Fallas 2010: Na Jordana – 7th Place
Na Jordana's monument impressed most in the evening hours, when its haunted mansion and creepy figures were lit up and given an extra air of spookiness. https://vimeo.com/10773203 The motto this…
Fallas 2010: Plaza de Pilar – 6th Place
(Note: we skipped 5th place, which went this year to the commission of Malvarrosa, titled "The Battle of Color". We didn't get down there to see it, much to our…
Fallas 2010: Sueca – 4th Place
A large Valencian man sleeps on the ground, dreaming of the world, in the monument of Sueca-Literato Azorín, titled "Planet Fallas". Around and on top of him, we find characters…
Granada – Random Photos
This will be our last Granada post (I promise), a random collection of pictures taken during our trip there. Enjoy!
Semana Santa 2010
I hope you're recovered from Fallas, because the next big celebration is already here. Get ready for the excitement of Semana Santa in Valencia! Sigh. Well, if we must. As…
Fallas 2010: Nou Campanar – 2nd Place
With a monument ringing in at over $1.6 million, the Fallas commission Nou Campanar apparently wasn't affected by the world's financial crisis. Their's was most expensive Fallas monument ever, displayed…
Granada – The Cave People of Guadix
Guadix is a beautiful town an hour east of Granada, which we visited on our trip back to Valencia. (It's also the home of the pyrotechnic company who put on…
Fallas 2010: Bullfight on March 19th
https://vimeo.com/10384904 We took my dad, a lifelong fan of Hemingway, to his first bullfight on the last day of Fallas, squeezing into the stadium's tiny bench seats as best we…
Fallas 2010: The Winner
https://vimeo.com/10373591 After 6 years of dominance by Nou Campanar, the judges of Fallas' "Special Section" monuments have crowned a new champion. Ladies and Gentleman, put your hands together for Convento…
Fallas 2010: La Ofrenda
During the last couple days of Fallas, thousands of falleras from all over the province make a pilgrimage to Valencia's Plaza de la Virgen to deliver flowers to Our Lady…
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