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... That's crazy talk. Will and I allotted a good few hours one day for lunch to settle in to some Paella Valenciana from El Rall in the Old City. Paella Valenciana is typically made with rabbit and chicken and green veggies like lima beans, artichokes, peppers...etc. This and Paella Mariscos, with shell fish, are the most common.

Of course we did more than simply eat. We explored. Quite a bit actually. And being tourists as we ...

Went to Valencia for 5 days, one day of which we spent out in Bunol for La Tomatina- great fun! Thousands of people crowd into this tiny town to have a massive tomato fight for one hour on the last wedensday of every month. Not the kind of thing you'd do again but am really glad I done it- crazy!
Valencia itself was lovely- very clean and well kept and the locals were especially friendly ...

... cold! The next day we spent shopping at their huge outdoor market and sightseeing. Our day was cut a little short because apparently in Valencia, the WHOLE city shuts down for siesta. We ended up walking around for over an hour, only to find nothing open.
All around, it was a really successful trip! Hope everyone is doing well, and I miss you all very much.

Love,
Amy

... extra night in Valencia and travel with her until the 15th of October. So...very unlike myself, I set myself free of my calendar which by this point was very meticulously planned and am planning on traveling the rest of Spain with her.

The three amigos, very appropriate considering we are now all friends in Spain where they speak Spanish. However I supposed Amigas would be more ...

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Anyway, since we were outside the main plaza, the trucks didn't have many tomatoes left. They threw what they had and I, armed with my goggles and earplugs, probably got hit a total of about 10 times. I threw about 5 chuncks of tomatoes which I picked off myself after they had been thrown at me. We looked nothing like the pictures you'd see if you Googled Tomatina because we weren't in the main square, but we ...

... time meeting people and making friendships then doing our usual sight seeing. Australians, Germans, Canadians and even a few Americans. Their is a big rugby tournament going on right now so everywhere we go everyone is all pumped up for their home team in the world cup. What an awesome sport. We caught a couple games in an Irish pub and all i can say is that i wish we were more into rugby in USA. There is a great big kitchen at our hostel so every night everyone ...

... train station - the lineup was huge and it really wasn't a line up at all, just a mass of people milling about. Buying return tickets in advance didn't do us any good - we weren't entitled to simply waltz on board. We waited a good 45-60 minutes before finally getting on a train. The cars were so packed that the workers instructed us to go into one of the off-limits compartments of the train. It was oven-like in there ... but at least we ...

... words). Basically it was mayhem and everyone got drenched, the streets of the town were like a river. Very cold and wet we headed back to the vans to dry off and warm up, great times!! Next day we nearly had a heart attack when we went to leave...Frank wouldnt start, our mate Hamish who is also driving a Fiat suggest to hit the starter motor with a wrench, it started but think we need to look at getting a new motor cant spend the next 2 months hitting it with a ...

... and only met the people again in our sleeping place, a gym in Algemesí. The two subsequent days went at about the same pace, one in Algemesí and the other in Alzira. Then I had to leave, before the end of the party because I didn't know it would last until Monday and scheduled my flight to Portugal accordingly, and it was very hard to part with the people. Some of my happiest moments in the past 12 months have been due to the hospitality club, and it is quite ...

... Anyway I fought back; -But, the guy in the station told me to get on your bus. As I complained, an old woman behind the driver started arguing with him. Then two other women joined her. They spoke too fast and I had no idea how they were supporting my position, but finally the driver let me in. Then the bus left the station with only several passengers. Then where the other 30 passengers in the train ...