by cwells | 2025-05-12 | Culture, Expat, Festival, Holiday, Spain, Valencia
Hello, Gentle Reader! Recent news reports may have shared a recent experience here in mainland Spain: a massive power outage that affected all of Spain, Portugal, and Andorra. Even parts of southern France were affected. The April 28 blackout, or apagón, was a unique...
by cwells | 2025-04-28 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Valencia
Hello, Gentle Reader! I know it’s been a while, but I hope we can get reacquainted promptly. For those of you who are new to the Valencia At Last family, welcome! I’m Christopher, and I am so happy you are here. I hope we can make some memories together as I share...
by cwells | 2024-04-26 | Culture, Spain
As you may have guessed, I’m one of those “museum visitors.” I’ve found that exploring the local museums provides a quick course on the culture of the area. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised at the comprehensive collection in the Alicante Archaeological Museum,...
by cwells | 2024-04-15 | Culture, Festival, Pix, Spain, Train, Travel
A couple of years ago, we visited Alicante. Aside from being shocked that almost two years had passed, we found Alicante just as charming as always. As I mentioned in my previous post, we avoided the last week of the festival in Valencia. After a short train ride, we...
by cwells | 2024-04-05 | Culture, Fallas, Festival, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
We had plans to escape. During Las Fallas, the city population changes and over a million visitors appear in Valencia. For the second year in a row, we made plans to go somewhere else the final week of the festival. While I know that might be an unpopular choice for...
