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Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia March 17th 2006

Gary came and we left for Las Fallas on the eastern coast in Spain in Valencia. Walked around all over the city for various fallas. Also went to the Oceanographic center (aka the aquarium) which also resembled the Sydney OperaHouse. Anyhow, the whole festival included morethan 300 paper mache dolls/figures that stoodhundreds of feet high and constructed with other material. It took about a year to build them andthey are displayed all over the city only to be BURNT down on the last night called LA CREMA (theburning). We watched the grand-daddy of them all in the Plaza de Ajuntamiento and was complete with a pre-fireworks show and then the burning. It was COMPLETELY CRAZY and though we stood a good distance, you could still feel the heat fromthe fires. But I loved every minute of ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia March 7th 2006

Hello Reader. So much has happened in the past couple of weeks. A few days after my episode in Picapiedra I started feeling back to my old self again. Ain't much in this world that can keep me down for long. And one of the highlights was that Becks was coming to visit the following weekend! This was one of the only times that I didn't want to have a job so I could take her around everywhere... then, as luck would have it, I got a job. Around the same time, Harri and Ali were getting settled into their new apartment (that was without hot water... or a sink... or a stove... but with an outstanding lime-green couch). I also met some nice kids at the hostel and went out one night until nine in ... read more
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Plaza de La Virgin in the Daylight
Shoulda Worn Different Shoes

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia March 6th 2006

Well…it has been a busy two weeks if you couldn’t tell by the title. Last Friday the celebrations of carnival started and lasted straight through Ash Wednesday. Since I didn’t have class on Friday, my host mom took me to school to see Raquel and join in their fiesta. Everyone was dressed up as Mozart or music notes, or people from Mozart’s day and age. Just imagine about 30 kindergarteners wearing cardboard boxes decorated with colorful music notes and white wigs and you get the picture. Raquel’s group (the 3rd graders) were in full Mozart garb and the older kids were all sorts of personas from Mozart’s day, not to mention they carried a fake piano which was burned at the end of the parade. That night the first of two outdoor parties was in Poligono, ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 21st 2006

Hello Reader. On Monday night, Mike, Sue, Ali, Suzanne (Sue's friend from back home), and myself went for a drink at Picapiedra. Being a Monday, the two-leveled bar was not very full. The five of us sat down and were talking when a guy sitting with a friend at a table behind us turned to us and joined our conversation. I couldn't tell where he was from, he seemed to speak a little of a number of languages, but stuck with Spanish mostly. He looked to be in his mid-twenties. He was talking mostly to Mike and I. He asked where we were from and I told him I was from the US and Mike was from New Zealand. He began by saying that the US is a good country. He then began talking about how ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 19th 2006

Hello Reader. Last weekend I had an interesting encounter with a stranger that I feel is worth reporting. TravelBlog is a public webpage, which means anyone is free to read anyone's blog and look at pictures. I have gotten nothing but positive comments from everyone about my writing and my pictures... until now. Well, I'll just let you read and form your own opinion. Please keep in mind that I have never met this John person before. I checked my e-mail last week and found a private message had been sent to me through TravelBlog about one of my entries - 'From Valencia to Alicante.' This is what it said: Dear life without boundaries, You have been sent a message from John Westwood: I've never read such utter rubbish in all my life, and I live ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 17th 2006

Hello Reader. I am going to skim through the past week. I will mention only some details and this will read more like an agenda. I want to quickly catch-up because I have a couple other entries that I need to get out while they're still fresh in my mind. On Monday, Mike, Harri, Ali, and I went to New Orleans Cafe before going to see the Johnny Cash movie, 'Walk the Line.' They all liked it very much. I, who likes ninety percent of all the movies I've ever seen, did not like it at all. Then I remembered that I had seen it before... back when it was called 'Ray' and was ten times better. Afterwards, we went for a beer and then to dinner at a cheap little cafe on Calle Caballeros, the ... read more
New Graffiti
Mike's Whale Dance
Mike and Sue at O'Hara's

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 10th 2006

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 from Ohio and works and lives in Krakow, Poland teaching English. He is tall (six foot five - which is about three hundred centimeters) and reminds me so much of my old roommate, Briana. They ... read more
Kyle and David at New Orleans
Fun on a Playground
Buildings Near the Museums

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 2nd 2006

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 his accent. He left Valencia, but then came back cause he missed the city and the people. He is the third person I've met to have done that. He's extremely tall, and though I am ... read more
Harri, Ali, and Jack
Science Museum Valencia
Fountain




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