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By Ben Baroncini
February 12th 2006

The Holy Grail, Exorcism, Severed Limbs Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

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By Eli Barnes
February 10th 2006

Couchsurfers and Coffee Houses Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Kyle and David

Hello Reader. Wednesday Upon arriving in Valencia, I washed all my clothes and bought six oranges... which lasted me less than twenty-four hours. It was good to see Jrisa. And I learned that Ali and Harri were still in the hostel, trying their hardest to find an apartment (and working to surpass my personal record of three weeks in the hostel - they're up to two and a half.) I had been speaking to Mike and Jrisa about couchsurfing and they decided to join up. Jrisa had her first guest last week, and picked up her second on Wednesday. David is [View Full Entry]

By Ben Baroncini
February 8th 2006

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By Eli Barnes
February 2nd 2006

The Orange Capital Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Lamp, Building, and Blue Sky

Hello Reader. Because I have completely lost track of days and sequence, I will have to change my format of this entry so I don't give myself a stroke trying to remember everything in order. In the past couple of weeks, I met some great people. Jack is eighteen years old, as far as the physical realm is concerned, and probably somewhere near forty-five when it comes to knowledge and mental stability. Definitely one of the more pensive humans I've met. He is from England but moved to Sydney six years ago and is working hard at studying arcitecture and adapting [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
January 19th 2006

Surprises and Fruit Salad Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Lunch at the Hostel

Hello Reader. Stagnancy is something different. I have been so used to, in the past two months, moving and meeting and adapting. Now that I am officially living (albeit illegally) in Valencia, all that has slowed down so much. This is good because it is the chance I was waiting for to really soak up the Spanish culture. And bad because, by Spanish culture, I mean watching movies at Mike's apartment. I suppose this will change when I actually find a place to work. As for the restaurant I was hoping to work at, I brought in my resumé and had [View Full Entry]

By Ben Baroncini
January 16th 2006

Sagunt Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Sagunt

Day trip to Sagunt, 1/2 hour from Valencia. Roman ruins. [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
January 9th 2006

Live Every Day Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Live

Hello Reader. After a week, I have finally mustered up the courage and clarity that it will take to write this entry. One of my best friends, Jennifer Becker, wrote me last week. She said that she had something she wanted to tell me over the phone. I tried to call her on several occasions and never got through. She finally decided to write me an e-mail. Jenna Johnson, one of Jenny's roommates and best friends throughout college, died just before Christmas. She had moved to California and was training with a friend to run the AIDS marathon. After feeling a [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
January 5th 2006

Christmas and New Years in Spain Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

La Lonja

Hello Reader. Christmas morning we all awoke and Josh, Caitlin, and I (accompanied by David) began making breakfast. A large breakfast that included poached eggs, which is close enough to one of my Christmas traditions (eggs benedict) for me. We began opening our presents at the table because the suspense was just too much to bare, like a kid sitting at the top of the stairs waiting for his parents to finish brushing their teeth before they could all down to the living room to see the presents. Caitlin got Josh some incense to get the 'girl smell' out of our [View Full Entry]

By Ben Baroncini
December 24th 2005

Alquerias Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Hola, First of all, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to everyone, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Please be sure to check out the first photo in this series, it´s just for you, all of my peeps back home. Hope you´re all enjoying the warm so-cal weather. Here it´s pretty friggin cold, but I have no complaints. Anywho, I´m in Valencia now, but for about a month I was teaching English in a town called (ironically) Alquerias del Niño Perdido. It´s ironic because this translates as Collection of Houses of the Lost Boy. At the time I was feeling pretty lost, so it was appropriate. So [View Full Entry]

By Eli Barnes
December 20th 2005

Extended Stay Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Jumping Fountain in Valencia

Hello Reader. On Thursday night I came back to the hostel in Valencia and spoke to my new roommates. Erica, from Canada was a real hippy girl blonde (who I could see my friend Bradley Mosier liking), and Paul, from Western Australia who had met Erica two weeks before and traveling with her ever since. We had a great conversation and then headed to bed with a 'nice to meetcha' as the lights went out. The next day, Friday, seemed to blow by, like the rest of the weekend. I bought some food, hung around the hostel and met a few [View Full Entry]

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