Fireworks in Valencia!

I am extremely envious of Andrew and Corrine who are currently living in Valencia and this week are enjoying the festival of the Fallas.

Many years ago, I spent a year or so living in Benidorm working for the Danish travel company, Tjaereborg(I must have committed some dreadful crime in a previous life to have deserved that!).

Valencia was the nearest really big town and I drove up there on several occasions to see the Fallas. And there are my pals actually living through it all!


The ladies get dressed up in their finest togs. The guys get pyrotechnical!

Here's their latest report:



It turns out the husbands of our gorgeous falleras are sociopaths . Each barrio erects a vast tent , carpa , in the street and lets rip till 3 or 4 in the morning for the next week .

Kai would love it : small boys are ENCOURAGED to let off fireworks in the street and throw them at each other . Don't tell him .

The mascletas are firecracker shows & there's one at 14h00 each day in the town square . Its aim ? Noise . We watched it on local TV one day last week & there was a decibel counter in the top right of the screen .


Boys encouraged to make a noise and let off firecrackers? Just a slight contrast to life here in Kärrtorp!