Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 9th
https://vimeo.com/10047785 Today's mascletà took place under the bright, and much-needed sunlight. While the rest of Spain suffers catastrophic snow and rain, Valencians were lucky to enjoy their fiesta in the…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 8th
https://vimeo.com/10014614 Today, the world is celebrating the Day of the Woman, and this afternoon's mascletà kept with the theme -- pyrotechnic company Martí (Burriana) is led by a woman. And...…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà Napolitana
https://vimeo.com/10008160 Along with thousands of other gluttons for punishment, Jürgen and I returned to the beach on Sunday afternoon for the rescheduled Mascletà Napolitana. This time, we were in luck…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 7th
https://vimeo.com/9981735 There was a big crowd on-hand for today's mascletà, carried out by Pirotecnia Gori of Mislata. Colorful, loud, and with a rousing finale, it was everything that a mascletà…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 6th
https://vimeo.com/9962564 Brrr... the bad weather resulted in the cancellation of today's Mascletà Napolitana (postponed until tomorrow, 6pm) at the beach, but the daily 2pm mascletà went ahead according to plan.…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 5th
https://vimeo.com/9942106 Today's mascletà was insanely loud. I don't know what happened; I thought I was just being whiny and sensitive, but when I looked around, everyone else in the crowd…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 4th
https://vimeo.com/9915126 Mascletàs are back on the menú. After yesterday's was cancelled due to inclement weather, we had to wait 48 HOURS for the next blast. Aching from the nervous tics…
Fallas 2010: Mascletà March 2nd
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…
Fallas 2010: First Mascletà – March 1st
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…
Fallas 2010: La Crida
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…