The Westin Valencia
Amadeo de Saboya, 16, (formerly Westin Alameda) Valencia, Valencian Country, 46010, Spain and Canary Islands
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August´s Book List
... gt; "Slaughterhouse-five" is the sort of book you need to read more than once to truly digest, so just eight months after the last time I read it I felt compelled to pick it up again. Absolutely, hands-down, without a doubt, a must-read. Be forewarned though, it's about war, and war is not a pretty thing; there are no pretty pink bows neatly wrapping this one up.
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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 ...
In search of the Holy Grail...literally!
... decided to visit them again the next night!
Day 2 we spend at the beautiful sandy beach after spending 2 hours on the computer in the morning downloading photos (I've only taken 1 or 2 of course!). On our last day we visit the Holy Grail church, host to the chalice used by Christ in the Last Supper and is the only one in the world recognised as the official Holy Grail by the Pope, it had it's own ...
Highlights of this Week
... SO busy with all that Spain had to offer that I HAD to pull an all-nighter to complete the film file for my cinema class. At 10pm, I decided to take a break and put on a dress and left with the group to go to Radio City, a jazzbar-ish scene that has flamenco performances every week. I couldn't miss the opportunity for such a cultural experience! At the door you paid five euros, and this was also a double drink voucher: a glass of wine or a beer before the ...
Those prude Americans!
... rarely smoke to get “stoned”, but instead merely to receive a similar “buzz” that one would experience from smoking tobacco or drinking a beer.
This is so different from the U.S. where young people often look to drinking or smoking marijuana as the perfect opportunity to “rebel” against their parents or society—or whatever it is they feel like rebelling against. Or, kids are so sheltered ...
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