Fallas -- Aftermath

When we went to bed last night, many parts of the city looked like this.

I'm so curious about how things will look today, after the crema.

Fallas Sunday -- La Crema

St. Joseph is famous both as a father and as a carpenter.  Craftsman and woodworkers in Valencia long had a tradition of a sort of spring cleaning, gathering up all the scraps in their shops to burn in a bonfire on this day.  Over time, the scraps were dressed up like humorous scarecrows, and eventually these became political and satirical, often reflecting anti-clerical sentiments.  These are the origins of the festival of Fallas.

So, we set out on a peaceful (more or less) Sunday evening.

Fallas Sunday -- Father's Day

In Spain, today is father's day, the feast day of St. Joseph.  Families are out everywhere today, and though it's father's day, the big display in the Plaza de la Vergin is the huge Madonna, now fully decorated with flowers.

Crazy Fallas Friday!

Here's how our day started, bright and early.

Characters of Fallas

Our daily walks have been more and more interesting lately, as the sculptures called "fallas" are being completed all over the city.  In this post I'll show some of the characters of Fallas.

Nerdy Image Post 2

A few days ago I posted some images that the Google photo assistant made from my photos.  I also mentioned that I was going to play around with one of my images and see how I could do compared to the assistant.  Well...

Mystery Solved!

I've been wondering about this sculpture since we visited Valencia for the first time, a year ago.