It's been a while since my last post, and there's a lot to catch up on. The last weekend of March we all on a program trip to Valencia. I liked the city, although for some reason it never felt like a real city. Well, a city, yes, definitely, but I couldn't really imagine living there - or anyone living there, for that matter. I still can't quite figure out why...
We actually stayed outside of the center, but in the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ("City of Arts and Sciences). It's a really impressive area that makes you feel like you're in Sydney, Australia, even if you've never been there before. There's a performing arts center, an aquarium, an IMAX theater... We spent a lot of time in the aquarium ("L'Oceanogràfic"), which was really interesting, and also watched Deep Sea at the "L'Hemisfèric." Definitely a sea-themed weekend. Ooh, and there was a dolphin show, too! 
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciènces
Baby Beluga
I just barely missed Las Fallas, Valencia's famous celebration where they build giant sculptures and then burn them at the end of a week, but there was still evidence of it...
We spent a couple days in Valencia, and then started heading back towards Cádiz, stopping in the towns of Úbeda and Baeza, where we stayed one night. The truth is they were pretty unexciting, though my friend and I did get a tour from some Gallegos who were at the Academia for the National Guard (and therefore suuuper conservative).
Not much more to say about Valencia, Úbeda or Baeza, so moving right along...
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