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Our Apartment in Valencia - It Stinks!
... or rotting flesh? Maybe mildew or mold? I mean what are we trying to conceal with all this flower ****? Maybe nothing - maybe this is just a cultural thing.
Guess its me, but I just can't imagine buying a commercial size box of assorted air fresheners popping ALL - every one of them - open and then spreading them out through an 1800 square foot apartment. But I have never lived in Spain before and this might just be the norm.
Well, there is my floral *****.
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Catching up on Blogging!
... shocking but it was still kind of hilarious as he tried to explain it in English and the faces of horror on us as the realization dawned what he was trying to say. The first place we visited was Sintra National Palace, the most western castle in Europe with a "manufactured wildness" like many places in Sintra. The architecture had a lot of Arab influence due to the Moorish presence - things like the Arab garden and tilework.
The second place we went was the Castle of ...
El Tribunal de las Aguas
... got off the bus at the Plaza de Ayuntamiento (City Hall Plaza). It is a plaza with the city hall on one side and the post office on the other -- both are very beautiful buildings. I went back into the post office (site of yesterday's disaster) to take a few photos. I took one of the stained glass ceiling and was going to take one of the people doing post office business in the beautiful building, but a guard told ...
First adventure in Europa--Valencia!
... influenced by Sangria, new friends, new-culture adrenaline, and más Sangria. We continued to be convinced throughout the night when we ventured to a discoteca (club) held in an old church- and somehow all 5 of us girls from Minnesota woke up, with each others help, at 6am to make the journey down the huge hillside of Toledo with the 7 Ohio Stater's to catch a 5 hour bus ride to Valencia.
Okay, this is getting too long already. Anyway, we made it to Valencia, walked ...
Sweet Valencia
... watched the sunset over the city. A power nap later, we were out once again for the night enjoying the Spanish nightlife.
Saturday, we went to the market and got some tapas and just wandered around for the day. Walking just proved incredibly inefficient compared to biking, but we knew we couldn't trump yesterday so we just putzed around for a while and laid low. Saturday night is usually the ...
Other places to stay in Jerica
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Rosaleda Doncel
Avda Constitucion 29, Jerica | 3 star hotelfrom $41
