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Bus from Chefchaouen, Morocco to Tanger, Morocco; ferry to Algeciras, Spain; bus to Valencia, Spain.
Back in Spain! We finally make it to Valencia, Spain after a day and a half of travel from Morocco. Valencia is a great city. We had about 2 days in the city, staying in the old part. Some highlights were:
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Valencia being my first real exposure to ...
Valencia being my first real exposure to Spain I didn't really appreciate how distinct it was (at least compared to other, larger cities) until after I'd left. While it lacked the crumbling majesty of Lisbon, there were more than enough old buildings, churches, museums and statues to satisfy. In fact, the (alleged) holy grail is found here. There …
Stayin' Alive
I made my way to Valencia, Spain, to meet up with a few friends and spend a few days in the city before heading to Bunol (a 45 minute train ride away from Valencia) for the La Tomatina festival. Valencia is Spain's third largest city and apparently known for its Paella, so over the next two days, we ate Paella twice a day, a different one each time and drank litres of Sangria. We tried random places with no real research and luckily the Paella was all good ...
Myra's dream, Bill's nightmare!
... pressure released and soon you could navigate on your own. We took our dirty, smelly, wet, pink bodies to a small shopping plaza where we had agreed to meet Debbie.
Debbie had watched the events unfold from a safe sanctuary where most of the locals also took refuge. Several small cafes served food and drinks and Debbie enjoyed some cold beers and took pictures. The folks who threw the tomatoes off the trucks, jumped out at this center and were cheered ...
Spain, its Banking Sector
... Economist.
Apparently, Santander and BBVA, Spain's two largest banks, have expanded their retail operations overseas very fast over the last few decades following the fall of the fascist dictatorship. Their main source of income comes mostly from the business outside of Spain and this is an advantage given that the Spanish economy is going through very hard times.
Between the two of them, Santander and BBVA manage over 20,000 branches ...