by cwells | 2014-01-31 | Spain, Valencia, Walking
This morning, upon leaving the local gym after an invigorating workout, I turned the corner and was struck by an intense smell of oranges. “Welcome to Valencia!” my nose exclaimed. After all, there are days that I am convinced that Valencia is to the...
by cwells | 2014-01-29 | Culture, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
Occasionally, I will publish pictures that I have collected but don’t really fit in any category or larger post. When I am lucky enough to have my camera handy and find something interesting to photograph, or when the lighting is just perfect, I will take...
by cwells | 2014-01-20 | Car, Culture, Spain
As much as Spanish people like to dress up in various period costumes, there is a real sense of history that extends to even contemporary times, as well as more contemporary settings. On one brilliant Saturday shortly before Christmas, my friend Cristina and I arrived...
by cwells | 2014-01-17 | Culture, Fallas, Pix, Spain, Valencia, Walking
Sometimes, you run across the most amazing things here just by being in the right place at the right time. In this case, I was walking through the city’s Plaza de la Virgen and was immediately attracted to music and narration over a loudspeaker. Here’s a...
by cwells | 2014-01-15 | Culture, Fallas, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Valencia
I mentioned before that the nativity scene is important here, and many neighborhoods have some local representation of the scene available for viewinguntil Three Kings Day. There are several that stand out, and the Belén de Botelles is definitely the most…...
by cwells | 2014-01-14 | Culture, Holiday, Pix, Spain
This post could be titled, “Spaniards Really Love to Dress Up in Costumes, Part One,” but I thought that my subsequent posts would beat the heck out of that theme! Just wait! Gentle reader, you may have never seen a race like this before. On December...
