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Granada – Federico Garcia Lorca

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 3, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/History/Photography
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"Viento del Sur,moreno, ardiente,llegas sobre mi carne,trayéndome semillade brillantesmiradas, empapadode azahares..."- Veleta (excerpt), Federico Garcia Lorca Spain's most famous poet and the favorite son of Granada, Federico Garcia Lorca was…

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Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 2nd

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  • Post published:March 2, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/9860104 As you'll see in the video above, this Mascletà came straight out of hell. It was just plain sick (mostly, in a good way) and was so intense it…

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Fallas 2010: Upcoming Events

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  • Post published:March 2, 2010
  • Post category:Events/Fallas/Tips & Tricks
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We feel for everyone who can’t make it to this year's Fallas, but hopefully the content we've posted so far helps soothe the pain! Color Mascletà 2010La Despertà 2010The midday…

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Fallas 2010: First Mascletà – March 1st

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  • Post published:March 1, 2010
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https://vimeo.com/9830654 As always, March in Valencia gets off to a bang! After standing in an insanely long line for bullfighting tickets (and eventually giving up), we grabbed our favorite spot…

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Fallas 2010: La Crida

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  • Post published:March 1, 2010
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This is year we missed the official opening ceremony of Las Fallas (La Crida) to socialize with friends, but of course we made sure to take a video of the…

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Granada – Bodega Barranco Oscuro in Las Alpujarras

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 1, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Food & Drink/Photography/Travel
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Midway into our drive through the Alpujarras, we stopped at Bodega Barranco Oscuro, a small family-run winery near Cádiar. It was the off-season, and just after 5pm, so I think…

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Fallas 2010: La Despertà

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  • Post published:February 28, 2010
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Luckily for us, the world's most annoying alarm clock only goes off once a year. But it's a bastard. At 7:30am on the last Sunday of February, Valencians take to…

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Sunday Flea Market at the Mestalla

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 26, 2010
  • Post category:Shops/Tips & Tricks
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Looking to pick up some junk fished out of garbage containers? Then head on down to the Mestalla this Sunday and marvel at the wonders of the Flea Market!! The…

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Granada – Las Alpujarras

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 25, 2010
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The second half of our Granada day trip took us east from Almuñécar along the Costa Tropical and then north into the Alpujarras. A gorgeous mountain district of Granada, las…

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Granada – El Suspiro del Moro and Almuñécar

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  • Post published:February 23, 2010
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Legend has it that when the Moors were finally conquered and kicked out of Granada, Boabdil, the last Moorish king of Al-Andalus, paused at the southern mountain pass for a…

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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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