Semana Santa 2010
I hope you're recovered from Fallas, because the next big celebration is already here. Get ready for the excitement of Semana Santa in Valencia! Sigh. Well, if we must. As…
I hope you're recovered from Fallas, because the next big celebration is already here. Get ready for the excitement of Semana Santa in Valencia! Sigh. Well, if we must. As…
With a monument ringing in at over $1.6 million, the Fallas commission Nou Campanar apparently wasn't affected by the world's financial crisis. Their's was most expensive Fallas monument ever, displayed…
Guadix is a beautiful town an hour east of Granada, which we visited on our trip back to Valencia. (It's also the home of the pyrotechnic company who put on…
https://vimeo.com/10384904 We took my dad, a lifelong fan of Hemingway, to his first bullfight on the last day of Fallas, squeezing into the stadium's tiny bench seats as best we…
https://vimeo.com/10285276 The Night of Fire is one of the most eagerly anticipated events during Fallas. Thousands of people gather around the Paseo de la Alameda at the ungodly hour of…
https://vimeo.com/10350217 The last of Fallas's mascletàs is always something special -- it's only too bad that the weather didn't play along nicely for the crowd, or for Pirotecnia Caballer. Before…
https://vimeo.com/10113520 Okay -- we admit it. We spoke way too soon when announcing that Sueca-Literato Azorín was "obviously" going to win the annual Lights competition. We hadn't yet seen Cuba-Literato…
With its biggest popular celebration going on, Valencia should be in the news for its positive aspects. But, nope. The main story in the city for the past week has…
This year, the competition for the Best Lights Display award has heated up! Two other commissions, Cuba-Literato Azorín and Cuba-Puerto Rico are challenging the perennial victors Sueca-Literato Azorín. "Enough of…
What goes hand-in-hand with Fallas, one of the world's craziest street festivals?! "Antique Books!" What's the perfect complement to ear-shattering fireworks and greasy buñuelos?! "Antique Books! Antique Books!" Until March…