Our first night in Valencia we decided to order room service, a first for Hannah, as we had been out and about till 9pm and were too tired to go and find a place to eat. It was quite nice, and Hannah really enjoyed her´s so that was a positive first experience. Yesterday we explored more of the city, after spending all morning sorting out our next move. It is quite difficult to get from Valencia to Granada. We have ended up booking a sleeper on a night train which leaves Valencia at 12.51am in the morning and gets to Granda the next morning just before 9am.
We found the Plaza de la Reina again after wandering around the Central Market which is very similar to the Melbourne market - only it is for food not all the other bits and pieces that Melbourne has. The building is magnificent with lots of blue and white tiling everywhere. We also had Churos and Chocolate just outside the market. The churos weren´t quite as good as Argentina and the cup of pure hot melted chocolate something else again. Needless to say we didn´t finish it. We had lunch in the Plaza in the sunshine and really enjoyed it . On the way back to the hotel, we passed by a nail salon and decided to have a manicure (Hannah´s shout) as our nails had suffered considerably on our travels!! Halfway through, Hannah said Ï don´t feel well. I looked up to see her face had lost every semblance of colour and she was about ready to keel off the high stool she was sitting on. After turning down the heat in the salon, giving her a coke, and an rest with head between knees, she was ok, thank goodness!!!
After a siesta in our room, we found our way to a Museum that displays Las Fallas from 1934 to the present day. These are ones that are saved from the flames by public vote and are all displayed in the museum. It was fascinating. We had a small problem trying to find the bus stop to get home, but after a frustrating hour, managed to catch a bus and were safely home soon after.
Today we went to the newest part of the city to the Aquarium and Hemiphere. It was a wonderday in the sunshine, with fish of all kinds - dolphin show, penquins, sharks, etc etc. We then watched a show in the hemisphere to finish our day. We have about 6 hours until our train leaves so we will while away the time in the centre of town before collecting our bags from the hotel. Next stop Granada
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Did you take photos of Las Fallas? Did Hannah commit any museum faux-pas - or were there your own personal security guards waiting for you - after bulletins had been sent to every museum/gallery/cathedral throughout Europe alerting them?
Lovely sunny, locust-scritching day today - Auckland Anniversary weekend. Getting clooooooser to school starting (Well, I've been there lots, just no kids there yet - my kinda teaching!)
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