This weekend my roommates and I took a trip to Valencia through our study aboard program. Valencia is the third largest city in Spain, after Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia is well known for their fish and paella dishes. Knowing this, my roommates and I were extremely excited to taste the paella all the tours guides were bragging out. We were walking along the beach and found a random restaurant that seemed pretty questionable, but decided to give it a try anyway. We obviously ordered the seafood paella. The waiter brought out this huge platter of food. It was absolutely delicious. Even my roommate Dina, who hates fish, enjoyed this meal.
We were taken on a walking tour where we were shown many cool things about the city of Valencia. This is a picture of the narrowest building in all of Europe, which I thought was pretty awesome. There is absolutely nothing in this building; just empty space.
After the walking tour we were taken to The City of Arts and Sciences. The City of Arts and Sciences is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia. There are several buildings within The City of Arts and Science the IMAX cinema, a interactive science museum, an aquarium, and a plaza were sporting events and concerts are hold. It was by far the prettiest architecture I’ve seen so far in Spain.
Overall, I must say my trip to Valencia by far exceeded my expectations. The weather was great, the locals were friendly, the food was amazing, the scenery was beautiful, our hotel was nice. Can’t say I have any complains about my trip. Looking forward to traveling around Spain some more!
New Countries, New Experiences 