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Valenbisi: The City’s New Bike Rental Service

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 22, 2010
  • Post category:Tips & Tricks/Travel
  • Post comments:7 Comments

There's been talk of a city-wide bike rental scheme for a long time, and it's finally here. Introducing Valenbisi. We lived in Berlin, where the Deutsche Bahn (the railway company)…

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July’s Jazz Festival Shaping Up to Be Hot

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 16, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals/Music
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Jazz fans, listen up! Melody Gardot, Natalie Cole, Nikki Yanofsky, Dr. John, Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças (CéU), Joshua Redman and Avishai Cohen are some of the big names that…

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Valencia Gets Two Top-Flight Teams Next Year

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 15, 2010
  • Post category:Sports
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Congratulations to Levante UD, who beat Castellón on Saturday to seal their spot in the top Spanish league next year. Which means soccer fans here will have twice as many…

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Where Oh Where Will I Watch the World Cup?!

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 10, 2010
  • Post category:Bar/Sports
  • Post comments:9 Comments

I know. Usually, we try and provide you with information about the city. But this time, I'm stuck. The World Cup begins tomorrow and I have no idea where to…

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La Bulería – Flamenco & Dinner

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 8, 2010
  • Post category:Music/Restaurants
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There aren't a lot of Flamenco joints in Valencia, but those that do exist boast a high level of quality. We recently checked out La Bulería, near the Ciudad de…

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Paseo de las Rocas 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 7, 2010
  • Post category:Bizarre/Culture/Festivals/Photography/Vocab
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Crazy weather tried, but wasn't able to totally dampen the Corpus Christi festivities this year, and we made sure to show up for at the Palacio Arzobispal for the Paseo…

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Corpus Christi 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 3, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals
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The festivities for Corpus Christi, one of Valencia's most important holidays, get underway tomorrow and run through the weekend. Huge statues, creepy white-robed ladies, elaborately decorated balconies and unfairly burdened…

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Our Trip to Madrid

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 2, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Photography/Video
  • Post comments:5 Comments

Another quick post unrelated to Valencia... we got some great pictures and took a video during our recent trip to Madrid, and need to share! Madrid is completely unlike Valencia;…

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III Festival de Mediterrani

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 28, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals/Music
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It's all about the ladies at the third annual Festival de Mediterrani, at the Palau de las Arts Reina Sofia. With the slogan "ELLA", the operas featured during the month-long…

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The Glory of the Baroque: San Juan de la Cruz

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 27, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Restaurants/Things to Do
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A couple weeks ago, we visited the Iglesia de San Martín and were introduced the Glory of the Baroque -- Valencia's incredible effort to restore a number of central churches…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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