Blogs from Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - page 36

After a two day journey via London we arrived in Valencia to pouring rain, hail, snow and -5 degree weather. We were told this is highly unusual weather for this time in Valencia, lucky us! Since we only had two days there we had to bear the cold. After a few hours we went and stocked up on shoes, scarfs, umbrellas and warmers jackets as we were not prepared for the hurricanes. The weather didnt damper our time in Valencia, we still managed to see the sights and when the weather cleared a little on our second day we even managed to visit the beach. ... read more

Yesterday was the second day of orientation, it was interesting, we learned more about classes, and talked a lot about the excursions around Valencia that we can go on, and also the big trips as well. I decided that I am not going on the planned trip to Lisbon, since it is not a top destination, I would rather spend my money on someplace I have always wanted to go, like England and Italy. I will go on the trip to Seville, and also the spring break trip in Tunisia, they both will be very exciting. There are a lot of people who want to travel, so we can get a group together to spend long weekends in England and Italy no problem. I still can't get over how exciting it is to be in Europe ... read more

14 januari ’07 Zondag morgen in Valencia, het is gezellig druk op straat, ik begin met een ontbijtje in een cafeetje, daarna loop ik wat door de stad, in de LP staat een wandeling door de stad, laat ik dat maar eens gaan doen. De wandeling begint op het plaza de la Virgen een plein voor de kathedraal van Valencia, het krioelt er van de mensen en kinderen die de duiven aan het voeren zijn, in de kathedraal zijn ze bezig met de zondagmis dus die bekijk ik later wel van binnen en ga lekker in het zonnetje op de rand van de fontein eens lekker een tijdje mensen zitten kijken en ondertussen wat lezen wat er allemaal te zien en te doen is. Ik volg de wandeling verder naar een oude stadspoort en nog een ... read more

Took a bus with about 40 other erasmus students to Valencia. I enjoyed it, the art museums we visited where a little boring, but the Catherdal of Valencia was great. They supposivly store the Holy Grail and Saint Vicente's left arm, which are both available for the public to see. We also went to Ajuntament de Real, a park and a fresh market next to the old medevil fresh market. To finalize our trip we went to the newer area of Valencia and looked at the new arcatitecture of the natural science museum and other amazing building in that area.... read more

Last night we went to Torrevieja this nice fishing city it had a great foreshore with nice market stalls along it. When it was getting dark we walked to the church which had this amazing minature nativity scene it was incredible, so much work went into it, it had heaps of different scenes from the story and all these amazing details and a few scenes with things Torrevieja were famous for like the salt hills that they process. It had the pyramids of egypt when Jesus' family had to flee there and the marriage of Mary and Joseph and the visits of the angels to Mary and Joseph. There were really cute funny details too like someone falling off the roof, and someonw with their skirt up warming their bum in front of the heater!! Today ... read more