Featured posts on life in Valencia
Saturday: Animal Parade for San Antoni Abad Kids love animals—and what better excuse than watching them parade through the city? The San Antoni Abad celebration is one of those quietly charming traditions: farm animals, beloved pets, and owners lining up for a blessing. Superstitious religious fanfare? Maybe.But it’s also beautiful—and honestly, having all the gods…
Joy to the world: kids are back to school. There’s a very particular kind of happiness that happens right after drop-off—the gate closes, backpacks disappear down the corridor, and suddenly you’re free. Free and loose in that final dance of Dirty Dancing kind of way. You walk back to the car, keys in hand, and…
It’s today—the very last day of the year.By now, you’ve probably heard more than enough about the elaborate parade of New Year’s Eve traditions and paraphernalia the Spanish adore: red underwear, grapes, bells, cotillón… Spaniards like to celebrate, and when they do, they spare absolutely no detail or imagination. Many of you likely already have…
Despite living here for years, I’ve never actually spent New Year’s Eve in Spain. I’m usually traveling somewhere to visit family or friends for the holidays. In Singapore, we celebrated with fireworks and food — in my family, that meant mountains of chili crab. In Tucson, we serenaded the New Year around a desert bonfire,…