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Valencia’s Corpus Christi 2009

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 9, 2009
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Last year, nasty weather ruined our first Corpus Christi in Valencia, so we're greatly looking forward to this year's celebrations. Acts are scheduled from June 11th to 14th, continuing a…

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Tattoo Convention Valencia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 26, 2009
  • Post category:Bizarre/Events
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The 9th Annual Valencia Tattoo Convention is being held at the Expo Hotel on June 12th, 13th and 14th. That last tattoo, the work of Javi Moreno, is the coolest…

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Valencia’s Feria de Abril

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 17, 2009
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We're really late with this one, but here are some images we got from this year's Feria de Abril, which was held (confusingly) at the beginning of May in the…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken Part 2: Insanity & Parades

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 12, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals
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This weekend it was all about the Virgin. Thousands upon thousands of people took part in the various events which we previewed last Friday. Here's the second of two parts…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken Part 1: History & The Dance

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 12, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals/Photography
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This weekend it was all about the Virgin. Thousands upon thousands of people took part in the various events which we previewed last Friday. Here's the first of two parts…

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Nou Campanar: The Monuments of Fallas 2009

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 8, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Fallas/Photography
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1st Place: 'Esta falla ... tiene mucha tela For the 6th year in a row, Nou Campanar walks off with the trophy for a mammoth, expensive monument that other commissions…

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Book Fair in the Viveros Gardens

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 1, 2009
  • Post category:Books/Events/Things to Do
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Until May 3rd, the annual book fair, the Fira del Llibre de València will be held in the Viveros Gardens. We went last year and can report: there were a…

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Weekend Celebrations for San Vicente Ferrer

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 20, 2009
  • Post category:Events/Festivals/Photography/Video
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This weekend, the celebrations for San Vicente Ferrer really got underway... we stumbled by accident across quite a few of them. Friday: Paella Street Party in RuzafaAfter a delicious tapas…

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Easter Sunday Procession in Cabanyal

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 13, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Photography
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Bright, warm, sunny weather? IT'S AN EASTER SUNDAY MIRACLE!! Hooray! After Friday's procession was canceled due to the inclement weather, it was wonderful to have a beautiful Easter Sunday. At…

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Semana Santa – Malvarossa Mass

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 10, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events
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One of the most photogenic events of the Semana Santa Marinera is the morning mass at the Malvarossa beach, on Good Friday. Only for early risers! Normally, we're definitively not…

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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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