Valencia
Travel Blogs from Valencia, Spain and Canary Islands
Valencia, Spain
... it. The buildings themselves are gorgeous and of very modern designs. It is very expensive to visit any of these exhibits so we did not visit any of them. We are catching a ferry tomorrow to Palma, Mallorca which is one of the three islands off of ...
Valencia
... have only been here a short amount of time but we have both loved it. It has all the best that Spain has to offer, great food, beautiful beaches and memorable sights. One of these sites that we have both come to love, is the view outside our ...
Valencia at last!
... exactly sure what there for, but we're going on a tour of the are in a few weeks. Valencia is the third most populous city in Spain. Pope Benedict XVI has been there twice, which is a big deal. Also, Formula 1 Grand ...
The last breath
... to tell, and Juanjo has listened to them all. And of course, he had to make me try every single food or drink they have in Spain and we do not in Brazil (like pumpkin for dessert, blergh!). The visit to Valencia's region was really a good surprise - the ...
Valencia: Week 3
... go, in big groups, to open areas, like Plazas or beaches, and drink. Public drinking is against the law in Valencia (and I think all of Spain), but the police drove by at least twice and didn't do anything. So, it's one of those laws where ...
Valencia: Week 2
... teacher from Ireland and they all hate his accent, lol, they have a lot of trouble understanding him. Being that they're in Spain and close to Britain, they learn British English (for example, they call the letter Z, "zed," which is how it's ...
Valencia
Hmmmm Valencia Hey, I can't really remember what we did here, drank alot thats for sure and ...
Valencia
... took a train to Valencia where our friend Maria met us at the station. She showed us around her lovely city and invited us to a superb dinner with her family. Valencia had a lot to offer, not only did we get our share of blue skies and sunshine, we were ...
NICE!
... , which we walked to on our last day in the city; and nice food as well - Andrew finally had some paella (a popular Spanish rice dish that was first simmered over a wood fire in Valencia) and I some ratatouille with sausages. Nice! x Kasey ...
Beautiful Valencia
July 2, 2005--Valencia, Spain We arrived in Valencia yesterday afternoon and we are very impressed with the city. It is one of the nicest cities we have been to. Valencia is Spain´s third largest city and has a population of about 750,000. We did ...
descanso
ottima giornata di relax in quel di Valencia... dormito, gironzolato, mangiato bene (non la paella perche' pare che la sera non si possa mangiare, troppo pesante dicono), mi sono finalmente presa un po' di caldo e ho annusato un po' di ...
1st Week of Language School (of 2 weeks)
Spanish School I am attending: http://www.spanish-in-spain.es/ The people at the school are great!! Every Monday they have a Paella night- It was nice to attend b.c I got to meet a bunch of the people I'll be studying with. (a melting pot of teachers and ...
Home of Paella
Valencia is a beautiful city and Spain continues to dazzle me! Great architecture greets you at every turn, there are fantastic churches all around, and a dry riverbed runs through the entirety of the city, and typical of Spain, they beautified it ...
at least it was sunny
... went out on our first day to accomplish two things, go to the beach and have some Valencian Paella. Paella apparently originated in Valencia and it was a bit different to what you would normally get. As well as getting all of the fishy stuff you also get ...
Finally Fallas
... meet up with my friend, Paul, from back in Madison. A fellow biomedical engineer, he was studying in Seville, Spain and made the trip up to Valencia to see Las Fallas. He came with his roommate and they would also stay with us in our ...
No money, No liver, No Self Respect, lots of FUN!
... steak/pork ribs/rabbit hmmmmmmmmm - and going to the beach where ive become so tanned im"el blanquito mas negrito de valencia" according to Alberto, and lots of excercise. I love swimming in the sea here. The currents and waves are so strong i spent hours ...
Valencia Spain
The whirlwind trip that is now Italy and the South of Spain brings me next to Valencia, in the south east of Spain. Known for its citrus and other delectable fruit, as well as being the scientific hub of the country provides for a lot of sights and more ...
¡Bienvenidos a España!
Hola everyone! It´s my second day in Spain and it already feels like I have been here a month! The flight was incredibly long and travel time took a full day! I left at 1:30pm from Raleigh and arrived 6:30am here in Valencia (so we had to stay awake for ...
Valencia
We arrived Valencia rather late in the evening. Using our GPS we selected a place where there are a lot of restaurants and bars. After walking 30 min we found this little Italian ...
My first entry
... field trips, individual trips, and exploring the city I really haven´t had any free time...I haven´t been bored for a second over here. Valencia is an amazing city, I think it´s the perfect size. It is a big enough city that it has a lot of history, ...
A little more about Valencia
... at 6:00 but the hardcore people will party until noon (I haven't made it that far yet). Anyways for the most part that is a little bit of Valencia I am sure I'm leaving a ton of info out but I will be sure to update you at a later time. Love, ...
Oranges !! Not Apples !
... Fatima took us back to Sebastian and Silvia’s for a well earnt siesta. It turns out the Paella was invented in Valencia and they (and the surrounding hills) are very proud of their creation. The time to have paella is lunch time, when it has been ...
Classes
... had to do some more things with registration (something we all thought was covered), we've had some class room location issues (changing) and some various other things. It's going to be interesting adjusting to all of it. We'll see..... A bit anxious (as ...
When nick n nick conquered spain.
... the rubbish hostel with our morale dropping down to rubbish up popped three girls from bilbao spending their weekend in Valencia. Over the next few days and a change of hostel we had a great time with Julene, Patricia, and Nerea, only for our crew to ...
Screaming towards Valencia
... 10:30 at night, and Henry was getting hungry, so we couldn´t keep this up for very long. Other wise, we´d still be in Valencia, and I´m sure Alba would have us building scale models of the city walls with pop sickle sticks. She was a piece of work, ...
Valencia
... my cousin in Algeciras, still a long way to go. got out of Montpelier, a succession of rides into Spain. the border of Spain and France was interesting. got dropped off there, man its like el paso. putas, banditos. the real deal. got a ride with one of ...
Spanish Fiesta!!
Hola chicos y chicas! I am now in Valencia, Spain´s 3rd largest city and situated on the SE coast. However, ill write about Valencia another time. The last time i wrote i was in Madrid. From Madrid I travelled together with an american girl to ...
Road Trip to Mountains
Today Selia and I took a trip exploring- We headed out the the mountains that surround Valencia. We found some great lagoons- a couple great old cities, and fabulous scenery- Lots of opportunity for climbing in the area as well. Good times, Wild ...
Valencia - Americas Cup
Hola from Valencia!! Currently free camping in a parking lot just outside the Americas cup village, awesome spot as only 2 min walk to beach, have been here 3 days soaking up the atmosphere, so many kiwis here supporting the black boat its awesome, ...
