From Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th of February, Valencia will once again become Europe’s fashion capital as designers from all over the world arrive to showcase their latest collections. Housed in the Agora building, this year’s eagerly awaited event will consist of various areas including the main runway, Zone D, the Zone Off, Valencia Cultural Palace and Dedal Showroom.
The fact that it is winter hasn’t had any noticeable effect on Jávea’s cultural programme. February’s schedule looks as though it will be as busy as ever, with plenty for residents to enjoy.
On Sunday February 5th and Monday February 6th the Sete Segell Film Club will show the 2011 film, The Power of Women, a collaboration between Belgian, Italian and French investors. Sunday February 12th and Monday 13th features the American film, Drive, while Sunday 19th and Monday 20th is devoted to Le Havre, a French film first released in 2011. February’s final showings will be screened on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th with the 2011 German film, Almanya-Wilkommen in Deutschland, which focuses on the experience of Turkish immigrants in the 1960s.
How do you create interest in a subject that, at first appearance, might seem a little dry and dusty? Well, one sure-fire way to do it is to position it at the heart of a Hollywood blockbuster that is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Harrison Ford!
Ever since the Indiana Jones franchise hit the cinemas, the previously sedate academic subject of archaeology has undergone a renaissance, with students signing up in the hope of covering themselves with a little bit of that Indy stardust.
Now an interactive exhibition at the PrÃncipe Felipe Science Museum in Valencia’s famous City of Arts and Sciences has gathered together an impressive collection of material from the Indiana Jones movies in order to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of this highly successful franchise.
There are many well-known Spanish brands that have earned a reputation on the world stage, but among these Fermax stands out as an international brand of excellence noted not only for its technological innovation and advanced design, but also as a successful family-owned business run along sound business principles.
Amid all the doom and gloom out there we are really happy to be able to report on some positive and indeed encouraging news. It comes in the form of the official figures released on tourism numbers for 2011, which show an increase in arrivals of 7,7% over 2010, culminating in a total of 56 million visitors last year.
Strolling through the restaurant district just off the Granvia Marqués del Turia, in the centre of Valencia, we finally found the Mercatbar while actually looking for another restaurant. Since Quique Dacosta’s Mercatbar was very much on our ‘to-do’ list we were happy to abandon our original plans and give this very Spanish interpretation of the deli-cum-gastro-bar concept a try.
After his part in Spain’s recent Davis Cup victory, David Ferrer is looking for a relaxing Christmas in his hometown of Javéa. Ferrer’s victory over Juan MartÃn del Potro in the final is widely believed to be one of the defining points of the championship and left his compatriot, Rafael Nadal, in an excellent position to seal the title.
Everyone who knows anything about David Ferrer knows that there are few things that he loves more than returning to Javéa during his rare periods of rest. However, the scale of his successes in 2011 has resulted in the whole town uniting to welcome him home for Christmas.
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