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By mickandjoc
August 21st 2008

Day 6 - Valencia, Spain Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

National Mourning
Flags are at half mast following the Madrid Spanair tourist jet disaster.

Activities Exploration of city and laneways Shopping Conjunto Catedralicio Highlight(s) * Each and every laneway offers up a new experience. * Lunch - we stumbled across a great little local Italian place called Maramao. Handmade pasta and house wine were the order of the day. We stumbled out at about 4pm and went back to the hotel for siesta. * The second-hand bookstore was a ripper. * Relaxing having an evening drink in one of the laneway cafes. * Miguel's Gelati count - 10 Odd Spot * Mick is demanding t [View Full Entry]

By mickandjoc
August 20th 2008

Day 5 - Valencia, Spain Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Room with a View
View of Plaza Del Ayuntamiento from our balcony at Melia Plaza Hotel.

Activities Adios Barcelona, Hola Valencia! Activities Eurail transfer to Valencia Turisitic bus tour Laundry day - yippeeee Highlight(s) * New town, new sights, love Valencia * Negotiating room change to secure room with balcony over-looking Plaza del Ayuntamiento * Watching drivers touch park around the Plaza * Churros - finally * Gelati count - 7 Odd Spot * Father and son sharing a nap on the turisitic bus much to the entertainment of the entire deck * Construction workers having beer [View Full Entry]

By halfling
August 16th 2008

Iberia Mishaps and Spanish Foodgasms Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

My time here has been somewhat tainted by Iberia Airlines. They have lost my luggage and tell me that they have no idea where it could possibly be in the world. My first week here I spent shopping to replace all necessities. I guess I have bad luck with luggage… but on the plus side, it won’t be hard for me to travel light through Europe now. Valencia is a precious city, with intricate streets that don’t even resemble Shanghai in the slightest. I suffered a bit from mentionitis in the beginning, having to restrain myself from talking about how much [View Full Entry]

By clj1130
August 9th 2008

Just a little update Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

So just a quick update to respond to all the comments I got (YAY) I was starting to get lonely!!! I´m currently in Valencia and tomorrow I go to Barcelona....ONLY because it´s the only place to get a train to France...HOPEFULLY I´ll only be there for one night....if everything works out well....I´ll be heading to Nice on Monday...if not, then I´m gonna try Paris or I´ll just have to deal and spend a few more days in Barcelona. Maybe it will be better the second time around!! Now that I´m more familiar with the city and all....and as I mentioned, the [View Full Entry]

By clj1130
August 8th 2008

With these arms, I might be able to fly away.... Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Hello from Valencia, Spain. Haven´t written in a few days so I just thought I´d throw out an update. First and foremost, my body and I are in a love-hate relationship right now. It loves me because I eat Gelato like three times a day. It loves me because I don´t care and it tastes delicious. It loves me because all that I can afford to eat is heaps of pasta and have been doing so daily. It loves me because basically there is nothing else to do in this heat except lay on the beach, nap and eat. In return, [View Full Entry]

By Kate Spain 2008
August 3rd 2008

Valencia Vacation... Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Valencia Beach
An online pic (since I don´t have my camera with me) but a good idea of the kind of beauty this place is!!

Well, I´m down to the last few days... and are they ever magical! I am staying in an amazing hotel in Valencia. The beach is beautiful, and the city is amazing. I left from Salamanca on Thursday afternoon. I literally ran from class, to my piso to pick up luggage, to the train station. I made it with about 15 minutes to spare (which is more than I can say for a friend of mine that missed the train altogether!). Anyway, the train ride to Madrid was pretty uneventful. I arrived to one station, took the metro to another station. At [View Full Entry]

By International backpackers
July 27th 2008

South coast Spain in the heat Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

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Our time here in Spain is soon coming to an end! Three more nights then we are heading to Eastern Europe for a few months so going to be quite different to here! We are not going to miss the heat of this place though with everyday about 40deg and stinking hot! The city´s we have visited since the last update, Seville, Granada and Valincia have been fantastic places. Saville was by far the hottest place and the siesta´s were really getting a work over there! Everyone here in Spain has then between 2 and 6 and the towns become a [View Full Entry]

By vivalaliberta
July 26th 2008

all you can fly Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

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By Scofflaw
July 14th 2008

Going Great Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

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Everything is really going great so far. Day one we left valencia, and motored our way out to sea. at around 2 we put up the sail and motor sailed our way to denia. the wind never really picked up enough to just sail, but it was nice to get a feel for how to raise and lower the sail and what its like using it. we parked in denia for the night, i made fajitas for the crew and we had a pleasant evening. the next day we left at around 8am and motor our way around the head land [View Full Entry]

By Scofflaw
July 11th 2008

last nite on land... sort of. Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

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the planned departure date is tomorrow morning at around 8am. thus this was my last nite at the hostel for this evening ill be sleeping on the boat itself to make for and early escape. im really excited for this chance to learn from some truley seasoned sailors. sailing is something ive had on my list of things to learn, if not only for the day when the great flood returns, this time less by gods wrath and more by global warming. this morning im attempting to lighten the load of my pack, so as its size may condense as well. [View Full Entry]

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