Time to pack my stuff again as I was flying to Valencia. Rene brought me to the airport and off I went.
Valencia airport is tiny, similar to Aruba, and in the arrival hall I headed to the tourist-info. As there was some kind of fair going on in town, I had not been able to book a hotel in advance, but fortunately there was a nice hotel available for the next five days right in the centre of town, the Sorolla Centro on Convento Santa Clara, a pedestrian area near de railway station and the Plaza del Torro.
After putting my things in my room I went out, bought a phone card and left for some city exploration.
A couple of days earlier Rene had showed me photos of their visit to Valencia and within a few minutes I arrived at a spot, near Plaza del Ayuntamiento, that he had described as a very beautiful one, funny.
The great thing about the historical centre of Valencia is that everything is walkable and there are so many lovely cathedrals, squares and other buildings to be seen!
One thing that caught my attention is that many women here smoke on the street, even when they are walking. Always hear from women who smoke that such is not done. In Spain this doesn’t seem to matter…
I had a lovely dinner at a tapas place near the hotel.
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