Happy Sunday Easter flying in Mallorca :)

flying in Mallorca with katyakitchen

flying in Mallorca with katyakitchen

Adventure in Spain with Lia!

Plaza Mayor

Last
summer a very dear friend came from Brazil to visit me, it was her
first time in Spain and we decided to go on a
 trip  by train just like old times.
Lia used to be my room-mate long time
ago when both of us were trying to have our university degrees at
USC in Bauru/São Paulo. We shared a lot of great times,  good
memories…….. Lia for me is like an
angel she is always around when I most need and last summer she
came once more to save me from the unhappy life I was living. I
just have to say : ¨thank you my dearest  Lia to be my special
and wonderful friend.¨

I don´t need words to
express… I don´t need tears to shed… I don´t need to ask for a
smile… or a hand to hold me… All I need is to be your friend,
forever!     Hard times don´t last forever, but
true friendships do…… I´ll always be there, for anything you
need…. Even if is just someone to listen.

Our
trip started in Madrid, after Barcelona, Gerona, Andorra( border with Spain) and
finished where I used to live before Valencia. It was awesome! As we have
so many pictures I choose a few and today I ´ll start with Madrid.
Madrid the cosmopolitan capital
of Spain is a vibrant metropolis with much to see and
experience. It is a city of great monuments and very interesting
nightlife.

Madrid Atocha train
station

Madrid Atocha train
station

 

Atocha

Lost……………

Last days – skiing in Spain, the snow is already melting…..Valdelinares – Teruel

The region of Valencia, in Spain, has a truly enviable lifestyle, we can enjoy mild winters by the  Mediterranean cost and have a choice ski resorts two ours and a half drive north-east  from where I live. Valdelinares  – at 1693 m, is the highest municipal district in Spain, a perfect combination of the natural beauty of its forests and the conforts of a friendly family resort.

pueblo- near to Valdelinares

arriving to our destination – Valdelinares

Valdelinares

beautiful scenary

LAS FALLAS festival in Valencia

The Fallas fiesta in Valencia city – Spain, celebrates each year the last days of winter and to the arrival of springtime by burning all the old to make way for the new.  The fallas  officially begins on the 1st of March with a spectacular firework exhibition in the main square and finishes on the 19th of March.

The Fallas will start to be gradually mounted in different streets and squares throughout the city after first week of March so people can admire them. Every Falla will have a huge stand where you can eat and drink and mix with the local people and see the beautiful “Falleras” and “Falleros” (women and men dressed in their traditional costumes).

The basis of the “fiesta” are the “Fallas”, name given to each one of the gigantic monuments, criticise almost everything and anyone, these monuments are mostly mischievous and satirical caricatures usually of local personalities.

On the last day of festival (19th March) they are all burnt to the ground, ” la cremá”. Throughout these 5 days are ongoing parades, marching bands, traditional costumes, concerts, beauty pageants, bull fights, free street parties and of course, daily fireworks.

Fallas in Valencia is as amazing and unforgettable experience, it is worth to see………

Ciudad de las ciencias y de las artes,"City of Art and science", the beginning of Fallas tour

La Estación del Norte " Train Station"-katyarichkitchen

Ayuntamiento"city council building" by katyarichkitchen

Falleras - katyarichkitchen

Falleras -katyarichkitchen

Beauty Falleras - katyarichkitchen

Fallas calle Cuba - katyarichkitchen

Fallas - katyarichkitchen

local snaks

local snaks

The famous "Calle Sueca" - katyarichkitchen

"La cremá"last day of Fallas

Beautiful landscape in Switzerland…..just like Christmas card…HOHOHO

Being in Switzerland for New Years Eve it was fabulous……beautiful mountains, surrounded by lakes and rivers……and about the Swiss cuisine … yummy Fondue, Valaisian Raclette, Bernese Rösti, chocolates, mouth-watering. Fantastic trip.

Just back from holidays…we spent Christmas in England and New Years Eve in Switzerland, it has been a wonderful times, that I would like to share…

beach houses - south of England

south of England

England is my second home, I love all the green, the beautiful houses and nice and polite people…..hope you enjoy the little tour in a nice village in the south…..

Tour in Valencia on Friday 16.. shopping for Christmas with a friend….

Valencia is an amusing city with fabulous  futuristic architecture houses and science spaces. There is a lot to see, hope you enjoy to see a bit of the city where I love to live.

Just outside of the train station….there is a Bullring ( Plaza de toros)

Beautiful, train station….( Estación del Norte)

The huge aquarium ( Oceanográfico)

The famous Valencia’s paella ( Paella Valenciana)

science of city in Valencia-Spain

science of city in Valencia by katyarichkitchen.com

Hope you all like a bit of a tour in Valencia – Spain…next week I’ll be in England for Christmas……hope I’ll be able to share some of the wonderful meals in the UK.

……have a great week….katyarich