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Monday, June 30, 2008
Spain-Valencia

Yep! This is about my Spain & Portugal trip! Finally... haha..sorry for the slow update.

I went for 2 weeks..with my mum and her colleagues...ok, let's skip that part. So, we flew to Barcelona, stopping at Milan for an hour (didn't get to get off the plane...so don't ask me how is Milan..). After arriving at Barcelona, we took a coach to Valencia.

First stop at Valencia was the city square. Where there is also a church. Very nice. Love the architecture.

The Square in Valencia


The Church at the Square in Valencia

Little roadside stalls, mainly for tourists


Next stop was the futuristic landmark of Valencia, marking it as the City of Arts and Sciences. The entire complex is made of five buildings, the Hemesferic, the Planetarium, the Principe Felipe Science Museum, the Oceanarium and the Reina Sofia Arts Palace. Santiago Calatrava is the architect who designed the buildings, and I must say it really stands out.




The Reina Sofia Arts Palace

The Hemesferic. This is suppose to look like an eye.

Found this on the net, which shows it better.

The Principe Felipe Science Museum


As for the other 2 buildings, I didnt get to take pics. So bummer.

There was a stall selling this drink over there.


The drink is made from these nuts.

And yup, that's my mum holding the drink.

It tastes like Soya bean drink. But a super sweet version. Haha...If they put less syrup/sugar, I think it may sell in SG.



This is an arch, modelled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. We ate dinner at the restaurant opposite the arch.

The Spanish eat dinner very late. Restaurants are never open before 7.30pm for dinner. In fact, 7.30pm is kinda pushing it. They usually eat at 10pm. The Spanish have long breaks called ciesta. Since their dinner is so late, their lunch is around 2.30-4.30pm. Some shops can open like at 10am and then close for ciesta at 2.30pm, then open at 4.30pm and close at 7pm. Haha...great life huh. I kinda like their lifestyle..lol.


Heading back towards the hotel, I saw a circus! In fact saw a few during the whole trip. It's like so common there.

Then we had a little trouble too coz the road was so narrow and there were cars parked at the side. The guys had to push the cars (they were in free gear), to let our bus go through.
Yupz, that's all for Day 1. Omg...can't believe I spent so much time just on Day 1....I have like so many days more to go... sigh...another day then...

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reflections @ 10:58 PM