Fallas have (finally) come to an end and I have survived!!! Fallas are the local (and crazy) holiday in Valencia. For 19 days the life in the city slows down and for aprox 5 days the normal activities stop to party in exhausting street parties, incredible firework displays at midnight and Mascletás at midday. As you know I LOVE being a tourist in my own city (read about our past adventures here), so camera in hand we decided to explore the heard of Fallas on one of the busiest nights of the year in Valencia! 
This is what I wore for walking round the city! Love to wear my (obioustly) fake fur coat with a casual outfit. 
This is the award winning iluminated street, scrowl down to see it in motion! 
Bits and pieces of Fallas, all this is burn down to ashes on the last day of Fallas (the 19th of March). It's estimated that this year the burnt Fallas were worth 7.7 million euros. Yes, you read it right, Valencia burnt 7.7 million Euros. Crisis? Who said crisis? 
This is the Falla that won the prize as Best Falla (monument at Convento de Jerusalen). Look at the detail!!! My heart breaks each time I think that these amazing works of art are burnt to a frazzle each year! 
The lights were breathtaking! 
This is Nino's face after almost 4 days non-sleep. He is a Fallero, he even gets dressed for the flower offering to the Saint Mary. Falleros live Fallas much more insensly, as there are street parties until VERY late at night (or early in the morning....) every night for about a week! 
And of course we had some "Churros con Chocolate"! Churros are a sweet fried pastries, which are served with thick hot chocolate. This is mainly a breakfast, but during Fallas it's eaten almost all day. 
This is a tiny part of the AMAZING light and music show on one of the steets in Valencia city center. Each Falla decorate the street with lights and the best one wins a prize. This was the winnign one!! Wonderful!!!! Google reader is closing down in July 2013.
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