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First thing in the morning (after waiting for Lucía to wake up so that we could tell her we were safe and well) Alicia and I went to the falla Nou Campanar which is north of the city far away from the center where most of the big fallas are. It’s financed by the construction company who built the neighborhood that it sits in and it’s the most expensive falla, worth around 1.6 billion dollars to build. I guess it all paid off, since that falla won the grand prize, which made it a must-see.
As we were walking, we stopped by one of the street vendors, a guy who was selling loose leaf tea. I bought some of my favorite kind of tea, rose petal, which was extremely cheap, 3€ for a good-sized bag of it. We also looked around at the Jewelry vendors because Alicia was looking for a ring, no special reason, just because she wanted one to wear.
Nou Campanar was a pretty cool falla, definitely extremely detailed and well built, but I must say that I was a little disappointed in the fact that I couldn’t see a clear critical message in it, since I know that’s the point of the fallas. I know that it also depends on the beauty and majesty of the fallas, and this one was superb, but I still wondered if the fact that it cost so much to make somehow wormed its way into the judging as opposed to the need for a critical message. Ah well, another example in this world (as though we need any more) that money can buy everything. That in itself may have been the critical message, come to think of it…
We continued on and saw the fallas between there and the old Campanar, which was by far the funniest falla in my opinion. I could describe it, but I think nothing that I say will be enough without the pictures:
We checked out more of the street vendors and talked ourselves into buying cake from one of them. As we were walking home we decided to be random and spontaneous and eat a piece of cake while sitting on a wall because we just couldn’t wait until we got home to taste the sugary goodness. We then decided it was a good idea to sunbathe while laying on the wall. I’m sure that people walking by thought we were absolutely insane.
We did finally make it home for la comida, and then instead of our traditional fruit for dessert we ate the rest of the cake. It was definitely delicious and so worth the 4€ we had paid for it. After that we took a siesta and generally bummed around for the rest of the day, relaxing and making the most of our time off of school. I did some reading in English for a change, and started the book A Tale of Two Cities. I haven’t finished it yet but I would definitely recommend it. It’s dry at the beginning, but it gets really intricate as you keep reading.
As we were walking, we stopped by one of the street vendors, a guy who was selling loose leaf tea. I bought some of my favorite kind of tea, rose petal, which was extremely cheap, 3€ for a good-sized bag of it. We also looked around at the Jewelry vendors because Alicia was looking for a ring, no special reason, just because she wanted one to wear.
Nou Campanar was a pretty cool falla, definitely extremely detailed and well built, but I must say that I was a little disappointed in the fact that I couldn’t see a clear critical message in it, since I know that’s the point of the fallas. I know that it also depends on the beauty and majesty of the fallas, and this one was superb, but I still wondered if the fact that it cost so much to make somehow wormed its way into the judging as opposed to the need for a critical message. Ah well, another example in this world (as though we need any more) that money can buy everything. That in itself may have been the critical message, come to think of it…
We continued on and saw the fallas between there and the old Campanar, which was by far the funniest falla in my opinion. I could describe it, but I think nothing that I say will be enough without the pictures:
We checked out more of the street vendors and talked ourselves into buying cake from one of them. As we were walking home we decided to be random and spontaneous and eat a piece of cake while sitting on a wall because we just couldn’t wait until we got home to taste the sugary goodness. We then decided it was a good idea to sunbathe while laying on the wall. I’m sure that people walking by thought we were absolutely insane.
We did finally make it home for la comida, and then instead of our traditional fruit for dessert we ate the rest of the cake. It was definitely delicious and so worth the 4€ we had paid for it. After that we took a siesta and generally bummed around for the rest of the day, relaxing and making the most of our time off of school. I did some reading in English for a change, and started the book A Tale of Two Cities. I haven’t finished it yet but I would definitely recommend it. It’s dry at the beginning, but it gets really intricate as you keep reading.
