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Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia September 8th 2005

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 as well. i just wandered around this beautiful, clean, tidy city. the city used to have a river running through it but it kept on flooding so they decided to redirect it in the 50s ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia August 31st 2005

G'day Friends and Family This blog is a brief overview of our 6 days in Spain, including the infamous La Tomatina (tomato throwing festival) in the small town of Bunol (pronounced Bunyol). We hope you enjoy looking at the photos as much as we did producing them! Monday 29/08/05 We arrived in Madrid airport (it reminded me of the old Coolangatta airport - very 'no frills') and picked up our hire car - the diesel Seat Ibiza! Needless to say, it wasn't over-powered. But that was a good thing considering we were driving on the wrong side of the road from the wrong side of the car. Needless to say, confidence was low! The first objective was to get to our accomodation in the city where we were meeting up with our travel buddies Jen and ... read more
A bit e of breakfast and a beer before heading down to the main street
Locals in the streets before the craziness
Rach and Jen getting warmed up

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia August 30th 2005

Hola everybody, Well here I am in sunny Spain and Wow what an experience so far. Firstly I think I should of taken a lot more Spanish lessons. I flew out Thursday afternoon and arrived 9.30pm. First thing first was that I had to get to Tarragona from Rues airport. The easiest option would most likely of been a taxi but you all know me, tight arse decided to do public transport seeing it would be so much cheaper. So I boarded the bus to Rues and then changed in Rues to go to Tarragona. Not overly difficult but when no one spoke any English, well I wasn´t overally confident. When arriving in Tarragona I was going to go by foot to my accommodation but decided on the easy way out and took a taxi when ... read more
The old Town
museushaus Castellarnau - courtyard
museushaus Castellarnau

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia August 29th 2005

Cheapest hotel to book (cheaper than a hostel)... 25 euros per person per night... = AC Hotel Valencia, we backpack in style. We love you AC Hotel Valencia!!... read more
mini bar
turkish
turkish julia

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia August 11th 2005

hey ... well some seem to be confused!!.. weleft agnes(the van) in seville and now sheis on fire ...not literally ....we went by bus frerry and train down to morocco and now we are with the van across spain to valencia andf then up to barcelona... left my camera in the vanm again!!!... hehe... one day!!... we still areokfor money and are hoping to streach our fundsuntillbeerfest... space bar doesnt work..grr.. valencia is beautifull.. have to go love you all ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia July 14th 2005

We left Barcelona early in the morning and I listened to Michael Buble songs on Dan's i-pod throughout the quick ride to Valencia. When we got to Valencia, I was immediately enamoured: clean, white and tall buildings, a beautiful fountain in the middle of a big, beautiful square, and frankly, I was just happy to be out of Barcelona. I constantly feel like I'm going to be pickpocketed at any minute there. We had to walk a fair piece in the boiling heat to our amazing hostel, Home Backpackers. Along the way, I chatted with Chris Floreani (Flo), Chris Franga (Frank to me) and Gareth (from London). They had been in my room in Barcelona, although I never officially met them there. We had to wait forever to check in, so everyone chatted with each other. ... read more
Valencia beach
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
Valencia

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia March 21st 2005

Marty, Mr Electronic Superstar, has been given the opportunity to be a member of the Swiss America’s Cup Team, Alinghi, working from Valencia until mid 2007. So where do ya think the first place in Spain was going to be that I would visit? Friday off work, and out to Gatwick I go. A very uneventful plane ride later, I land at the sunny little airport to find Marty awaiting my arrival, having taken time out of his busy schedule. Off we toddled to the Tryp Oceanic, the hotel that Alinghi were housing him in. Very nice place, with great views of some of the newer, very cool, buildings. Marty shot back to work while I set off on my own to explore the city. Few photos and a good wander later, we met up back ... read more
Aquarium
IMAX
Cool supermarket

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia March 3rd 2005

Hey kids, Pia here, reporting from Valencia, where the sun shines all the time and people take it slow. Or something like that. Maybe I shouldn´t be in advertising. The remainder of our time in England can be summed up by the following: mid-morning gambling, cold, Australians, cream tea, museums, horrid fish and chips, sleep, hippies, airport. There you go. We spent Tuesday night in Stansted airport, where we got zero sleep and ate a full English breakfast at 3:30 a.m. Once we got off the plane in Spain, we had no idea what to do, so we quickly latched on to a few other Canadian travelers, and somehow made it to our hostel. Okay. The hostel. When we got there, there was just this huge wooden door, which was locked...then this man let us in, ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 17th 2005

Unfortunately I didn't get to see that much of Valencia, since my bus got in at 1 am, so I didn't get to the hostel until 2 so I didn't get an early start on the day and then I had to be at the airport at 3 for my flight home. Since it was a Sunday morning it was a market day, so there were lots of people walking very slowly through narrow streets, and haggling over prices... walking quickly to see more of the town was completely out of the question, so I gave up on that idea and just sauntered with everyone through various parks and squares, fountains, and by old churches.... read more
Cathedral & Plaza de la Reina
Plaza Virgen
Plaza Virgen

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia February 15th 2005

We left Barcelona and got into Valencia with even better weather than what we left. It was 28 degrees C, which is like 70-80 F and we were hot walking around the city. Almost forgot it´s February! We went to an art museum and watched the locals play soccer on a hot Sunday afternoon on sand fields. It was a day of walking all around the city and getting supper and late night dessert at outdoor cafes. The next day we went to a local market and then visited Valencia´s cathedral where authorities say the Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper, is held. Then we sat at an outdoor cafe and drank fresh fruit smoothies, horchata and took in sun...we actually got sunburnt! Did I say we have the life?? After ... read more
Night life
The Holy Grail
Paella




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