Everyone who has spent time in Valencia knows Gulliver. You have probably walked past him, cycled past him, or watched children scramble over him on a Sunday afternoon. He is one of those landmarks of city life that you stop really seeing after a while. Which is a shame — because the story of how…
Last Friday, Atika and I were invited to the debut of All Over the Place: The Show, a live English-language show hosted by Alexey Timbul at Acting in English, right in the heart of Ruzafa. The episode featured different guests — and this first one was an entertaining, well-woven mix of stand-up comedy, Valencia history…
Bon dia! Here’s your roundup of Valencia news this week. Today is the Festival day of San Vicente Ferrer, Valencia’s public holiday honouring the city’s patron saint. There will be religious processions and children’s mystery plays — the Miracles of San Vicente — taking place across the city. Plus a mascletà at Plaza Tetuan at…
Barista coffee changed the landscape of coffee consumption in Spain. One of those many changes brought after Covid and the big waves of international residents that took over the city. They knew coffee came in a tall white cup, and you could have almost endless combinations of the brew tailored to a specific rainbow combination…
When I was a student in the U.S., the best Indian food in the Cleveland-Akron area was served at an upscale place called The Mad Greek. They offered Greek and Indian dishes side by side, and we used to joke that the name suited them: Who had ever heard of Greek and Indian food coming…
If you’ve driven outside Valencia lately, you may have already noticed that spring is here. Not just in the temperature, but everywhere you look — thousands of colourful wildflowers, and the strikingly beautiful almond and cherry blossoms that make this corner of Spain feel briefly, almost unreasonably, alive (before the scorching hot summer arrives, at…