Valencia Mansion

VALENCIA

Two days here and no agenda beyond taking a look at The City of Arts and Sciences, a complex of futuristic buildings housing a range of cultural and leisure facilities. This was Stefani's spade in the sand when asked what she would like to see in Spain.

On Day One we strolled for a time in the Rio Turia Gardens, a str...

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It has certainly been a hectic couple of days! First of all, MY LUGGAGE IS HERE! =D I finally received it at 7 pm last night, after a week of anxious waiting! My suitcase has a few holes in it and is beaten to shreds, but hey...at least it's here!! Yesterday morning we had our first day of class, which pretty much consisted o...

On Wednesday, we went to Valltorta to see some amazing displays of cave paintings done by hominids about 5 to 7 million years ago. Our guide was rather unconfident about his english abilities and made a show of elaborately gesturing what he was saying. The first cave we went to had a hunting scene with deer, but many of the drawings were relativ...

I have grown up with sports. Ever since I was little, there has never been a time when I was not playing some sort of sport. Needless t o say, my dad was constantly playing sports with me and my mom was constantly taking me to all sorts of practices. However, no matter how long I have been playing, no sport affects me as much as soccer affects ...

There is a strange relationship between Catholicism and other aspects of daily life in Spain. Coming out of a Catholic dictatorship, most of the country is still culturally catholic, though much of the Catholic doctrine by a good portion of the population is ignored, such as views on premarital sex, contraception issues, etc. Still, 73% of the ...