I know it's been over a year since I've updated my blog, but lately I've really been missing my time in Madrid, so I thought I would share some more of my adventures!
At the end of September, it came time to take a trip to one of the famous beach side cities in the South of Spain, Valencia. My Norwegian friend, Andrea, and I decided that we should take a weekend trip to Valencia to do nothing but lie in the sun, eat the famous Paella, and relax. So, we bought two bus tickets, left on a Thursday and after 6 hours or so, arrived in the beautiful old city of Valencia. The first thing we did was tried to locate our Hostel. It was somewhere in the middle of the city and like most Spanish cities, streets and street names are based off the old, very old layout of the city, which only made matters more difficult in trying to find our way around, but where would the adventure be without getting lost? Our hostel turned out to be fairly nice, and we shared a room with six other guys. Can you imagine two girls sharing a very small room with six guys? Six very attractive Australian guys with accents, cute accents! Everyone was very friendly in the hostel and was willing to help us find our way around and gave us advice on what the best things were to do and see in Valencia. Of course, all Andrea and me wanted to do was go to the beach and soak up the sun. So, we found the bus stop, made our way to the nearest beach and spent the next few hours relaxing and lying on the beach. We proceeded to do this the next couple of days as well.
We also wanted a tour of Valencia, especially since it was so historic and used to be home to the Arabs, and for this reason the architecture of many of the buildings was gorgeous! Later on our second night in Valencia we took a free walking tour from a guide that worked at our hostel. We were with a few other travelers as well, a Frenchman, a German, and a couple Ukrainians. The tour was great, we saw a castle, cathedrals, beautiful fountains, and the best part of the night was ending it with Paella. Valencia is famous for its Paella, so we had to find a good restaurant. Andrea and I searched and searched until we found one where the Paella was made with rabbit, which is why it’s called Paella Valenciana. It was so delicious and so Spanish!
Our last day in Valencia was spent lying on the beach with our new Australian friend, and ate a lot of bread, nutella, and coconut that was sold fresh on the beach! We swam in the Mediterranean (which wasn’t as cold as I thought) and relaxed for the remainder of the day. This was a great way to end the trip, despite the fact that I was as red as a tomato after three full days of lying on the beach! But it was worth it, the beach, the ocean, the Paella, the new friends, all of it.
pixelskylines
dailybridgerton
janainaart
tangentwithtanner