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In January, an annual ritual takes place in the city of Valencia – shaking of the oranges from the thousands of orange trees scattered around the city. With approximately 12,000 of them, this is...

The end of ’24 and the start of ’25 have been Family Time! December was a whirlwind of activity as we returned to Pennsylvania for the holiday season. We landed in Pittsburgh at 8PM on December 6, got...

We’ve just set a record for staying put – we’ve been in Valencia for a consecutive seven weeks without even one overnight train trip! I’ve been busy taking an immersion Spanish course which required...

It’s been just over three weeks since DANA – the catastrophic floods that hit Valencia on October 29. The damage is unfathomable. Approximately 70 different communities outside of the city of Valencia...

A couple of days after the flooding, a new Volunteer Coordination Center opened in Valencia. One of its programs facilitates transportation to the affected areas for volunteers. Yesterday, they announced...