Weekend in Valencia!!

We got up early and walked to the bus stop, rode the bus to the airport. We didn't have to wait long and the flight to Valencia went well. We picked up a map and wandered around and found our hostal and checked in. It was fairly nice, nothing special but clean and a bed for pretty cheap, with breakfast included. We had an Italian guy as a roommate, so that was interesting. We had quite the language barrier and he seemed a little weird, but it was alright and had the hostal experience. hehe We got some lunch and had some wine then walked around Valencia and saw some of the more modern architecture and the alameda, which was pretty. We went to a friends apartment who we met while they were visiting Sevilla a few months ago. They made us dinner and had a small party with some of their friends. On Sunday morning we walked around and looked at some stuff at the market on the streets. We even saw a cafe/bar named Nebraska!! Then we rode the metro to the beach. All afternoon we laid on the beach and took some fun pictures. We loved just laying on the beach and relaxing! We went our for dinner and decided to try something new, which ended up being little octupus-looking things, maybe squid? It was really chewy. Then we went on a bar tour with the hostal. It was really fun. We got to see a few different bars and try some different drinks! The next day we went on a walking tour of Valencia. We learned a lot about the history of the city and lots of the buildings. It was pretty interesting. We tried Horchata, a special drink of Valencia made with Tiger nuts and it looks kind of like milk. Then we got ice cream and walked around and sat in a park for a while. Then we rode the metro back to the airport and waited there. The flight back was the rowdiest flight we've been on. People were talking so loud, shouting to friends on other sides of the plane, getting out of their seats and walking around. It was crazy, but kind of fun. It was a great weekend overall and Valencia was very pretty!

~Morgan