OMG! Ever wondered how a 2 ton firework might look like? Don’t wonder any longer and watch this video I took yesterday of this rather unique firework called Mascletà which is part of Fallas here in Valencia. I shot this video my new Sanyo VPC CS1 (which I’m really happy with) but at the [...]

Alicante which is about 1 1/2 hours from Valencia has a similar festival like Fallas where they burn huge figures and blast off insane fireworks. But the firework above is just plain frightening. OMFG … the scariest part starts at minute 7:11! You can skip directly to it by clicking on the minute link.
I prefer [...]

Only 48 more days and I will be annoying you again with Fallas from Valencia. On February 28th is the charming awakening of the city and the events will be going on and on until the main days which are from March 15th and 19th.
That’s when you come, the last 5 days are the [...]

I have seen tons of fireworks ever since we moved to Valencia. But what they were showing on Thursday night for the International Firework Festival was just incredible. And they showed things I never have seen before. They shot fireworks off a crane to create a giant fire wheel. Breathtaking!
Watch the Video: Valencia International [...]

Awww … Pretty. But I prefer my fireworks loud and during the day:

Video Link: Painting with Gun Powder
Related Fireworks Links: La Despertà / Color Mascletà / Grand Mascletà Napolitana / Nit de Foc

Before we moved to Valencia we haven’t even heard anything about Fallas. Neither our french bulldog Chucky but she learned fast to hate it. Why? Because of this for example:

But after the second time with Fallas around she kind of got used to the constant firecrackers and she gladly accepts the fact that during [...]

I blogged about Fallas many times on RGS and I hope I don’t bore you too much with it. On our Valencia Blog I decided to write a huge post trying to explain Fallas. Because we always have trouble to put this insane festival into words explaining it to friends or to people who never [...]