The next day we did a marathon tour of the same area, the central market, the restaurant/bar neighborhoods, all the little stands selling local products and handicrafts, all the big plazas, and all the crucial monuments. We enjoyed breakfast at Starbucks (I missed American coffee) and a lunch of paella, cerveza, and pollo. At night we did a DIY bar crawl with some Australians we met in our hostel and some Spanish kids we met on the street. The bars are more expensive than in Aguilas but definitely more fun. There was a Brazilian band playing and I got to sing along to some songs in Portuguese (not to brag about my polyglotism or anything). On the way home I learned the word "battler," Australian slang for someone between a loser and a trooper.
The next day I somehow was the only one with a hangover after a mere four or five drinks. My body rejects alcohol I guess. As a real battler I carried on to the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciencies. The name is in Valenciano, the local language. This place was amazing. If you are ever in Valencia, go just to see the architecture. Inside there is a theater, a science museum, and an aquarium. We only went into the aquarium because the place is so expensive. Admission there was over 18 euros with a student discount.
In brief Valencia is fantastic because of the following reasons: horchata, paella, seafood, beaches, architecture, nightlife, shopping, linguistic diversitry, and a dried riverbed that has been converted into a park. Go there.
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I had no idea that the local language in Valencia is so different from Spanish... On the signs it looks kind of like Catalan and French. Did most people seem to speak Valenciano or Spanish amongst themselves?
Merry day after Christmas/Papa Brewer reunion!
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