A new year has just begun. The year of the rat according to the Chinese horoscope, and the year of the Olympics.The Games in Beijing will be of particular interest in Spain this year. As with each edition of the event, millions of people all over the world join together in front of their televisions to see this most important sporting event.

Another important date, the 9th of March is a key moment in our country because we will be choosing our new Parliament. It’s true that as the Spanish elections are really only played out between two parties, there’s not that much excitement.

We are not just in Spain, but Valencia. This means that in March we can enjoy the indoor world athletics championship (1st-2nd March) and with Fallas (14th-19th March) we jump to the summer, when for the first time the city will see a Formula 1 circuit (it will be urban, on the 24th of August) before the emblematic Motor GP (26th Oct)Only one thing more, wait and wee what’s out there to surprise us or make us think, the when December comes, 2008 will have been more interesting than had expected.