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 | 2024-04-05 | 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...
by cwells | 2024-03-28 | Culture, Spain, Travel, Valencia
Occasionally, some real gems show up unexpectedly. Recently, we went to a trivia night held in English in a small cookie bakery in Alicante. We found the place because they also sold bagels, which has become something of an obsession for us here in Spain.* When we...
by cwells | 2024-03-04 | Culture, Fallas, Festival, Spain, Train, Valencia
It started out just like any other Friday night. We had dinner with our friends at an Indian restaurant in the town of Torrent. It’s easy to get there, because you can just take the metro to the town center and then walk to nearby shops and eateries. There is also a...
by cwells | 2024-02-07 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Valencia
Blog picture: Letter deposits from the main mail office downtown labelled for “foreign” and “Spanish” mail. Gentle reader, I have spoken to many expats and potential expats about their plans for living abroad. I love the exchange of ideas and...
