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Six Valencians in Guangzhou is a lot of Valencians, and it’s not surprising that if they didn’t teach the Chinese to make a passable paella, they would almost certainly come…
Direct Mortgages SL: Life in Valencia
The word ‘mortgage’, as anyone who knows any Latin languages can imagine, is connected with ‘death’. And although some people take one on like a condemned prisoner being fitted for…
Kibi Toys: Stimulating the Senses
Isaac Saneleuterio and Maya Callejo are two Valencians who probably wouldn’t give their children a Play Station as a present. They are the creators of Kibi Toys, and they make…
The Rice Museum of Valencia
It’s logical I suppose that when the City of Valencia decided to turn an old rice mill into a museum, that they should consult the Faculty of Industrial Engineers of…
What’s the ‘Huerta’?
The English word ‘orchard’ was once spelt “hortyard”, and derives from the Latin “hortus”, meaning ‘garden’ and the old English “geard”, meaning ‘yard’. In Valencia the “huerta”, although it can…
The Valencia Marathon 2014
On November 16th 2014 Valencia celebrated the thirty-fourth edition of the Trinidad Alonso Marathon. The event coincided with another ten kilometre race in which eight thousand runners participated. This article…
Valencian Polish Salsa
Valencia is an interesting city; you go out for a relaxing cup of coffee in a typical bicycle repair shop and you end up in conversation with a Polish couple…
Is Paris Burning, or Cooking Paella?
The French ambassador of Spain, Jérôme Bonnafon, was in Valencia on 12th November 2014 to pay homage to the Valencian who liberated Paris from the Nazis. Amado Granell Mesado, who…
Ignacio Pinazo: Valencia’s Mad Hatter
Pinazo, who was born in Valencia in January 1849, and who died in nearby Godella in October 1916, worked largely in the impressionist style. Born into a poor family, Pinazo…
El Rall: A Net that Fishes the Famous
Christina Olaechea has an interesting family history, which is reflected in the interesting family restaurant that she runs with her husband just between the cathedral and La Lonja, two of…
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