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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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Global Champions Tour – Horses Gone Wild

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 9, 2010
  • Post category:Events/Sports/Things to Do
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The Global Champions Tour is currently occupying the Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias. It's a bizarre and compelling venue for an equestrian competition. They've laid down half a foot of…

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San Antonio – Pics & Video

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 18, 2010
  • Post category:Bizarre/Events/Photography/Video
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Dieser Artikel auf Deutsch: Der Große Antonio in Valencia January 17th is the day of San Antonio, patron saint of animals. In Valencia, celebrations center on the neighborhood and church…

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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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Valencia’s Feria de Abril

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 17, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Festivals
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We're really late with this one, but here are some images we got from this year's Feria de Abril, which was held (confusingly) at the beginning of May in the…

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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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