Mia has finally arrived in Valencia!

On Saturday afternoon I could finally pick up Mia from the airport after our 2.5 months of separation! It was great to see her walking through the gate, pushing her cart with a stack of suitcases on it.

We took a taxi back home and went to the supermercado to buy some things for in the evening. I always find it good to visit a local shop as one of the first things as that gives a good first impression of the new environment.

We made it a very nice evening and had a nice breakfast together on Sunday. In the afternoon we took a tram to the beach and after a nice stroll we had a fantastic brunch with cochinas (Valencian mussels), calamares, seafood paella with lobster and a nice bottle of wine. We strolled some more through the harbor area, took a tram to the center and walked home via the Turia.

In the evening we were still so stuffed from our brunch that we didn’t need any dinner and Mia’s jetlag was kicking in again so we went to bed early.

This morning Mia made breakfast and then I walked her to school. She first had to do a test to assess her current level and she made it to the advanced beginners class. I left to run some errands and at 11 went back to the school to have a coffee with Mia and introduce her to some of my friends. We decided that tomorrow we will cook dinner for a bunch of people, so she will immediately get to know my friends and co-students a bit better.

At 4 Mia’s classes ended and mine were starting and when I came back home in the evening Mia just finished up her home work. We had a small dinner and made plans for tomorrow’s one.

Slowly but surely we are becoming the happily in love couple again that we were before I left China!