by cwells | 2024-01-05 | Culture, Festival, Holiday, Spain, Walking
In Valencia, the holiday season holds a special place in my heart. In contrast to the US, where many of the season’s activities focus on shopping and purchasing the right gifts for others, the holiday season here is more experience-based. There are new things to see,...
by cwells | 2023-03-06 | Culture, Spain, Valencia
A musician friend of mine recently invited me to a concert where he was performing. As part of this church’s Lenten music series, this concert featured baroque music. While I do enjoy baroque music, there was a second reason I wanted to go: the church. There are many...
by cwells | 2023-02-27 | Culture, Food, Pix, Spain, Valencia
I grew up in the Deep South, in Georgia. At our house, we had three trees that thrived in the central Georgia climate: A holly tree, a dogwood tree, and the pièce de résistance, a pecan tree. Every other year, the pecan tree would drop an enormous number of...
by cwells | 2023-02-21 | Bus, Culture, Food, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Walking
I’ve been to Benidorm before, but only for a brief drive-by. So when a friend invited us to Benidorm to help celebrate his birthday, we decided to make a long weekend of it. After all, we reasoned, it’s off season for the Spanish east coast, and the hotels were really...
by cwells | 2023-02-14 | Culture, Spain, Spanish
This post, we will tackle reading. In the previous posts about listening and speaking, I covered some of my experience and hard-earned tips for acquiring Spanish skills. While it may have been many years since you have had reading instruction, you are using the...
by cwells | 2023-02-07 | Culture, Food, Spain, Valencia, Walking
One of my favorite things about Valencia is the abundance of high-quality, inexpensive, and seasonal produce. It’s a side effect of being so close to the Mediterranean Sea, and the mild climate is perfect for a variety of plants. The temperature rarely gets below...
