NH Ciudad de Valencia

... quite possibly be shocked about ("cause we're in a Mediterranean climate, right?") is the lack of vegetables in the standard Spanish diet. Ham, ham they've got down cold (and I don't even eat the stuff), ...tortilla, olives/oil, oranges, cheese, wine...fantastico! Vegetables? I think those are grown for frying. But Valencia, that's different. The Valencian diet actually includes tons of produce and all things super duper fresh. So ...

... watch our neice, Cara run her cross-country race. She is a sophomore at ConVal High School in Peterborough, NH and runs Varsity CC. She was second from her school and ran a personal best for this course.<br> We came back to Milford and then drove to Wilton (the next town over) to go to the Wilton Town Hall Theater. It is a small theater on the second floor of the Town Hall that has been showing movies there since the 1920s (and the decor hasn't changed in ...

August 28th Friday- Up fairly early- I am still not getting the sleep I need. We talked and reminisced about the time I have spent here at Beckys and then I was packed up and off. I took stuff out and closed the door, Becky opened it to check something and Boston streaked by her and out the door so we had to do a cat rescue before I left. First stop was to get a tired aired up-It was looking squishy and is now better. Nuvi said I would be there by 6:30, but with one nap stop ...

So we managed to find our way home after an incredible summer. In just over 5 weeks we were in 29 States, drove 12,700 miles, visited 5 World Heritage Sites, many wonderful state and national parks, saw great cities, awesome beaches and fantastic friends and family. This was a time I will cherish forever.<br><br>Thanks to all who have followed my blog and taken this journey with us.<br><br>ox<br>Lisa

... although 85 miles was too short! The climbing went well and compared to the beginning of the trip it was quite satisfying to be able to conquer all the hills without coming close to having to walk. Tonight will be the last dinner with all of us together, and a good time to reflect on what this was all about. I started this as a gesture relating to the untimely death of my brother, but it has been made clear to me that I was angry that ...

... that I had planned for us. What had I done? Fifty days of driving and camping across the US. But as nervous as I was, I was also excited about the adventures that Russell and I would get ourselves into....so, one last look back and Niagara Falls, Ontario, here we come!<br><br>

... to keep going to the north of Valencia and find a campground, which would make our next day to Barcelona a bit shorter. When we got to the north side of Valencia, we stopped at a gas station and were told of a campground only 6km away on the beach. He gave us detailed directions&#8230;go the traffic circle, then to the next one, then turn right, I think&#8230; We got lost looking for this campground 15 times, even after stopping ...

... to dry...from underwear to toilet paper. This was a perfect little beach side spot. Sunset, bonfire, the waves attacking rocks... The next day we found some mandarin trees and as it was the season we had to eat as much as we could and pick our pockets full and some more...yummie...sweet and juicy. The night passed in a Nature Park...we tried smth new...to put the tent covers on the tree and sleep under them...but for the morning we realised it wasnt the greatest idea as some of us got ...

... class is a grammar class. In film course, we watched two old TV shows, once called El pícaro and Historias para no dormir. Historias is the Spanish equivalent to The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. In the episode we saw, psychics were killing themselves for no apparent reason. Our professor never really explained why we watched that episode. Interesting fact I learned from my film professor: the longest prison sentence anyone can get is ...

... the above who knows! There is trash everywhere. It's in the streets, on the highway, in the fields.. everywhere. We didn't go into the city but even the outskirts of the city are pretty bad when it comes to the trash. Gross. Don't go to Napoli. It's not worth it. So we took a bus to Amalfi because we're stupid and it ended up taking a good 3 hours to get to our hostel when it should only have taken 45 minutes by train. Sin embargo, the ride there was absolutely gorgeous. The ...