WHAT: Las Fallas or “the fires” is a five day festival dedicated to celebration, firecrackers, burning everything in sight and making as much noise as humanly possible.

WHEN: March every year

WHERE: Valencia, Spain

Saturday morning hangs at the city local, sitting back, relaxing, sipping on the tragedy that is spanish coffee, its hard to imagine the ridiculous hustle and bustle that would have been at our feet less than a month ago. “Las Fallas” or “the festival of everything that is illegal due to health and safety issues” as it should be known in English, was easily five of the most hectic days we have ever experienced.

From saving lives, to risking our own, the value of the person in Spanish culture was heavily bought into question. If your body manages to survive the brutal amount of time without sleep alongside the endless flow of street cervezas and…