MadridMan,I greatly enjoyed reading about your trip to this wonderful region of Spain.The photos were absolutely wonderful and looking at the "Croquetas de Bacalao" and the "Paella with Rabbit and Chicken" dishes was mouthwatering to say the least.Thank you for continuing to be our eyes to this incredible country of Spain in which every region seems to be full of pleasant surprises.

Valenciano in Madrid,your photos were awesome too.Great job and thanks for sharing them with us

Everyone is making me "homesick"! I lived in Valencia for 5 months last year from January to May and I miss it so much! Checking out all of the pictures and the journal makes me feel like I'm back there again and how I wish I was (thank goodness I'm going back in May!). Fallas was one crazy party and although I preferred my relatively peaceful city on the sea it was a fun time and the artistic talent of the falleros is well... impresionante. I can't wait to get back and have some of that wonderful Valencian paella (in my opinion the valencianos are the only ones who know how to do it right). Also, I miss that Spanish sun... living in Cleveland is just not the same. Thanks for inspiring me to think of those wonderful memories.

p.s. Keep up the great updates!

Hello everybody:
I went to Valencia last weekend and I took a lot of pictures. They are very nice despite the poor quality of my pocket size digital camera.
Many people asked me to post more pics, so here they are.
I will upload more pics in the next days. I hope you like them.

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Valencian_en_Madrid: Please post the direct link to each photo. Sorry! We don't allow users to post links to their websites - only in their signature file. That's the policy here. I've just sent you a Private Message with more details/comments/explanation.

Saludos, MadridMan

great shots valenciano
have you got some of the festival to show us?

Yes, I have more pictures Billy.
These ones are the fire works from Paseo de la Alameda the night of March 16th.
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These pics are the fire works from Puente del Mar on March 17th.
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This is the crowd waiting for the shot on the night of March 18th.
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This is the Mascletà (fireworks shot everyday at 2pm, no colors) and people waiting for it minutes before.
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I also have lots of pictures of the Fallas (the monuments) and the falleros (people dressed in the valencian costum). I'll upload them tomorrow.

excellant photos valenciano
never been to valencia but it gives you the feel of having been

Thought you might like to know that the April 2007 issue of Condé Nast Traveler has a short article about Valencia. The author described Valencia as "Think a mini-Barcelona with a jolt of wonderfully manic Madrid." Not sure what the Valencianos would think of that, but there it is.

Among the main sites listed as must-sees, the author recommends: the City of Arts and Sciences (of which you have a lovely photo in your travel log, MM), Valencia Institute of Modern Art, La Lonja de la Seda (a World Heritage site), the Mercado Central (another of MM's photos), and the Estación del Norte.

I'll put the restaurant suggestions in the Food, Drink and Entertainment Forum with the other ones I wrote about earlier.

just looking at your firework photos valenciano very good quality
we have a world championship firework display on southport prom every october over the weekend, it is very well attended and the fireworks are fantastic, when i take photos of the fireworks they never come out as well as yours
well done

I didn't post the pics of the Fallas.
Here they come.
May be I am boring you with Valencia topic. Am I?

(Click on the link, then press F11 and click on the pic for full size wiew)
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