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…
Color Mascletà & Cabalgata Infantil 2010
After watching a color mascletà for the first time last year, we knew we were in for a treat. And yes, it was incredible again. If you'd like to see…
New Year’s Mascletà 2010
Valencia doesn't celebrate New Year's Eve with a ton of fireworks or a large event of any sort, which is completely out of character for this otherwise gunpowder obsessed, partying…
9 d’Octubre Mascletà
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c7ZiZy-HuM It has been awhile since our last Mascletà. And this one was worth the wait! Fallas 2010... already looking forward to it.
October 9th – Day of the Valencian Community
October 9th is the Day of the Valencian Community, kind of like 4th of July in the States. Though, I suppose it's different, because it's a celebration for a specific…
A Mascletà for the Virgin
Today at 2pm, pyrotechnic company Vicente Caballer staged a special mascletà in the Plaza de Ayuntamiento, in honor of the day of Our Lady of the Forsaken. That old gal,…
Street Mascletàs: Be Warned
On our way home from the final mascletà of Fallas 2009 at the Ayuntamiento, we walked right into a small street mascletà, set up on Calle de Adresadors. "Cute!", we…