Well this is my last day in Spain and it's been quite mundane, but very enjoyable. I'm in Valencia which is a very nice city which does in fact have very good orange juice and is the home of paella. Aside from being famous for oranges and paella Valencia is home to 'The city of Arts and Sciences' a big museum complex with very swanky, modern architecture.
The 'city of arts and sciences' also has a big aquarium and in the aquarium they have a couple of Beluga whales. Weirdest looking things I've ever seen. Very lumpy. Kind of like big lumpy white dugongs. But seeing them was cool. They probably think that I'm weird looking.
I think out of the places I've been in Spain, Barcelona has to be my favourite. It's got a really cool vibe to it and the old city is really beautiful. I went on a walking tour on my first day there and heard lots of really interesting stuff about the city. Lots of fights and destruction mostly during the Spanish Civil War but at other times as well. The Catalan cultural stuff is quite interesting and there are a lot of people there who still want Cataluna to be its own country. I didn't find that anyone was at all hostile when I spoke to them in Spanish and the main annoyance was that all the menus come in Catalan - and it's different enough that they're really difficult to read.
The hostel is stayed in in Barcelona I think has to be the best one I've ever stayed in. (I'm thinking, thinking and still sticking with that statement.) So, if you ever go to Barcelona go and stay at Barcelona Central Garden Hostel. It was so nice and peaceful and with really friendly and super helpful staff. I met some really nice people while I was staying there - including an Argentinian social worker who spoke nice, clear, slow Spanish to me all day while we looked at Gaudi and two girls (one Aussie, one American) who are also moving to London. The other Aussie has already given me some names of good coffee places.
Tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning I'm taking a bus to Madrid to then fly to London. Now I have to try and fit everything into my bag.
The 'city of arts and sciences' also has a big aquarium and in the aquarium they have a couple of Beluga whales. Weirdest looking things I've ever seen. Very lumpy. Kind of like big lumpy white dugongs. But seeing them was cool. They probably think that I'm weird looking.
I think out of the places I've been in Spain, Barcelona has to be my favourite. It's got a really cool vibe to it and the old city is really beautiful. I went on a walking tour on my first day there and heard lots of really interesting stuff about the city. Lots of fights and destruction mostly during the Spanish Civil War but at other times as well. The Catalan cultural stuff is quite interesting and there are a lot of people there who still want Cataluna to be its own country. I didn't find that anyone was at all hostile when I spoke to them in Spanish and the main annoyance was that all the menus come in Catalan - and it's different enough that they're really difficult to read.
The hostel is stayed in in Barcelona I think has to be the best one I've ever stayed in. (I'm thinking, thinking and still sticking with that statement.) So, if you ever go to Barcelona go and stay at Barcelona Central Garden Hostel. It was so nice and peaceful and with really friendly and super helpful staff. I met some really nice people while I was staying there - including an Argentinian social worker who spoke nice, clear, slow Spanish to me all day while we looked at Gaudi and two girls (one Aussie, one American) who are also moving to London. The other Aussie has already given me some names of good coffee places.
Tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning I'm taking a bus to Madrid to then fly to London. Now I have to try and fit everything into my bag.
The Barcelona school of Architecture. Mmm hmm.
"Hairy Willy" the Catalan champion. No I'm not kidding about his name.
Balcony in Parque Guell.
'La Sagrada Familia' still under construction.
Inside 'La Sagrada Familia.' Maria and I both wondered what Gaudi was smoking.
At the top of La Sagrada Familia.
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