It reminded me that when you’ve got something as beautiful as the forests of New England, life has a way of nominating a hazard, [Read more]
Tag Archives: Valencia
The trees weren’t all in a row, but the climbs were. [Read more]
Doing my best not to attract any more attention from the garlic seller (I don’t mind being called Beautiful, but I didn’t want any garlic), [Read more]
If you’re thinking that this trend can’t possibly continue, prepare to be proven wrong. [Read more]
It happens all the time, and in settings with much higher stakes. [More….]
Valencia is always a bit groggy after Las Fallas–so many late nights, so many sudden and astonishingly loud noises, so much smoke inhalation–it all adds up. [More….]
We’ve watched people making cooking fires in the streets, laying on the big, shallow paelleras and sprinkling handfuls of rice into the meat and broth mixture simmering its way to becoming the best kind of paella [More….]
Welcome to the climactic last five days of the weeks-long festival that has hold of Valencia all year round. Las Fallas is a big deal here, and as of November of last year, [More….]
Banners of the flag of the Communitat Valenciana criss-cross streets, and the air begins to smell of deep-frying, as street vendors set up to provide churros, buñuelos, and more. [More….]
Perhaps excluding a brief period as a toddler, I have never lived in a really small town. Before coming to Valencia, I had never lived in a big city. In some ways, I’m now living in both. [More….]
