Sagunt

My volunteering is slowly coming to an end. I had my last baking workshop. At Puerto de Sagunto it is already very warm, it is perfect for beach days. In Valencia there was again a mascletà! It was for Mother’s Day, but it was a very nice one to watch. I also finally had my

The Semana Santa was an impressive festivity to watch. The capuchinos with the long pointy hats could have been scary, if only they didn’t give sweets to the children waiting with open bags on the side of the parade. For Eastern, it is a tradition to eat Monas de Pascua, a sweet pastry. So with

March was by far the most eventful month until now. It started out wonderfully because one of my best friends came to visit me, even though it was just for a few days, seeing a familiar face was a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that I’m meeting new

Las Fallas really surprised me, it was incredible! It is an enormous traditional event that stretches to almost an entire month. Next to the Cridá, the plantá, the ofrenda, the cremá, a lot of things are happening! It was amazing to go into the city and to see the people outside dressed in the traditional

My schedule in February was more than at full capacity. At the beginning of the month we were supposed to host the Mangetsu festival at Casal Jove, but unfortunately, due to a weather alert caused by strong winds, we had to postpone it. All’s well that ends well because we still managed to have it

In February, the Mangetsu festival took place in the casal jove in Puerto de Sagunto. It is an event about japanese culture and everything related to it. Many things were organised for the visitors: stands of all sorts, dancing, singing and contests. Of course, fireworks were present also at this festival. We are in Valencia.

My January got off to a slightly rough start, unfortunately I caught a flu and spent the first week in bed with a high fever. For that reason I had to skip a few work events that I was looking forward to, such as the Cabalgata de los Reyes, a parade that involves the whole

Día de los Reyes Magos Sadly in Sagunto the cabalgata was canceled because of the rain. Normally the Reyes Magos would also have arrived in a boat at the port. They still did the “meeting” with the 3 kings, but it was inside in a theatre where 5 rounds of families coming in and out

At my baking workshop, we began with the christmas baking. We made christmas cookies, the ones I normally do for christmas at home every year, and gingerbread houses. The children were very creative! At the beach promenade in Puerto de Sagunto, the palm trees were decorated with christmas lights, which was very nice and first

December was by far the fullest and most fulfilling month of my volunteering journey until now. I decided that instead of going back home for the festivities I’d stay here and have an authentic Spanish experience of this special time of the year. At Casal Jove we didn’t stop working, in fact the workload was

As soon as we took down the Halloween decorations at Casal Jove we began preparing for the Splash. This festival is one of the biggest and most significant events organised by the youth center, while also being one of the most relevant comic festivals in the Valencian Community. The groundwork for it spaces from designing

November went by in a blink but as I am looking back at it, a lot happend! My workshop started, I had my on-arrival training and the big event of november, the Splash, took place at my work. At the casal jove I was able to organise my own workshop. With ten children we are

I can’t believe it’s already been nearly two months I have been here! It was already a super nice time that has passed. There were my first days at the casal jove, discovering Puerto de Sagunto and a little bit of Valencia, the first big event of casal jove: halloween. I didn’t know that halloween

As I sit here trying to reminisce about my first month here in Sagunto, I’m overwhelmed by the realisation that thirty days went by so quickly, but simultaneously my first day here seems so long ago. Where should I start? When I applied for this project I was yearning for an opportunity to change some

June was a really full month. I did so much things. First, I went to Madrid with my aunts, I really enjoyed the life there. Madrid is a colorful town. We walked a lot to see the royal palace, the egyptian temple, parks, street art, plaza mayor etc etc… I like Madrid but I think

This month was particular. At the beggining a friend of France came. She opened the «visiters area» like she was almost the first person to come see my life there in Spain. I said almost because my sisters came at New year, but it was really quick, only 2 days. So with Anaya, we visited

It’s hard to believe how quickly time has passed. Now I’m already back in Vienna, writing this blog post and looking back on the past nine months I spent in Spain – which truly was one of the best experiences of my life. This last month flew by so fast. There was so much going

In April I finally saw my parents again. We did a lot of hiking in Valencia and even spent a few days in Madrid. It’s such a beautiful city with so many amazing places to explore. Before Easter there were many parades with people wearing cloaks and pointed hoods, which was really interesting to watch.

Helloo, this month was so full of trips! I went to Leon, at the beginning of april to see Nuria who is a volunteer there, I met her at the arrival training. Leon is a great town, really beautiful and it was so nice to see a little bit of what the North of Spain

The past few weeks have been full of exciting and new experiences. My friends and I went many times to Valencia to experience “Las Fallas” – it was absolutely wild! We saw so many different figures and sculptures, each one more spectacular than the last. The whole atmosphere was incredible. Later, I went to “La