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By Pete and LA
May 24th 2006

Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

country side

more to come... [View Full Entry]

By sixeyesontour
May 13th 2006

Juicy Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

morning smiles in Ayuntamiento plaza

13.05.2006 The day started with a torrential down pour - the type that makes you want to bury yourself under the covers - and we thought we’d be in for a rather drab day, but we were back on the horse after our day off at the beach in Calpe and rearing to go and see what Valencia City was all about. And I can tell you, the bells of St Clemens have nothing on these guys - there are oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits and any other citrus you care to imagine at every turn, even in the middle of a [View Full Entry]

By Amber Joy
May 1st 2006

¡amunt valencia! - the last ISA excursion Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

valencian beach

“as the site is close to the sea, and valencia is so dry, i decided to make water a major element for the whole site using it as a mirror for the architecture.” -santiago calatrava (architect of the ciudad de artes y ciencias) the ciudad de las artes y las ciencias (city of arts and sciences - www.cac.es) is a white monster of modern architechture. it is built where a river used to run (so, in a dry riverbed), and with the provided sidewalk you can walk all the way to downtown valencia. neato, gang... on friday night we started walking [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
April 12th 2006

Hasta Luego, Valencia! Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Goodbye Valencia

Hello Reader. A couple of days passed and I began to tie up my loose ends. The end of my stay in Valencia was fast approaching and there was plenty I needed to do. I had worked my last day with Jorge and Fina, but that doesn't mean I didn't see them everyday anyway, (we had numerous 'going away drinks' over my last weekend there). I had to make my travel arrangements, say goodbye to everyone I wouldn't see again, and most importantly loose ten kilo out of my back pack - cause DAMN that gorilla was heavy! But first came [View Full Entry]

By Phenomenological Us
April 11th 2006

Boiling Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Valencia

Our first (serious) travel experience! Started absolutely fantastic, ended even better :) We stayed at this pretty hotel in a tiny place called L'liana , right nearby Valencia. And it was a good choice. Instead of listening to busy streets and being annoyed by noisy pedestrians we could sleep peacefully, away from the city. That's all we really wanted regarding nights, because we weren't going to spend all days in the room or a swimming pool. It took us a whole week to discover the Spanish beauty and wonders. Every single morning we would wake up at 8 am, have some [View Full Entry]

By Sun_Beach77
April 10th 2006

Exchange in Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

My Class

With our Spanish class we made an exchange with a class from Valencia! It was quite nice! :-) [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
April 10th 2006

The Final Week in Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

More than a Memory

Hello Reader. Now, where was I...? Last you heard, we had just lost a couple of Belgian twins, Harri's family, and a boyfriend named Laurent. Spirits were high in the group, or as high as could be expected with our inevitable separation only a week or so away... so, not-so-very, in other words. Chrysa, Alice, Harriet, Sue, Mike and I did our parts to keep ourselves together and positive as much as possible during these final days. We were hanging out with Olivia more (I have mentioned her before - I went out with her for a big night). She's a [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
April 9th 2006

Act II Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Hello Reader. Wow, it certainly has been a while, has it not? It has been almost six months since my last posting. I could tell you that nothing of any real interest has happened since then, but that would make me a reasonless liar... and I'm not one for lying. I shall pick up where I left off, but there are a few things you should know. Firstly, I have done everything you can possibly imagine in the past five and a half months, barring a trip to the moon and eating a live animal. I have been places and met [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
April 5th 2006

Twins Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

One-Hand Stand

Hello Reader. I overslept. It was fruit salad Wednesday and I slept through it. I rushed to the hostel to see if everyone was still there, but they had already headed to the beach. I called Mike then headed off, sporting my Amstel cowboy hat that they were giving away for free during Las Fallas. They had saved me some fruit salad, which I later ate, and we laid in the sun for hours. For about forty-five minutes or so, Harri laid her head on my stomach. It was only afterward at New Orleans that we realized that I had a [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
March 29th 2006

Girls Girls Girls Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Lights and Shadows Under a Bridge

Hello Reader. That Sunday, I cleaned up my room and left the windows open to try to get the guy smell out for Casey and Jackie who were to arrive around six pm or so that evening. My thoughts were elsewhere while I was hard at work in New Orleans that afternoon. I haven't seen anyone I know from the states in almost six months. Besides the blog, I only keep in touch with a couple people from home. I didn't know what to expect when I met the girls. I was getting nervous when they hadn't arrived by seven-thirty, but [View Full Entry]

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