I am in the UK over Easter and writing this from there as I listen to the pitter patter of incessant rain on the roof. It is a relaxing sound so don't worry about that of course. Easter in Spain is when things start to warm up of course and not before time if you have lived through the longest winter in Spain in living memory. The dams are full of water. It has rained and even snowed loads during the winter and the heating bill on electric made me long to move closer to the equator. Easter however is the turning point when the jumpers can be thrown off, t-shirts start to be worn and very soon copious quantities of deodorant will not be able to mask the fact that it is getting rather warm. Easter in Valencia is not a huge celebration except for those living by the port in the Cabañal and Malvarrosa. It is that part of the city where the big celebrations happen. Think about it like this. It is all of a couple of weeks since the huge Fallas fiestas and therefore it is important to ha some more floral tributes to the Virgin Maria of course. The processions and religious significance of the events are equal to those of any other part of Spain although the ridiculous lengths to touch the virgin so easily seen in Seville or Granada during Holy Week are not quite so obvious. Festivals abound in Spain over the Easter week and April so keep in mind the following places where you can find some great religious fervor and wonder how you can live without it in your life too. 1) Anywhere in Andalucia. Ultra Catholic at least for the Holy Week, Andalucia glories in tradition and Ku Klux Klan type costumes of all colours as everyone repents for their sins before starting a while new year of sinning. 2) Feria de Abril in Sevilla. A celebration of all things to do with bullfighting, Flamenco, Sherry and Horses. The Feria de Abril if it survives the rains of last year is a riot of colour. It is where the debutantes of Andaluz society are presented in their stunning Flamenco dresses. 3) Ponferrada: I have chosen this one for its obscurity. The tradition in Ponferrada is Matajudios, Killing the Jews. This involves downing a small chupito glass of wine in every bar in the town and seeing how far you can get. The record is somewhere around the three and a half laps and that isn't bad considering there are at least 20-30 bars involved in one lap. On downing one glass it is called killing a jew, catholic tolerance at its best here of course, and the idea is to kill figuratively at least, as many jews as possible in the evening. If you know of any more strange Easter or April Fiestas in Spain then don't hesitate to post them in the comments here and if you have any comments on those mentioned here or my recollection of facts then just ask me or tell me below. I promise to get back to you.