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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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Corpus Christi 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 3, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals
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The festivities for Corpus Christi, one of Valencia's most important holidays, get underway tomorrow and run through the weekend. Huge statues, creepy white-robed ladies, elaborately decorated balconies and unfairly burdened…

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Paso de las Rocas – Corpus Christi in Valencia

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  • Post published:June 21, 2009
  • Post category:Bizarre/Festivals/Photography/Video
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The Paso de las Rocas is the 2nd of the Corpus Christi day parades, which were celebrated this year on June 14th. Click here to read our post about the…

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Corpus Christi 2009 – Cabalgata del Convite

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 17, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals/Photography/Video
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Valencia held its main 2009 Corpus Christi celebrations on Sunday, June 14th. If you like parades, followed by more parades, you'd have found paradise in the city today. The first…

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Street Fireworks – Engraellat at Almirante Cardoso

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 15, 2009
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The engraellat is a unique kind of street firework, which we had the dubious honor of "experiencing" (or: "being assaulted by") on Saturday June 13th, as part of the celebrations…

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Valencia’s Corpus Christi 2009

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 9, 2009
  • Post category:Events/Festivals
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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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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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