tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post5170962895127282762..comments2024-03-21T16:54:26.883+01:00Comments on Not Hemingway's Spain: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: New directions in the blogAn American Spaniardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-62544048039976068662014-08-07T08:35:35.547+02:002014-08-07T08:35:35.547+02:00I definitely appreciate your internet site. I must...I definitely appreciate your internet site. I must admit this post worth reading. All of them are informative and useful. Thank you for sharing information with us.<br /><br />www.n8fan.netoscarhttp://www.n8fan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-80691879909792501022012-03-13T11:17:39.468+01:002012-03-13T11:17:39.468+01:00Don't worry, Mr. Grumpy, I'm sure I'll...Don't worry, Mr. Grumpy, I'm sure I'll catch you the next time you come to Valencia... in another 8 or so years. I'll be here. Though now that I have a frappe invite, I'll have to figure out where in the world is Jalon Valley... and you said that there's no train connection there. Geez!An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-20558206072393612182012-03-10T00:35:32.425+01:002012-03-10T00:35:32.425+01:00Can't believe I overlooked your kind offer Sr ...Can't believe I overlooked your kind offer Sr Hemmingway. Maybe next time?<br />- Or if you are doing one of your daily ventures down this way ( Jalon Valley ) pop into Hicksville and I will shout you a Creme de Menthe FrappeTumbit - Mr Grumpyhttp://www.tumbit.com/blogs/1632-mr-grumpy-visits-valencia.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-30404348326327995982012-02-18T17:20:22.315+01:002012-02-18T17:20:22.315+01:00Mr. Grumpy, shoot me an email if you'd like to...Mr. Grumpy, shoot me an email if you'd like to meet up while you're in town. We could get cañas somewhere in the center.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-656898038908179762012-02-17T23:34:42.731+01:002012-02-17T23:34:42.731+01:00After almost 8 years of living in the Valencia Reg...After almost 8 years of living in the Valencia Region, I will be making my very first trip to the city next week. I can't belive I have left it so long - I'd better do some revising.Tumbit - Mr Grumpyhttp://www.tumbit.com/blogs/1618-how-not-to-speak-like-an-expat.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-20446721796803264612012-01-07T20:21:45.253+01:002012-01-07T20:21:45.253+01:00Dear A Casual Notebook, coming from you I take thi...Dear A Casual Notebook, coming from you I take this comment as a very high compliment, since I think your blog reveals a masterful authorial voice with hardly "a casual" pen stroke. <br /><br />They say that one's first book always ends up turning into an autobiography. As I hope to eventually write a book (not remotely about me) for professional purposes unrelated to this blog, maybe I hope the blog will help me get that out of my system. It seems to me, the real danger in all these (expat) blog posts isn't just triteness, but also vanity.<br /><br />I'll try to do justice to Valencia. Best of luck to you, too!An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-42181404270820150532012-01-07T15:15:33.758+01:002012-01-07T15:15:33.758+01:00I greatly appreciate your approach to writing with...I greatly appreciate your approach to writing with substance about the place in which you live. For me, once the novelty wears off, that's when the real discoveries begin. There isn't a much better homage to a place than to make efforts to celebrate the small episodes that happen there, in the undercurrent, its cultural peculiarities, and thereby exposing the banality of cursory tourist guides and lazy misconceptions. <br />I look forward to learning about the real Valencia from you. Good luck in 2012!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-63067756338395213102012-01-04T18:50:30.336+01:002012-01-04T18:50:30.336+01:00Very nice round-up! Ch-ch-changes are good!Very nice round-up! Ch-ch-changes are good!Reg of The Spain Scoophttp://thespainscoop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-54480767203114576522012-01-04T16:16:19.598+01:002012-01-04T16:16:19.598+01:00Hi Erin (of BlogExpat), thanks for expressing your...Hi Erin (of BlogExpat), thanks for expressing your interest and support! I've sent you an email saying, more or less, yes, and I very much appreciate the offer.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-18548857186671274642012-01-04T13:32:47.997+01:002012-01-04T13:32:47.997+01:00Hello,
I am the Content Editor for BlogExpat and ...Hello,<br /><br />I am the Content Editor for BlogExpat and truly enjoy your blog. We have a series of<br />expat interviews and I was hoping you would be interested. It would entail questions<br />about being an expat, a few<br />pictures, and it would link back to your blog.<br /><br />If you are interested, just let me know and I will send the questionnaire. In any<br />case, keep up the great work.<br /><br />Erin Porter<br />erin@easyexpat.com<br />http://interviews.blogexpat.com/<br />@BlogExpatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192879773898298306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-45640494613283237222012-01-03T10:17:55.522+01:002012-01-03T10:17:55.522+01:00Liz, my pleasure! You keep posting, too!
