for the performance this Saturday evening. You still have a day to enter! – Fun Free Online [...]

Tweet A few days ago, we previewed the huge new spectacular that plans on taking Valencia by hoof storm: Cavalia. That post had a… cynical tone, but last night we were lucky enough to be invited to the show’s opening performance. Suddenly, our snarky attitude has vanished. Cavalia is pretty sweet. “Cirque de Soleil on [...]

Tweet El Gordo, the “big one”, is the most important prize in the Spanish Christmas Lottery — the largest lottery in the world. This year, there’s €2.3 billion in prizes (about 3 billion dollars). There’s a word for that: CRAZY. Also: EXCITING. Roughly 18% of participants stand a chance at winning something, which ain’t bad [...]