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Valencia, SpainJul 23, 2005
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The bullring in Valencia
Outside the bullring
Cool building downtown
| The next day Eva and I decided to go see the old city center. It is small, but filled with traditional Spanish architecture, large plazas, and fountains. It was pretty cool, but nothing extraordinary. We also passed by the Valencia bullring, so we went inside and looked around. There was a bullfight later that day, but we didn't get tickets. I don't like bullfighting and usually cheer for the bull when I see it on TV, but I don't think the crowd would like that too well. A large dried up river runs through the center of the city, and they have now changed it into a beautiful park, so we meandered around there for awhile before looking for some lunch. We tried to find some good paella, but it was either too expensive or looked like they had picked it up off the street so we ended up settling for fast food. Henry got done with his meetings in the evening so we took off and headed north back towards Barcelona. We made it about halfway before it got dark, and this time it took us quite awhile to find a place to stay. All along the Spanish coast instant resort towns are popping up overnight. Construction companies find a desolate stretch of land along the beach and build huge condominiums and hotels for all of the Europeans that like to come spend their holidays at Spanish resorts. We initially ended up in one of these areas, which looked like it had just been built in the last few months. It was still under construction, but they already had visitors there, even though it didn't look like there was much to do yet! The finished hotels were all decked out in bright lights and the brand new streets were lined with relocated palm trees, gardens, and lights. It looked like a scene from Vegas or something! I couldn't believe how they just create towns in a matter of months in such empty areas. Anyway, we decided we didn't want to stay there and it was really expensive anyway, so we drove for quite a ways before we found a regular city, called Vinaros, and found a reasonable hotel on the outskirts. We were all starving by the time we got there, and the only restaurant in the area that was still open at midnight was Chinese, so that's what we had for dinner! |
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