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Valencia Slideshow
Valencia
Travel Blogs from Valencia, Spain and Canary Islands
Arrived in Spain- Language School
... which really added to the trip. I slept on the second and third flight- (Almost missed the last one from Madrid to Valencia because of a nap I took)- Luckily I arrived with no major problems. I've gotten settled into my new place. I have two roommates, ...
Olá!
... that day, getting our bus ticket sorted to Denia which was the next stop on the agenda. The weather was pretty bad in Valencia, raining fairly heavily off and on for the entire day. We wanted to head out that evening and by the time we were dolled up and ...
Landscapes, Aerial Photos and other Randomness
I finally figured out how to get the photos off my iPhone. HURRAY! So here are a large, random dump of photos from all over the place. ...
Las Fallas
Semana Santa (my spring break) kicks off with a WILD weekend in Valencia. There they celebrate Las Fallas...basically three days of arson. Enormous paper mache sculptures are scattered all aver the city. There must have been at least 30 of them, some ...
Valcencia to Bunol - la Tomatina
... , just a little hose to get the tomato out of our hair. Hopped on the train back to Valencia. People where not allowed on the train without a t-shirt and if they had too much tomato on them. Nevertheless, the train and the path from the train station ...
Fire, Fire, yeah uhhh uhhh Fire
Went to check out a festival in Valencia called Las Fallas. The people of Valencia spend all year building huge statues and then at the festival/party they are all burned. Basically a huge party that ends with fire. Sounds like my kind of ...
Adios Euro
... to find my way to the hostel eventually where I settled in for a nice boring quiet night. Then next which was yesterday and my only day in Valencia I set out to wander the town which I found really quite beautiful. The first views I got were of some ...
Hola Espana
... a little of both we decided to tack Spain onto the end of our trip. So the first leg of our bonus trip was Valencia. We had lots of fun in our hostel there, enjoyed strolling around the interesting town and lazed on the beach...an experience made ...
I could'a had a V-8!
... rings. Oh well. That's it. No more American style food until I'm back in America. And so that was my Valencia experience and the Tomatina. My next destination (two actually) came as recommendations from my dear friend Colleen; Sevilla and Granada. And ...
Sangria, salsa, hobos and crazy people
... square. Luckily for the chick, the guys mate stepped in to stop him, he then copped a slap of rage. So overall, Spain and backpacking again has been fun and really interesting. I honestly think that their is more dodgey characters, scams and overall ...
Last day in valencia
This consists of my last days in Valencia. Most of the pictures are with some of the students I helped with english for the last week. And some pictures are of the last dinner I had with the kids from my ISA program. Gloria and I exchanged ...
Architecturally rich city; great weather
... and it was yummy. Thanks Samantha Brown. I had a 15 minute hike to my hostel. I passed one stunning building after another. Valencia was gorgeous. And then there was my hostel. The street to get there had a sewer-like odor and my building was so plain. ...
Valencia... second last stop in Spain
Well, I can't believe the tour is almost over... second last stop, Valencia. After a 7 hour bus ride which got us to the hotel (although I would call it more a hostel - at 1.30am, we finally got into our delightful room... not! By far the worst place ...
Encontrandome con los colegas
... ver como iba yo a estar escribiendo esto ahora desde Tokyo (haciendo un poco de recuento de los ultimos dias). Directa desde Valencia me volvi a Torrente a tomarme una horchata con Rosana, que se casa ya mismo!! Parece mentira que no nos hayamos visto en ...
Day 2: Foix - Valencia
After a long drive from Foix to Valencia in Spain through Andorra and Catalunya, we stopped for the night on the beach close to an appreciated public shower. The power generator would not start, leaving us unable to charge the additional ...
Valencia
... prices for a bed. I also managed to walk to it from the Bus station, so no Taxi fees either. The old core of Valencia is reasonably small and it is very hard to get lost as all the bus stops have map with "You are here" Stickers on them. ...
Las Fallas!
... we decided to go on the weekend before the big bonfire to catch a glimpse at all the fallas. So we arrived in Valencia at about 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 14. We decided to take the bus as it was a bit cheaper than the ...
Day 6 - Valencia
... to have some breakfast and had a chat with Sarah and Skye before we headed out to see some more sights of Valencia. We headed back to the old town and climbed the bell tower of the Cathedral which gave a great view from top and then had a little ...
De start
Onze eerste trip een stukje trein om uit het center van Valencia te geraken en 22,4 km te gaan, meer dan genoeg voor de eerste ...
Aug 25, 2009
Weerzien vake na 3.5 maand
Afspraak om 18u aan de Katedraal van Valencia, ik was al eerder aangekomen en had dan ook al voor slapen gezorgd want het bleek dat alles eigenlijk vol zat omwille van het feit dat de Americas cup in het zeilen de volgende dag van start ...
Bull fights
... a single one had ever seen a bull fight in person. They think it's cruelty to animals and hate that it's a tradition that represents Spain. I would definitely classifiy it as cruel. Basically, the bull is just being tormented to its ...
Maravillosa Valencia (in Spanish)
De vuelta a casa antes de empezar mi aventura. Las Hogueras de San Juan son el ...
Noche de San Juan! (in Spanish)
Esta noche habia que celebrarla en la playa. Asi que para alla nos fuimos los Mosqueteros y d'Artagnan (Txesko, Monica, Javier y yo), a la Devesa. No habia mucha gente ni trafico para llegar. Cogimos sitio y nos acomodamos con un poco de vinito, fuet, ...
Gooooorąco! nawet bardzo.
Przypadło mi opisać południową Hiszpanię razem z Gibraltarem i Andorrą. I to krótko, bo plecy w pisaniu notek mamy oooolbrzymie. No to jazda. Jest parę słów-kluczy, których po prostu trzeba użyć, gdy ...
I Saw Flipper in Valencia!!
... a dungeon room and the only light it had was tinted red, really strange. We walked around the city streets for a while and noticing that Valencia has a very distinct and unpleasant smell. We headed to bed earlier for we had plans of an exciting day the ...
Valencia Day 2
... nigth and ordered some more of the yummy paella. Tomorrow we are off to Madrid, another big city. I must say im gonna miss Valencia, i really love this city, it still has not lost its small town feel. We have an early morning train tomorrow, and a 4 ...
Naranja! Naranja!
... stay in Valencia and the only thing we plan on really seeing is the Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences). Valencia is beautiful. The city is lit up at night accentuating the gothic and baroque architecture that is stylishly seen ...