Blogs from Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - page 13

I left Barcelona this morning and made my way to Valencia. It is about a three and half hour train ride which went well and was very uneventful. The views were beautiful ... filled with orange trees and the odd old fortress built up on a hill. I could easily walk to my hotel and I found it right away with no problems (I just took a right at the bullfighting ring and I was on my way ... not a sentence that I get to say very often!!). My room was not ready but the young girl at the reception checked me in right away, gave me a run-down of what I needed to know and a map of the city (she kept circling things on the map and saying "this is pretty" and "this ... read more

OK I got on the train at ten o´clock this morning OK. Arrived in Valencia around 1ish. I found the hostel OK, it is very central. I saw the mercado centrale today (unfortunately it was shut). Even though I couldn´t go in I was still very imperssed with the outside. After checking into my hostel I went for a walk around the city. I saw where the students are protesting. All very interesting. I then went for a wonder around the narrow streets in the north of the city, which are so wonderful for just getting lost in. I spent a couple of hours doing that before heading back to my hostel. My plan for tomorrow is to go to the beach.... read more

Foi amor a primeira vista: quando vi o que o meu Mentor http://thedromomaniac.com/alternative-travel/hitchhiking/escreveu sobre a filosofia da carona, simplesmente, tive que ir próprio testar! E putz, xonei!!! Tudo comecou com minha prima em Londres (se vcs tiveram lido a história de Londres, já sabem porquê, se nao, resumindo: a minha querida prima de segundo grau me cobrou 15 pounds por noite por ter usado a cama inabitada do ap dela: facada direta no olho esquerdo), e a grana para as próximas 3 semanas apertou consideravelmente. A idéia abstrata de pegar carona já estava em mente pouco antes de sair de Aalen, mas voltou com mais forca devido às circunstâncias monetárias-familiares inesperadas, e simplesmente, abracei a idéia quando estava em Barcelona: vou daqui para Valência de carona, ponto! Ter fé e mentalizar que vai dar certo é ... read more

This weekend, we went to Valencia. Valencia is located in the southeast of Spain, right along the coast. Just like Granada, we took a bus from Madrid which is super convenient for us. We show up when we are ready and this time, we literally ran right on a bus. The ride there was about 4.5 hours and pretty uncomfortable this time. We booked a hostel that was about a fifteen minute walk from the bus station, and we really enjoyed the whole walk. It was warmer in Valencia and covered in palm/orange trees. Our hostel was nice and we had a room just the four of us (Sarah, Kristen, Alanna, and I), which was very lucky. Our hostel was conveniently located for the nightlife and overall, which made it really easy for us to go ... read more

Walk and walk and walk We walked and walked and walked today. We wanted to see as much as possible, not just in Valencia, but everywhere we visited in Spain. Jardin Botanical Gardens This afternoon we walked to the Jardin Botanical Garden. I would guess the garden is a mile or so from our hotel ... but we had walked a number of miles before heading off to the garden. When we stopped at the ticket office to pay, the man asked if we were pensioners. When we said yes, he said the garden was free for all pensioners. Wow! Spain really is wonderful to older folk. It is an interesting garden and if you visit Valencia we recommend you visit this garden. There are a number of interesting plants. Also there are a lot of ... read more