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Fallas 2010: Calle Sueca Prepares

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  • Post published:March 3, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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Can’t wait for March 15th when the main days of Fallas begin? Why not head down to Calle Sueca and count all light bulbs and LEDs? That should keep you…

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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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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
  • 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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IVAM – Mean Streets & My Mother’s Suitcase

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 17, 2010
  • Post category:Museums
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The weather hasn't been the greatest in the Valencian Community recently, so we spent one rainy afternoon at the IVAM -- Valencia's modern art museum -- where there's almost always…

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Festival of Nations 2009

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 20, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals/Food & Drink/Things to Do
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Lacking a little culture in your day-to-day life? Feel like jamming out to some bongo drumming? Getting sick of Spanish paella and arroz del horno? All valid reasons to head…

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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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