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Fallas 2010: Cabalgata del Fuego

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  • Post published:March 21, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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https://vimeo.com/10321591 The Cabalgata del Fuego, which takes place along Calle Colón at 7pm on the last day of Fallas, is a relatively new addition to the calendar. But what the…

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Fallas 2010: La Despertà

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  • Post published:February 28, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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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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Our Lady of the Forsaken Part 2: Insanity & Parades

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 12, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals
  • Post comments:6 Comments

This weekend it was all about the Virgin. Thousands upon thousands of people took part in the various events which we previewed last Friday. Here's the second of two parts…

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Despertà 2009 — Welcome to Hell, Kid

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 23, 2009
  • Post category:Bizarre/Fallas
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Ah, Sundays. There's nothing better than sleeping in on a lazy Sunday morning, taking your time with breakfast, coffee, the paper. Disbelief and a gratifying sense of shame when you…

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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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