Un Día de Fiesta: Corpus Christi Celebrations in Granada
Dear Travel Diary, Yesterday was an official holiday in Spain. Like a number of other countries in the world, Spain celebrates the Feast of Corpus ChRead More…
Category: Festivals
Taking Some Time-Out to Visit the Eurovision Village in Lisbon
Yesterday evening I went to the Eurovision Village in Lisbon. When I arrived here in Portugal I didn’t realize Lisbon was hosting the Eurovision Song Read More…
A Short Dusseldorf Visit (With Snow and a Carnival-Like Celebration)
I haven’t spent much time in Germany so I decided to visit Dusseldorf at the weekend. The Journey from Eindhoven only takes around 1h 40 mins and it cRead More…
Rotterdam Summer Carnival: Another Street Parade in the Rain
Last year I went to the Rotterdam Summer Carnival to see the street parade. The weather was not fantastic, but it was better than the previous year beRead More…
A Weekend of Festivals
When I lived in Spain I liked to go to flamenco shows. Now I’m living in the Netherlands I go to festivals instead and there always seems to be so manRead More…
The Rotterdam Summer Carnival Street Parade
It was Summer Carnival time in Rotterdam at the weekend. I’d never been to a carnival before, so the temptation was too great to resist. You may have Read More…
A Sunny Sunday Afternoon at the Valkhof Festival in Nijmegen
Three weeks ago I visited Nijmegen. I returned yesterday because I wanted to go to The Valkhof Festival. The town was much busier than it was on my prRead More…
Den Haag: The Embassy Festival
Yesterday I went to the Embassy Festival in Den Haag. It was very good, but not at all what I was expecting. For one thing there were several stages, Read More…