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Published: November 10th 2008
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Inside the impressive Plaza del Toro
This bullring is very impressive both from the outside and from within Its Monday morning here in Valencia, today I’m taking the train to Barcelona- the last leg of my journey in Spain. Valencia was a very pleasant experience and being near the coast (even if I didn’t go to the beach) made a change form the inland cities and towns that I had visited.
Valencia’s a great city and its residents are very friendly. I had some lovely food during my stay here and I would recommend it especially if you want to spend some time on the coast and if you are also visiting Barcelona. The trip between these two famous coastal cities on the train is about 3 hours and although Barcelona is probably the star of the east coast, Valencia also offers much to the tourist.
For the last two days I’ve been plagued by a sore neck. I’m not sure if it’s the bed I have been sleeping in or my maneuverings in the high-tech shower which I never quite mastered but in any case the pain has been sufficient enough to annoy me but not enough to keep me in my hotel room. I picked up a tube of voltaren from the chemist and that
Plaza del Toro
There is not a great tradtion of bullfighting in Valencia yet the Plaza del Toro is in a very prominent location. Most bullfights occur in Valencia in July does seem to help.
There comes a time on your holiday when you start to reflect on what you have done and also start to look forward to returning home to sleep in your own bed, eat in your own kitchen and catch up with your local friends - that time has come.
I’ve had a great trip and I’m so glad I took the time off however I’m now starting to look forward to returning to Sydney (though perhaps not looking forward to the flight with Etihad!)
I’m going to enjoy my three days in Barcelona which includes a day trip to Montserrat and the famous Torres Vineyard for some wine tasting.
Barcelona is also where I’ll do my souvenir shopping. I have deliberately not shopped for souvenirs so far as I really don’t want to weigh down my suitcase and backpack more than I need to.
I arrive in Barcelona at 2pm and will grab a siesta and then venture out to get some dinner later on (much later on I imagine). I’m also hoping to catch up with my Spanish tutor Sonia who has returned to Spain and is now living and
Valencian Architecture
I just love the architecture in Valencia, its very classical working in Barcelona.
I expect to write one or two more blogs on this trip including a lessons learned blog, I’m sure there have been plenty of those on this holiday.
Jumping forward a couple of hours I am now about 40 minutes from Barcelona and finishing off this blog. The sun is glistening down on the ocean which is only about 20 metres away from the train, It’s a beautiful day again on the east coast. Time to shut down the laptop, plug in the iPod and enjoy the last part of this train journey to Barcelona.
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jose
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"There is not a great tradtion of bullfighting in Valencia yet the Plaza del Toro is in a very prominent location. " WRONG Historicaly Valencia is one of the regions in spain with a great tradition of corridas de toros! And "La Feria de Julio" y "Las Fallas" has is his schedule two of the more important festivals of corridas de toros. :) Sorry for my bad english ;)