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Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Day Trips

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 23, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Photography
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With our impending 3-month trip to Asturias coming ever closer, we thought it'd be a good time to look back on our years here, and compile some "Best Of" lists.…

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Eerie Valencia, Spooky & Beautiful Images

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  • Post published:July 21, 2010
  • Post category:Photography
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Here's a set of some eerie nighttime photos I've taken of Valencia. Enjoy!

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Spain: The Best Country in the World

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 12, 2010
  • Post category:Photography/Sports/Video
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What a glorious finale to an incredible month of soccer. Last night, all of Spain collapsed in an ecstatic fit when Andrés Iniesta slammed home his winning goal in extra…

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Bike Tour around the Montgó: Dénia-Xàbia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 2, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Photography/Travel
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For my birthday, Jürgen and I went biking around the mountain of Montgó. Separating the vacation cities of Dénia and Xàbia, the Montgó raises to over 2400 feet and has…

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Los Baños del Almirante

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 29, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/History/Photography/Things to Do
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Right off Calle Palau, within 2 minutes of the Cathedral, lay the Baths of the Admiral -- a bathhouse originally constructed in 1313. Unlike the baths we visited while in…

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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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Our Trip to Madrid

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 2, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Photography/Video
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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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Valencia Photography: Odd and Fun

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  • Post published:May 25, 2010
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It's been awhile since we posted a pure Valencia picture post - I've got a ton stacked up, but for now enjoy these. Click on the thumbnail to view the…

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Bike Trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 20, 2010
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Through pine forests, almond trees and fields of grape vines, and alongside an old railway track, we recently took a long bike trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro, and…

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This Was Fallas 2010

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  • Post published:May 6, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography
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What is Fallas? This will be our final post about Fallas 2010 and then we'll shut up about it... for 3 months or so! Below, you'll find links to all…

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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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