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La Semana Santa Marinera

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 21, 2008
  • Post category:Bizarre/Events/Things to Do
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Ah... Fallas is over, the monuments burnt, and we can finally get back to life as norma.... WHA?! You mean this is still a holiday?! That's right, largely forgotten in…

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City on Fire – Valencia’s Cremà

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 20, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas/Video
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Last night, more than 750 monuments were burned during La Cremà -- the fiery, official end to the Fallas celebrations. We went to see the monument of Convento Jerusalén be…

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Fallas Prize Winners

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 19, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas
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The Fallas monuments aren't just created to amaze spectators -- there is also a fiercely-waged annual competition to determine which committee pulled off the best monument of the year. For…

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Flower Offering to the Lady of the Forsaken

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 18, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Festivals/Music
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Guapa! Hey Guapa! This is the phrase we've been hearing for two days straight now, as thousands of falleras from all over Valencia march with flowers to Our Lady of…

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Sueca – Street of Lights

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 15, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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Part of Fallas is the annual competition of lights, and traditionally Calle Sueca in Russafa carries off the prize. It's not hard to see why. While most streets in Valencia…

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Original Versions Films in Valencia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 7, 2008
  • Post category:Entertainment/Things to Do
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After a year in Western Ireland, what a relief it was to finally go to a decent theater, populated with people interested in watching a film rather than tweens interested…

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La Utielana – Traditional Spanish from Mamá

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 6, 2008
  • Post category:Restaurants/Video
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A Valencian friend suggested we try out Restaurant La Utielana, if we’re interested in authentic, delicious and affordable Spanish cuisine. Yes, indeed. Very interested. After today’s mascletà, we made a…

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Buñuelo – How I love thee!

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 5, 2008
  • Post category:Fallas/Festivals/Food & Drink/Vocab
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buñuelo (m) small doughnut, fritter Oh buñuelo, you greasy ball of dough, so sweet, so wrong, so disgustingly delicious! You disgusting, delicious little whore, selling yourself on every street corner…

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Monster Attacks Children’s Parade

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 3, 2008
  • Post category:Bizarre/Video
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We went to see the Children's Parade and dress competition held in the Plaza del Carmen on Sunday. It was a beautiful morning, and the kids were awfully cute dressed…

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Free Concerts for Fallas 2008

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 29, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Music/Things to Do/Tips & Tricks
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There are a series of free concerts during Fallas, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of March, taking place in the Turia riverbed near the Serranos Towers, and in the…

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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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