Our Holiday in Spain

Our trip to Spain began on Saturday the 27th. We had to spend the night in the airport because our flight was a few minutes past 7a.m. Sunday morning and busses and subways in Rome don’t begin running until around 5a.m. We wouldn’t have possibly been able to make it to the airport the requisite two hours prior to flight as is recommended. We thought about staying at a hotel near the airport but again, the shuttles from the hotels don’t begin to run until it would have been too late. Surprisingly, sleeping on the floor of the airport isn’t as fun or as comfortable as you might think.

We ended up only getting a few hours of sleep on Saturday night/Sunday morning but we were really excited to finally be on our way to Spain. The hotel was nice though a little far out of the action of city center Valencia. After taking a well needed nap in our room we ventured to the city center on the train. Valencia is a really beautiful city with architectural contributions from the Romans and Arabs. So you really find an amazing mix of religious architecture walking in the city.

We enjoyed a nice paella dinner in a picturesque square (there is a picture) while also imbibing on some nicely chilled Sangria. On that note, we called it a night and headed back to our hotel. It was a nice night but it left us wondering if this was all Valencia had to offer?

The next day we decided that we had to meet some people and make some new friends. When I was in the lobby I overheard a few English speakers talking about La Tomatina so I decided that we should meet these people. Later that day, we introduced ourselves and decided to meet up for a beer in the hotel restaurant. Joe, a Canadian from Montreal, had made his way by himself to Valencia via Paris. The other two we met were Diana and Anthony, a brother and sister from Sydney, Australia. Over the course of a couple beers we discovered we were all in Valencia for La Tomatina and with this common bond we became fast friends. We decided to form a team of sorts and travel to the festival together. It was a great night and Allie and I felt really excited that we had finally met and made friends with some English speakers for the first time in nearly two months