by cwells | 2015-05-14 | Culture, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
Every April, Valencia holds an amazing kite festival on the Malvarosa beach. In the past, these days herald the beginning of spring with sunny weather and plenty of breezy opportunities to fly kites and get the family outside. This year, however, Mother Nature had...
by cwells | 2015-05-11 | Car, Culture, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Walking
On the way home from Carcasonne, our group visited a lovely town, Roses. Wait, is it Rosas? This beach town is in the Girona province of Spain, and just south of the French border. Like Valencia and the Province of Valencia, the residents there share a dual-language...
by cwells | 2015-05-08 | Culture, Pix, Spain
To be honest, I have no idea why this happened. Behold, Gentle Readers, at one of the surprises I captured out of the window of my flat. Really, stranger things have happened, but I have found that this city still surprises me. Sure, the occasional bang of fireworks...
by cwells | 2015-05-07 | Car, Holiday, Pix, Travel, Walking
The Languedoc-Roussillon area in France has been important for many years as a strategic military and trade center due to its relationship to the nearby Aude River. As a result, other small cities emerged nearby to take advantage of the location and resources in...
by cwells | 2015-05-05 | Expat, Spain
Strange as it may seem, I have been in Valencia for a year and a half. When I arrived, I really did not know what to expect of my new life here, and have been through some adventures of both the good-fun kind and the good-terrifying kind. Living in another country has...
