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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 Segovia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 27, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Food & Drink/Photography/Vocab
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Don't miss: Our Trip to Segovia: Part II In 2010, we're making good on our promise to see more of Spain! We recently spent a weekend in the gorgeous medieval…

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Valencian Vocab: Parany

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 24, 2010
  • Post category:News/Vocab
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Parany is a curious word I've been seeing a lot of in the Valencian press lately, usually appearing alongside words like "protest", "anger", and "controversy". And "killing". Naturally, I was…

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The Miramar – Architectural Oddity

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 19, 2009
  • Post category:Bizarre/Vocab
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One of Valencia's unique architectural highlights is the miramar -- translating literally into "look at the sea". Valencian Miramar The miramar is immediately recognizable; a small square-shaped tower plopped on…

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Mentira – Alcoy’s Awesome Party Drink

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 24, 2009
  • Post category:Bizarre/Festivals/Food & Drink/Vocab
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When we went to Alcoy for the Christians & Moors festival, we were delighted to be introduced to la Mentira, the city's official party drink. Mentira is a delicious and…

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Initial walk through the insane Fallas lights of Calle Sueca

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  • Post published:March 16, 2009
  • Post category:Fallas/Vocab
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STS0QJNhB0s On the 7th of March we had gone to see the turning on of the street lights. It was so packed we didn’t dare to squeeze ourselves through Calle…

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Barraca-Bama!

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 25, 2008
  • Post category:Culture/History/Museums/Vocab
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The small triangular barraca is a sight which is quickly disappearing from the Valencian landscape. These homes, popularized in Blasco Ibáñez's novel of the same name, have been popular with…

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Colegio del Patriarca Video – Bell Tower in Action

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 4, 2008
  • Post category:Culture/History/Things to Do/Vocab
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Note: This is a special video edition in our series of posts about The Real Colegio del Patriarca -- a building we intending to explore in depth. If interested, read…

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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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Valencian Vocab: La Cridà

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 25, 2008
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Festivals/Photography/Vocab
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At 7:45pm, on the last Sunday of February, Las Fallas festival is officially inaugurated. We went last night and stood in the rain with thousands of cheering, singing and shouting…

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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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