Hotel Hesperia Parque Central Valencia

... and things. Where I was staying it is a nice area with cobblestone and big square with fountains- the main one Plaza de la virgen with a fountain of Poiseidon. I made great friends here with the austrailan girls, a german, two dutch and a girl from norway and we went out together salsa dancing and also to the beach for the whole day following my arrival. For halloween it was quite a treat to see the whole city full of young kids dressed up. It was different ...

... br><br>Looking for a camping spot we noticed a very small crumbling abandoned building. What a great place to sleep. Little bit worrying about the old matress that was there though. Probably a hang out for crack addicts. But waking up to a mental crack head is not as bad as most of our other nights so we went for it.

... kommen noch unschuldige Sonnenuntergange, nett gemalt, dann 'oops'<br>Nackt-fotos und im nachsten Raum eine J e s u s statue. Wie passt das bitte zusammen?<br><br>Auch an alten, antiquen Hausmobeln, Geschirrkaesten, alten Bettstatten und uralten Waschschusseln kommen wir vorbei ins Freie-die Aussicht ist gut, alle ...

... co-operative spirit. When the gale finally died down to a strong wind and damage assessments were made, I felt that we had come off extremely lightly. Needless to say when there was a temporary lull in the wind we took the awning down pronto! Later that day we were able to check the news and saw how lightly we had got off. The devastation across southwest France and as close as Barcelona was on all the news channels ...

Ok, This apartment is less than par... <br><br>Yes I have a great big room- But it's COLD! (space heaters)<br><br>Electricity goes out if too much is turned on at the same time<br><br>Hot water comes in and out.... I snuck down to a neighbor's ...

... first day, Maria showed us to a well known café, La Horchateria de Santa Catalina, which specializes in local pastries, chocolate, and a milk-like drink called "horchata." We tasted a variety of these lovely treats and would definitely recommend this sweet spot to any other travelers headed that way. On our second day, we visited La Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias, a ...

... I then noticed that whereas most caravans were in full sun, ours was entirely in the shade, so we have to move our chairs out into the middle of the road if we want to sunbathe. I felt myself getting grumpier by the minute. Our first task was to lay our awning groundsheet out in the sun to dry. It had got very wet in Vilanova, not to mention disgustingly smelly. It smelt, not surprisingly, of cat pee. Strangely, it started ...

Sorry for the gap in our communication, the last few days have been a bit interesting. It seems that we confused a few of our travel time around causing us to miss our flight to Seville. With a little help from the travel lady and few extra dollars we were rerouted to Barcelona.... almost the other end of Spain!! Seeing that our itinerary was loosely based anyway, we just reworked our trip around. Our original intention was to arrive in Seville and ...

... restaurant, the local fisherman spend the day on the river catching fish to sell. During this lunch (which lasted 3 hours!) we were able to watch the first race on TV, in which Alinghi won, the favored team in our group. From here we went on to Valencia, where we got a tour from the guys- the entire town has been rebuilt in preparation for The America's Cup. A new arts and sciences buildings and concert hall are well seen in the attached photos. The Valencia ...