Sep 5, 2005 - Viva L 'Espana

I have left Berlin and after holding up the plane due to my tiny Swiss army knife in my carry on (I wanted to check-in the bag but they said only one which was my backpacker's) I found a really nice friendly German who would post it to a friend so I may get it back or not....MY FAULT. The weather in Spain is hot but I am loving it...Valencia is my first stop..the home of oranges and paella. The city is beatiful and I am taking in all the sites- I have not found the Spanish rude nor slow just lively...tonight it is tapas...Yes I know that...

Aug 16, 2005 - Granada - Guadix - Valencia

Today we drive via the jagged Mora Pass towards Guadix. View troglodyte cave dwellings hewn out of the soft rock of this characteristically Spanish countryside. Then along the coast via Benidorm to sunny Valencia for the night. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)

Jul 31, 2005 - Valencia

After the embarassment of having the wallet taken, Barcelona was still a very special place to visit. The buildings and the lay out are typical of what we saw in south america. Have caught the train to Valencia passing through all the coastal resorts . It is even more picturesque. Have a few days to look around and see the sights. Then off to Madrid for a few days before the trip to Cairo. Missing the guinness. Cheers Frank and Deb

Jul 22, 2005 - Valencia, Spain

Before I woke up in the morning, Henry and left and gone down to the store to get some bread, meat, and cheese for breakfast for all of us, so we had something to eat and then headed on to Valencia. Henry's business partners had arranged for accommodations at a Holiday Inn Express (yes they have those in Spain!) a few miles from the center so we checked in and then Henry left for business meetings. Valencia is known mainly for its oranges and paella, a traditional dish of rice and seafood cooked in a HUGE flat pan. The most surprising thing...

Jul 22, 2005 - Valencia

Not much sleep last night. Got the night train again, it was the only option. They woke everyone getting off at Valencia 45 minutes before we were due to get in. Geez all I had to do was put my shoes on and grab my bags. On the topic of trains, don't get a Eurail pass, they are way overprices for what you get and with all but maybe three of my shorter journeys I've had to pay supplements. If you are coming to Europe and want to use the train just book the journey you want. Ok enough of my griping, on with today. Not much to tell really....

May 20, 2005 - Spain fest continues--w/ pictures!!

Hola, ¿como estas (or something with the crazy right side and upside down question marks)? Kirvan and Jess here in Valencia, Spain (look it up!) Just a quick hello, 4 minutes left on hostel internet. All is well and we're looking forward to our paella experience in the home of paella tomorrow (note: they don't serve it past early afternoon as we so discovered today). Instead we ate kebobs (pollo kebobs, to be exact). Went to the beach for some fantastic people watching and extremely salty Mediterranean ocean water. Ok, times up. See you all...

May 14, 2005 - Valencia - bit of Lemon really

We would love to tell you that we enjoyed Valencia, but alas we did not. We were the unwitting victims in a failed almost mugging type of scam. We were driving into town after a lengthy drive from Tarragona when we were blocked in by two cars at some lights (all this was only realised after the event). We heard something that sounded like air after the lights changed and the cars drove off and Emmma checked out the window and in was indeed the tyre that had been slashed. Good Oh, filthy M... Fu.... After driving from quite some km's on a...

May 13, 2005 - San Jose to Valencia

Day 42 May 13th San Jose - (bike) - Almeria - (bus) - Valencia Distance: 39kms Ride Time: 1 hr 50 mins Avg Speed: 22kph A race against the clock to get to the bus station by 9:30am to catch the bus to Valencia. Had to get up as soon as it was daylight and go for it for 40kms. Fortunately the wind had died down from blowing a gale the previous night. In the end I got to the bus station no worries. The bus driver was spatting something at me in spanish about why he wouldn't let my bike on the bus. I just chucked it on anyway and then I think...

Feb 25, 2005 - étape La Cueva/Grenade Espagne - Graulhet France

Une bonne étape de 1100 km mais sur autoroute .C est le dernier jour du voyage aprés 41 jours passés ensemble Le compteur affichera plus de 16000 km On prend la route à 7H du matin. On aura de la neige en quittant la Cueva , puis de la pluie en arrivant à Valencia et ensuite un ciel bleu mais des températures de plus en plus basses . Nous arrivons à Graulhet vers 18H.

Feb 3, 2005 - Sick in Spain

Hi Yall - olah! Well if any of you are wondering why I have not updated the site in a while it is because our holiday came to a screaming halt for about a week. On the morning of last Wednesday as Toby and I were getting ready to catch about a million trains to get to the airport to fly to Spain, toby began to feel a little under the weather. As the hours wore on his queesy stomach turned into a full blown festival of up-chucking and various other things that I will refrain from mentioning here. So-much-so that once again it was up to me to...

Jun 3, 2004 - Valencia

Extract from my e-mail Journal: After leaving Gary and Allison in Torreveija I travelled by bus to Alicante and train to Velencia. Valencia is an amazing city with an ancient core going back to Roman times. There are several miles of beaches, shops, great churches, museums and the most amazing park. Prostitution: Prostitution seems to be tolerated in most parts of Spain. In fact it is surprisingly overt. In Santander we had to run from over persistant Ghanan girls and in Torreveija they were out on the outlying roundabouts well before the...