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poco a poco

Life Abroad (Inside & Out)

El Apagón

"The Blackout"

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Jen Cook
Apr 30, 2025
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Since moving to Valencia in August 2024, I’ve experienced two major events here.

The first was DANA in October, which was the major flooding around Valencia. It was also my first glimpse of the community effort Spaniards put into helping one another when the chips are down.

a pair of shovels laying on the ground
Photo by Hennie Stander on Unsplash

Around the time just after DANA, we had to retu…

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