Apartamentos Botanico 29 Valencia
Botanico 29 Valencia, Valencian Country, 46008, Spain and Canary Islands
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A Navel Experience
... the Torres de Serranos, where we had a great vantage of the city spread out before us. Oh, yes ... and another poignant lesson on the importance of observation after Andrew cracked his head on the roof of the tower staircase ... oops. Bad design, clearly ;)
Having heard that Valencia is the 'home' of paella, we followed the local advice and headed to the waterfront restaurants - only to miss out! Sadly for two hungry, scruffy Australians the Spanish tradition of ...
Oranges !! Not Apples !
... de la Seda – the Silk exchange. A wonderful late Gothic trading hall, one of the few remaining civic gothic buildings left in the world and considered perhaps the best example. We also made a stop to the food market in the centre of town, this beautiful Modernista building reminded us of the wonderful market we saw in Sao Paulo and once again Vic Markets seriously have to lift their game. In the market we made one of our most important purchases…. ...
BioParc and Kick-off to Fallas
... in Valencia. It's a very unique experience, much different than the fireworks shows we're used to in the States, and it will leave your ears ringing for at least an hour (since we were very close to the show, we were actually told by the locals to open our mouths during the concussions so the shock waves wouldn't hurt as bad--or blow our ear drums, haha).
After Mascletas, we took a guided tour through Valencia's main ...
At least it was sunny
... the historian that I am, I informed Kat that the real holy grail actually feel down a bottomless pity when Indiana Jones' ex girl friend, Eva, took the grail over the seal despite the old knight telling her not to. With a roll of the eyes from one and a smug grin from the other we ended up avoiding the fake grail. Anyway, the other thing of interest was a gigantic market full of every type of fresh food you could imagine! I realize that there is a bit of a ...
Spanish Culture 101: Flamenco and Bulls
... was una corrida (bullfight) each night of the week. During each corrida, between four and six different toradores (bullfighters, known as matadors in Mexico and the U.S.) have their chance at what the Spaniards call "dancing" with a bull. Tonight consisted of six of the best and most renowned toradores in Spain, one of which is a native of Valencia and thus extremely popular here. We were so excited to go to la corrida, and dismayed to find out that the woman ...