Luís, si...Liz, my pleasure! You keep posting, too!<br /><br />Luís, siempre invito a cualquier persona hacer comentarios o en inglés o en español y sobre todo en su idioma preferido entre los dos. Lo ideal es que este blog sea un intercambio, y así que sus lectores (angloparlantes) probar un poco la lengua nativa de España... Y dado que tu te expresas muy bien en castellano, todavía mejor. Me encanta la metáfora muy acertada entre la Top-Model (Barcelona) y la pareja (Valencia). Una está bien para visitar o disfrutar de paso, pero la otra es la que quieres vivir y siempre tener al lado.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-55237695812055301652012-01-03T09:37:28.341+01:002012-01-03T09:37:28.341+01:00Perhaps it will be rude to comment in spanish, but...Perhaps it will be rude to comment in spanish, but I trust in http://translate.google.com to help anyone to understand it.<br /><br />Gracias por la mención!. Insisto en que tu blog me parece una pasada y que es un gran aporte, para extranjeros y, sin duda, para nativos.<br /><br />Con respecto a Valencia se da la curiosa casualidad de que cuando Lonely Planet eligió las 5 fiestas más importantes (o destacables) del planeta, dos de ellas fueron la tomatina y las fallas. Por supuesto que hay muchos otros sitios para estar, pero este merece la pena, sin duda.<br /><br />Yo que soy valenciano nativo pero criado fuera (en Cuenca, concretamente) y reenganchado en mi ciudad hace 27 años, siempre se la presento a los demás comparandola con Barcelona. Para mi Barcelona es como una Top-Model: espectacular, deslumbrante. Valencia sin embargo es como tu pareja: no llama tanto la atención pero está llena de belleza doméstica, de rincones entrañables, de sitios para sentirte a gusto.<br />Me alegro mucho que nos hayamos conocido, y espero que este año te sea muy propicio. Abrazos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-45057749516616664162012-01-02T21:03:00.613+01:002012-01-02T21:03:00.613+01:00Thanks for the shout-out :) Excited to see what yo...Thanks for the shout-out :) Excited to see what you'll come up with in the coming year, mucha suerte!Elizabeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/02483694811279144024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-25121792903147853362012-01-02T20:46:39.704+01:002012-01-02T20:46:39.704+01:00Lauren, Cassandra and Kaley, very glad to have you...Lauren, Cassandra and Kaley, very glad to have you here commenting. The thanks to you all were sincere. I look forward to following your blogs this new year. And I'll be feeling the pressure, double-time, on getting the posts on Valencia just right. So I'll try to meet your high standards and expectations.<br /><br />Kaley, I'm fighting back an urge to really rant on the Zamora, Ávila, León, Salamanca comment. So I'll start by sharing sympathy... yes, it can be frustrating for expats living anywhere on the peninsula to have to grapple with Americans' poor geography on Spain. But the comparisons to the other towns you mention is not fair (e.g., populations 66,000; 59,000; 134,000; 154,000 respectively). Valencia (pop. 800,000... 1.5 million+ for the metro area) is Spain's third largest city. So when I gripe that people have heard of Sevilla (pop. 700,000) and even Pamplona (198,000), I'm complaining about the distorting effects of the limited cultural exposure (Lorca, Hemingway) that Americans have to Spain, not about some small cities/towns which fall off the radar of those who don't live, breathe and eat Spain. Oh, darn. Did I rant? Sorry about that. I promise this was a condensed version of a much longer rant developed over more than a decade of such rants.<br /><br />Jeff, thanks for reading and thanks for the support. I think guidebooks have now discovered Valencia (though you are probably right to only date this back to the last five years), but there is still a ways to go for Valencia to be a recognized city (outside of Europe) beyond the more travel-savvy visitors.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-23665116012016714832012-01-02T18:40:00.363+01:002012-01-02T18:40:00.363+01:00I agree with you about Valencia. I visited Valenc...I agree with you about Valencia. I visited Valencia on my first trip to Spain 5 years ago and really liked it. It was not really in many of the guidebooks so there was not a lot of information on it. The reason that I wanted to go there was to see the Calatrava buildings. Once I got there I found a very enjoyable city to spend some time in. I am sure that I will visit again soon.Jeff Bromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646962863836855831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-45561815906458676532012-01-02T15:52:00.514+01:002012-01-02T15:52:00.514+01:00Thanks! I'll be glad to hear more about Valenc...Thanks! I'll be glad to hear more about Valencia. But believe me when I say almost no one's heard of Zamora (or even Ávila or León). Some have heard of Salamanca, but I feel like Valencia they would be more likely to have heard of.Kaley [Y Mucho Más]http://ymuchomas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-64754314559945503372012-01-02T05:31:39.794+01:002012-01-02T05:31:39.794+01:00Thanks so much for the mention! I agree that the c...Thanks so much for the mention! I agree that the community is a valuable resource in this home-away-from home.<br /><br />You've got such detailed info on your blog and I'm looking forward to well-informed posts on Valencia. Suerte for your resolutions and Ch-ch-ch-cheers for the new year!Cassandrahttp://www.geecassandra.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-33034475178104240232012-01-02T00:30:19.010+01:002012-01-02T00:30:19.010+01:00I'm so excited to read more about Valencia! An...I'm so excited to read more about Valencia! And I'd love to make it to Las Fallas this year... we'll have to wait and see. I think your blog is so unique and well written so I'm sad you'll be posting less, but happy you'll be focusing more on what you need to be at the moment! I wish you all the best in 2012 and look forward to keeping up with your posts. Feliz año!!Lauren of Spanish Saboreshttp://www.spanishsabores.comnoreply@blogger.com