Fireworks: Sunday, March 15th
At 1am, thousands of people gathered around the Paseo de la Alameda in the heart of Valencia for 2009's initial night fireworks -- castillo de fuegos artificiales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBPOAf0koV8 As usual,…
At 1am, thousands of people gathered around the Paseo de la Alameda in the heart of Valencia for 2009's initial night fireworks -- castillo de fuegos artificiales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBPOAf0koV8 As usual,…
Anyone walking through Valencia the next few days won't be able to avoid noticing the statues which have been placed on nearly every street corner. Some of them are big,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yL8tOtXqRA There's no doubt -- Fallas has definitely arrived in force. I hope you showed up early for today's show, put on by pyrotechnic company Focs d'Artifici Europlá. It was…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1mhI_D-024 There was a huge crowd on-hand at today's mascletà. And even after warning everyone to show up early, we neglected to do so ourselves. So, we ended up somewhat…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Swmy6yslA Today's mascletà was staged by Crespo de Alzira who, according to the newspaper Levante, are specialists in a special technique called the "Infernal Spider". Though it's hard to say…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwpwWx-1Mg Piroquiles de Turis has been moving up in the Fallas calendar -- each day closer to the 19th is considered a step up. Last year they performed on the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBoMdashEoo While walking from monument to monument during Fallas, stock up on energy with buñuelos, which are sold on almost every street corner in Valencia during Fallas. Don’t forget to…
Today's mascletà was shot off by Tomás de Beincarló, a company which has only existed for about 15 years. Their performance was more colorful than most, and the finale was…
La Feria de la Tapa is being held during Fallas in the large plaza next to the MuVIM museum. For €3.50, you get a drink (water, wine, beer) and a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQ_IlEFRYk Today's mascletà was staged by the pyrotechnic company Borredá, and from our vantage point, was kind of scary. Like War of the Worlds, or something. We got rained on…