Trying to understand Valencia this weekend, although not helped by a very cold wind yesterday.
Flat in a terrific location with balcony.
What we can see is a massive park that goes all around the city, made by diverting what used to be a river. Makes for the best morning walks – flat, quiet, close.
The modern museums (see pics from yesterday) are stunning – don’t think we’ve seen buildings like that since the Sydney Opera House, nearly 10 years ago.
Anyway, tried the old town. From the top of the tower it’s clear that it’s a “street level” city, as there really wasn’t a lot to see.
Cathedrals, Palaces and so on.
And today down to the port and the beach (including lunch).
But it’s a bit strange. It should be ticking a lot of boxes, and objectively it is. But both of us are finding it a bit hard to properly connect which we don’t really understand. But what a privilege to be in a position to at least try.
And getting the train to Barcelona tomorrow which should be a fun journey, and an exciting end to the trip. I last went to Barcelona on my gap year in 1976!