Tag: valencia
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Highlights of Fallas 2025
Fallas 2025 has come and gone. In a previous post I commemorated the last day of Fallas on March 19. Although the 19th is the actual holiday, the days leading up to it is when everyone celebrates all the various Fallas structures in the city. The city becomes a big party in the streets. This…
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El 19 de marzo, El Día de San José, the Ofrenda de las Flores, and La Crema
March 19 is an important day in Valencia, and also in my life. It is the last day of Fallas, also known as el Día de San José, the Day of Saint Joseph. In Spain, and in other Catholic European countries, this is Father’s Day. St. Joseph was known as the patron saint of fathers…
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Early Signs of Fallas
Well it’s Fallas time again! Where does the time go?! It’s officially my favourite and least favourite time of year. Fallas! Over the last three years I have developed a love-hate relationship with the festival which seems to be a common sentiment here. Talking about Fallas here is a typical topic all year round, but…
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Valencia Floods almost 2 weeks later and how you can help…..
It’s hard to believe but it has been 12 days, almost two weeks, since the flash floods of Valencia. To be honest, not much has changed, or at least I think many of us thought things would be quite a bit better than they are. However, Valencia is still in recovery mode. Thousands of people…
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Te Quiero Valencia
DANA Valencia 2024 These last five days have been difficult to say the least. As many of you know by now, last Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2024, Valencia was hit with a huge storm (known as DANA) that DESTROYED villages and towns surrounding Valencia. And while I and those I know and work with are safe,…
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That’s A Wrap! Fallas 2024 An Experience Like No Other
Well, another Fallas has come and gone, and I have to say this year was AMAZING and super fun. This year, one of my dearest friends, Liz, came to help me celebrate. And boy did we celebrate! We walked a total of 44 miles in 4 days averaging 25,889 steps and 11 miles per day.…
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It’s FALLAS Time!
We are officially in Fallas season here in Valencia and the peak of the festival is a mere week away. While many of you have heard me talk about Fallas you probably are still not sure of what it is. It’s a hard festival to explain and really the only way to really understand it…
My Life in Valencia 