Events
Ninot exhibition: 4 Feb to 15 March
Feb 2
The annual Ninot Exhibition opens this Saturday, 4 February and runs until 15 March.
For those of you who don’t know a lot about Fallas yet, ninots are figurines (often life-sized) which make up part of a falla. Every year, each of the clubs which build a falla puts one ninot into the exhibition where the public vote for their favourites.
Route 66 Idiomas language school students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a close-up look at over 750 ninots and vote for their favourite models. The winners of the public vote in the “mayor” and “infantil” sections will be declared “indultat” and saved from being burnt on 19 March (they are then kept in the Fallas Museum).
Tickets for the last 2 weeks of the exhibition and weekends usually sell out fast. So if you want to visit to exhibition, get down to Nuevo Centro shopping centre (metro stop: Turía) as soon as you can to avoid queues and disappointment.
For those of you who are new to Fallas, the pictures above should give you an idea of the calibre of previous winners of the prestigious honour that is being chosen as Ninot Indultat. For more information, check out fallas.com.
Restaurant Week/ Cuina Oberta
Nov 24
This weekend, Route 66 Idiomas language school students may like to take advantage of VLC Cuina Oberta (Valencia Restaurant Week), which runs from 21-27 November.
In a celebration of local cuisine, 82 restaurants in and around the city offer you the chance to enjoy a gourmet lunch for 20 euros, or dinner for 30 euros.
For a list of particating restaurants, menus and maps, visit the event website. Here you can also check availability and book online (reservations are essential). But hurry! Tables book up quickly!
Rice Week in Valencia
Sep 23
Congreso Mundial del Arroz y Homenaje a la Paella: 29 septiembre – 2 octubre 2011
Semana Gastronómica del Arroz: 26 septiembre – 2 octubre 2011
It doesn’t get much more Valencian than this!
From 29 September until 2 October, the City of Arts and Sciences hosts the 1st World Rice Congress.
Open to the public and free to attend, the event’s 70 stands will showcase typical wines and other products from Spain’s different regions. Next to the Science Museum, the “Gran Fiesta de la Morcilla de Arroz” and the “Túnel del Arroz” will give visitors the chance to try slices of morcilla de arroz (a type of black pudding filled with rice – tastes far nicer than it might sound) for just €2 and a wide range of rice dishes for €4.
As if that weren’t enough, “Rice Gastronomy Week” will run from 26 September to 2 October; 21 restaurants in Valencia city and 13 in the province will be offering guests delicious rice dishes with up to 25% off their normal prices. A full list of participating restaurants, the rice dishes they are offering and prices can be found here (pages 19-21 – information in Spanish).
Route 66 Idiomas language school students wishing to join in this homage to paella can find out more at the Congress’ official website.
El intercambio vuelve – 6 de octubre
Sep 22
Intercambio inglés-español en el centro de Valencia. Cada dos semanas. Gratuita.
Spanish-English language exchange in Valencia city centre. Every two weeks. Free to attend.
El intercambio de Route 66 Idiomas vuelve el jueves 6 de octubre, a partir de las 21.30 en el pub Finnegans, Plaza de la Reina 19. ¡Reserva la fecha! 
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The Route 66 Idiomas intercambio will return for the first meeting of the autumn on Thursday 6 October, from 9.30pm in Finnegans Pub in Plaza de la Reina. Save the date!
