When I arrived this afternoon I stumbled upon a parade, complete with elaborate traditional gowns, to the main square of the city. At 2 pm (everyday during the week-long festival) they have an event called “Mascieta” in the main square. They explode 120 kilos of gunpowder translated into a lot of noise and smoke (but no fireworks). There are throngs of people and debris flying everywhere. Luckily I was able to “escape” inside a fast food restaurant. Jay would have hated it.
I had a huge fixed price lunch with paella and fish and chips at Seu-Xerea. Why not, Valencia is the home of paella.
Then I went to an exhibition of ninots (small statues) made by children. Each neighborhood builds papier-mache statues called a fallas. Fallas can be just about anything but they’re usually satirical in nature. Fallas are made up of smaller figures called ninots. Fallas take a whole year to plan and build, and they can be several stories high. Each neighborhood tries to out do the other one to see who’s the best. Some of the children’s ninots were very funny. Dinner in the hotel was excellent and very convenient. Hotel Ad Hoc is a great location and very good find.
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