by cwells | 2014-04-28 | Culture, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
Close to the Valencia port, there is an Easter procession that has the feel of a Fourth of July parade and an Easter pageant. While I missed the Good Friday parade because of a quick trip out of town, the Easter parade was a great consolation prize. The parade lasted...
by cwells | 2014-04-21 | Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
Across the street from my apartment building is a small cactus garden, set at the triangular intersection of two non-perpendicular streets. On a recent walk across the street, I noticed that many of the poky little plants were blooming, responding to spring that has...
by cwells | 2014-04-16 | Culture, Expat, Food, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Valencia, Walking
Occasionally, I will put together images, ideas, or experiences that are so far from my American perspective that they surprise me a little. Today’s images are collected from my phone, usually when I didn’t have my camera with me and ready to take photos....
by cwells | 2014-04-04 | Culture, Fallas, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Valencia
Gentle readers, if you have been following along on this Fallas journey, then this is the culmination of an amazing festival that is renowned throughout Spain and Europe… often because of this night. The earliest days of the Fallas festival began when the...
by cwells | 2014-04-02 | Culture, Fallas, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
During Las Fallas, the city of Valencia enters into a zone of surreality. So much changes in such a short amount of time that you can truly marvel at the tradition and the work that goes into producing this much art, this much involvement, and this kind of experience....
by cwells | 2014-03-31 | Culture, Fallas, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Valencia, Video, Walking
There is so much happening in Las Fallas that it is easy to run across a parade, a sculpture, fireworks, and the occasional unexpected event. A friend (thanks, Gisela!) invited me to watch the daily fireworks show from her office, which overlooks the area where the...
