Sunday, October 28, 2007

Valencia

Turns out, Valencia invented paella and we went to one of the best paella places in the city, so I basically got some of the best paella in the world. Yesss… The Mediterranean was freakishly beautiful and I’m so glad we got there before it got cold this year, but it got really deep really quickly and I was none too happy. Picnic on the Mediterranean = life complete. Our last day was really eventful and we went to go see THE HOLY GRAIL. I didn’t know it had actually been found?? Monty Python logic, you mislead me! Anyway, it was pretty awesome, as was the cathedral. Then we went to Valencia’s mega-cool science center with all its ultra-modern buildings. Sorry, Boston, but Valencia’s aquarium is so much cooler: a beluga whale and I waved at each other for like 30 minutes (I have an amazing video of it but I can’t post it here). I had no idea why it was as into me as I was to it… Amanda said it’s because beluga whales are stupid. Whatever, we’re friends.

A market in Valencia... mmmmm... also, ALL the crustaceans on ice were still alive.




Mediterranean!!



THE paella.

THE holy grail.

...and where it was.

the super-crazy, Valencian science center... designed by the same guy that was supposed to design the new Freedom Towers before they decided that a foreigner wasn't allowed to.

best whale ever..