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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]

By Eli Barnes
December 8th 2005

Sweet Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Valencia from the Tower's Top

Hello Reader. I went to the hostel and read my new book, Brave New World, until Monica came... except she walked right by me an sat down and started peeling an orange and talking to one of the girls that works there, waiting for me to arrive. The girl then pointed at me and Monica, suprised she didn't even recognize me, came over and gave me a hug. She is such a cool girl! We prepared pasta together in the open kitchen while drinking cheap white wine and chatting in Spanish. The pasta was mediocre, but the encounter will not be [View Full Entry]

By Shazbang
November 29th 2005

Oooo life, love, triumph, battles, victory, and Shpain. Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Well my dear and fellow friends...how are you keeping? I love you all so very dearly and lately the Lord has been laying many of you on my heart to pray for...I think He would have done this sooner if my heart and eyes were fixed on Him instead of the flesh. But He is glorious and has brought that time about now, so Praise the Lord! Weeeeelll I am back in the mainland, no more Mallorca for this wee chicadee but it was a great learning experience. MAN! the Lord taught me an incredible amount and will continue to do [View Full Entry]

By Shazbang
November 23rd 2005

shaza wuz ere Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

hello all of you wonderful people and friends! You seriously rock...thank you for all of your encouraging e-mails and comments! You have been amazing with your prayers and emotional support. It is so good to know there are loving people out there who truly care and want to help...it´s very special. Well yeah! I was in Valencia for about a day and now am bon voyage to the Mallorca islands! What a fantastic idea to get away from that current situation I was involved in with Granada...it was a great city and I loved it tons and tons...but to be away [View Full Entry]

By Melissa Andrea
November 10th 2005

Valencia 2005 Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

El Molinon

November, 25 degrees, excellent food and wine, and front row tickets for the final Moto GP [View Full Entry]

By Caroline and Ken
October 27th 2005

Spain instead of Mexico Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

So, here we are in Benidorm Spain, after finding out last minute about our honeymoon being cancelled to Mexico. What a tragedy, for us it could have been much worse had we already been down there. Hopefully Mexico can recover quickly and there is not too much devastation. Flew to London from Ottawa, after attending my brother´s wedding, in hopes of finding somewhere else to go --Paris, Spain, Canary Islands. We miscalculated a little since it is school break in the UK and everything was booked. We told the travel agent that we wanted something ¨quiet and peaceful¨so she sent us [View Full Entry]

By Vermont Family
October 13th 2005

A Real Rest Day Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

This is a legitimate rest day, something that we don´t end up doing too often because of our personalities or because there seems to be all these things we ¨should¨see when traveling or because as Americans we are always aspiring to do more and have as many experiences as possible. This is our thrid full day in Valencia, a vibrant city that retains much of the charm of a small town. We first arrived here after what we foolishly anticipated would be an easy day of 50 km that turned out to be a trying endevor pocked by sections of [View Full Entry]

By lukestanley
October 13th 2005

Valencia for more Calatrava than you can handle Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

El Toro

One of the great parts of staying in Barcelona for more than just a couple of days was I got to know some people at the hostel fairly well. A cool american called Dave from Boulder Colorado (such an american name), a lovely lady Maywa from Malaysia and an aussie girl Holly from the one and only Canberra. As we were both heading to Valencia we ended up getting the train together that morning and Maywa arrived later. On arrival Valencia comes across as a really nice city, so we checked into the hotel and spent that afternoon at the beach. [View Full Entry]

By Lissy
September 8th 2005

very nice valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

well, so far valencia is my favourite city in spain!! (although, that's not hard coz it only has to beat barcelona - sorry barcelona and your fans!!) i've had a really nice few days here. yesterday was fantastic. we went on a bit of a trek out of town to factory warehouses ans had a major shopping day - very unusual for me but i loved it. i bought 5 tops and a skirt for 45 euros!! i was so impressed with my bargain hunting. it was a very long and tiring day though - so many shops. today was lovely [View Full Entry]

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