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By m1ssjane
February 11th 2008

Hola Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

The 4 Amigas

A bit of a delay, but technical details sorted so ... onto Valencia Weekends away are always nice, but somehow being in London they are just that little bit nicer as you can experience a little bit of another culture for a couple of days. In keeping with my promises to myself in moving to Europe, this weekend I joined 3 random strangers for a long weekend in Valencia, Spain. Thursday afternoon I booked off work for the 'express' journey to Stanstead. Given my history with British Rail I should have known that it wasn't going to go smoothly and right [View Full Entry]

By Britt347
February 10th 2008

Laudi's cumpleaños... Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Plaza de la Virgen

Hola a todos! I realize that I haven't written anything substantial in awhile, so I am going to try to cover the last week in this entry. I can not believe that I have already almost been in Spain for a month, the time is seeming to fly by! Everything here is good, Molly is moved in and settled with our family here, and it is so much fun in the household, Laudi is hilarious and we all have a good time together. I am really REALLY glad that I decided to live with a host family, I already feel like [View Full Entry]

By Gavin the Green
February 9th 2008

Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Our stop after Granada was Valencia, a city we had heard only good things about. Unfortunately, when we arrived we discovered that everything we had heard was somewhat misleading. Valencia turned out to be an decent city, but lacking anything really special or riveting. In addition, from the moment we got there something just felt off to me, and I ended up just not enjoying the time spent there. We ended up only staying a day and a half. There are only a few interesting things that I can talk about regarding Valencia. In the bullfighting arena they had a bazaar [View Full Entry]

By Jon and Jessie
February 6th 2008

Tales from an Unnamed Taberna Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

El Sagunto

Scene: Jon and Jessie finish typing their blog with a final click and walk out of the brightly lit computer cafe onto a dusky Granadan street... making our way back to the Pension we´re staying at, weaving through dim narrow streets crowded by old churches. It was still early, and the streets were quiet; but as we made our way back we took a different side street than normal and passed a charming little wine bar. Above the door was an open window that a mellow jazz wafted out of. We passed it, then turned back to see the menu. A [View Full Entry]

By Hermes
February 3rd 2008

no news is good news Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

waarom ik al een tijdje niks van me heb laten horen kan alleen maar zijn omdat ik het naar mn zin heb hier, in Valencia. Maar, Salamanca is het volgende avontuur. Afscheid genomen van vrienden, hopen om elkaar weer eens te zien in de wereld, en morgen de jacht naar mn appartement. als ik terug kijk op de laatste 4 weken kan ik alleen maar lachen om de hilarische momenten die ik heb meegemaakt. En als ik vooruit kijk lach ik om de momenten die ik ga meemaken. Nu eten, honger. Jeroen is trouwens richting Quito vertrokken, en Maastricht geniet momenteel [View Full Entry]

By Britt347
February 2nd 2008

Cuidad de Las Los Artes y Las Ciencias Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

C.A.C.

hey everyone!! ok i haven't written in like 5 days, but that is just because there is so much to do here, and who wants to be cooped up inside writing when i can be outside exploring. but ok...so the last 5 days... oh Molly moved in to my host house! Her host family was HORRIBLE, and so she just couldn't take it anymore and so she talked to ISA and they moved her here! She just moved in yesterday, but i am really excited to have a roommate now, even though i was fine before. Our host mom, Laudi, has [View Full Entry]

By Britt347
January 28th 2008

Finally to Valencia... Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

mi casa

Ok so I know that I arrived in Valencia a week ago, but venga(come on), i have been doing a ton of things since i got here and finally feel situated in mi casa here and my español is improving immensely. A downfall to this is that sometimes now I forget the English word for things, or even worse spell them wrong...its driving me crazy!! But ok I am going to try to cover this last week in one blog, possibly two. Vale (ok, but a word only used in España), our bus got into Valencia at about 6 in the [View Full Entry]

By MissB
January 26th 2008

Bombs? Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Parque en el río

So I was trying to go to sleep last night and kept hearing these incredibly loud explosions. I figured it must be construction or something, but as I was laying in bed the horrible explosion noises just got more frequent and intense. The sound kept reverberating off all of the buildings, so you could even feel the loud bangs. Bombs? I kept picturing my street getting blown apart. If freaked me out so I ran to my roommate's room. She was a little freaked out too. We looked out of her window, though, and people were walking by or driving in [View Full Entry]

By Hermes
January 25th 2008

Valencia (cont.) Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

of je nou wilt of niet, vrienden maak jeoveral en afscheid neem je altijd. Zo heb ik fijne vrienden gemaakt in mn eerste klasje die ik na een week verlaten heb voor een hoger nivo. Hier heb ik nieuwe mensen ontmoet, en gister een examen gedaan. Ik zit dus vanaf volgende week weer in een nivo hoger. Verder geniet ik volledig van het leven hier. Tapas, paella, amigos y amigas, cervezas en een bebido tipico de valencia se llama Agua de Valencia. Pero no es agua por supuesto! jus d´oragne, champagne en vodka. Helaas is dit komende weekend mn laatste weekend [View Full Entry]

By Britt347
January 25th 2008

Finally in Spain! Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

My roommates

Hey everyone!! Well as you probably already know, I am now in Valencia, Spain which will be my home for the next 4 months!! I am so excited to finally be here, but this last week and a half has been beyond crazy!! I left the states on Tuesday, January 15, and, with a 4 hour layover in Philly (which by the way is most def NOT the city of brotherly love), i ARRIVED IN Madrid at 10 AM on the 16th. The flight wasn´t too bad thanks to my ability to sleep absolutely anywhere, and the adrenaline from all the [View Full Entry]

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