Where the Streets Have a Name: Ramón y Cajál
Most Spanish cities have a street with this name, although not many have chosen as unexciting an avenue as Valencia. In fact most people would imagine it to be a…
Valencians Return to Defend Tunisia
Don Juan de Zamoguerra was a Valencian soldier who in 1574 was in charge of the defence of the Santiago fort of Chikly, situated in the middle of a lagoon,…
The Red Building
I suppose it’s normal that in the heady days of the Second Republic they should have named a new block of flats The Red Building (La Finca Roja), although I…
Valencia International Visits IES Francisco Ribalta
On the 14th April 2014, VI visited IES Francisco Ribalta school in Castellón in order to promote the newspaper and the language it is written in. We spoke to some…
Sweet Home Alicante
If the next time you’re playing Trivial Pursuit, one of the questions is ‘Who the Best Pastry Chef of Europe was in 1990’, you can be sure that the right…
Help Me Onda
Valencia International (VI) visited the Secció de l’ IES Serra Espadà, School in Onda, Castellón on Wednesday April 9th to help their students learn about London. Two enthusiastic classes asked…
APAVAC Reading Club (Part 2)
By Michelle Ann Prabhu Hiya! > While looking up last year’s Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, I came across an article that mentioned that two of her “short” stories had been made into “full length” films.…
It’s official! English is Official!
Officials at the European Union (and France) have finally accepted English as their lingua franca. Certain concessions are however expected to be part of the agreement that will put vast…
Jump the Queue with Stanboo
Being an Erasmus student involves taking a series of important decisions. However, if you’d rather dedicate your neurons to the pursuit of the Valencian students’ dream: sun, sand, sangria and…
There Be Dragons on the Streets of Valencia
If, like most people these days, you walk down the street with your attention absorbed by some electronic device or other, you might, should you be walking the streets of…
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