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Easter Sunday Procession in Cabanyal

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 13, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events/Photography
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Bright, warm, sunny weather? IT'S AN EASTER SUNDAY MIRACLE!! Hooray! After Friday's procession was canceled due to the inclement weather, it was wonderful to have a beautiful Easter Sunday. At…

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Fallas 2009: The Flower Offering to the Virgin

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 23, 2009
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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Getting around the city is a tricky affair on the 17th and 18th of March. On these two days, over 100,000 falleros, falleras and musicians from all around the Valencian…

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Cant de l’Estoreta – Valencia 2009

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  • Post published:March 2, 2009
  • Post category:Fallas/Photography/Video
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Thinking back on the Cant de l’Estoreta 2008, we had no clue what Fallas really was. This year’s kids parade in Carmen seemed even longer than last year’s. It went…

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Procession of the Three Kings

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 7, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Entertainment/Events/Video
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We've all been to those parades where candy is thrown into the crowd. The throwers, perched atop shoddily-constructed floats, are usually weak-wristed children who can barely launch the treats past…

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Arrival of the Three Kings of the Orient

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 5, 2009
  • Post category:Events
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The biblical Three Wise Men, Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar arrive today onto the shores of Malvarrosa, at 5pm. Journey of the Magi (1902) by James Tissot Spanish tradition puts 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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