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Albufera national park
... that kicked us off a little down the road and gestured us to stay put. 10 minutes later another bus came by who let us on without bothering to look at our tickets.
We then got to El Palmar which was our stop and stood up, but the driver didn't stop and was chatting something in Spanish about the next place. So we thought perhaps we were supposed to wait till the next stop. But then about 2km down ...
Soccer, more than just a sport
... are known for playing very boring defensive organized soccer. Some say this was due to the Mussolini years. He thought soccer was a disorganized sport and wanted his team to play in a very organized way. The Spaniards play very disorganized, yet beautiful games, with their quick passes and tricky moves. The Brits play a mix of the two styles. In my opinion, the game style correlates to their history and vastly different cultures.
Spain however, is like no other ...
So tired of waiting
... Seriously, this website needs to be structured better. It's there if you know where to look, in small print, down the bottom. Anyway, the next train to Valencia left at 6:40pm that evening, and did require booking. Luckily the train wasn't booked out so we manage to get ourselves a couple seats. We had our packs on, with everything in them, at the same station where Shannon's bag was nearly lost, and with only small lockers available to us, there was only ...
Not just oranges
... between churches. And so it turned out to be. The Virgin de los Desamperados or Lady of the Forsaken was to be processed that evening. The churches had services while we were there, and huge daytime fireworks followed. We didn't stay for the procession, but it was ...
A Navel Experience
... family lunches on Sundays meant that we had to console ourselves with a glass of vino tinto and a plate of seafood risotto instead... We were pretty stoic about it, of course.
Still in a bit of a food coma, we decided to go check out the 'new' Valencia. The two parts of the city are divided by a massive, meandering park, the Jardins del Turia, built on the site of the old river which was diverted after a devastating flood in the '50s. The 9km stretch of gardens ...
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