Valencia Pensions - Reviews and Rates

I first heard about Las Fallas from my friend from work (Alexandra) because her boyfriend Juan grew up in Valencia. It is a city-wide festival where the different communities compete to build huge street sculptures out of paper, wood, styrofoam and the like. Then they paint them and show them off before burning them all to the ground. It's like ...

It was raining in Valencia. Stayed there for 4-5 days. Saw the The Barri del Carme, The Seu, City of Arts and Science. Drank Agua de Valencia. Went running in the park.

Whoah. Okay, so lots to update. Fallas was insane. It was also like a month ago. Sorry. Quick update: been super sick for the past week couldn't breathe, stayed in bed, good stuff. Now I'm finally better I can update! Okay start from the beginning. Rewinddddddddd FALLAS Wow, so for those of you who don't know what fallas is. It's the annual 4-5 ...

Ok, so here in Valencia, a few things to note, a couple of which are quite obvious but took me a while to realise... Valencia was kind of nice, I was staying in the old, historical part which was very peaceful and quiet, especially at night, which was a huge difference to Barcelona. Valencia is hosting the next America´s cup, which i have since ...

It was during a break from Automation. We had all gone down to the coffee shop to get a bite to eat. These breaks always lasted a little longer than the teacher wanted. I remember this particular day because I was struck by my situation. I stood in a circle with a Valencian, an Italian from Milan, an Austrian, and a Norwegian. From all corners o...

Finding a bathroom in the city is generally a problem. There aren't public bathrooms and restaurants don't generally let you use the private ones. That's how I found myself running through the streets with my new Polish friend, Anna, looking for one. Finally we found a restaurant with a friendly looking owner, and after some begging he let us in...

I woke this morning feeling much better than I have the past few days. Got about 11 hours of sleep and jet-leg is much subsided :) Thank God!! Enjoyed a nice cup of coffe at my favorite sidewalk cafe while I read the latest gossip mag Hola! Then I ventured off to the Mercado Central - large meat & produce market, much like San Juan de Dios in Gu...