Valencia, sweet as an Orange!

September 12  / 13

2 days in Valencia, a great city, 3rd biggest in Spain but a very different vibe compared to Barcelona. I bought a few euros' worth of groceries and was asked for passport id! They don't have much of a crime problem here, according to our b&b host. Not like those scoundrels up north... Tell me about it, I thought to myself. Spent most of today at the beach - it was full of old sheilahs with their tops off! I didn't know which way to look. Fortunately, Rhonda resisted the urge to sunbathe.

The water was a pleasant 21 or so, very easy to take! Went to a beachside restaurant to have an authentic Valencian paella (apparently they invented it) only to be told to come back in an hour and a half! So we had a burger and chips instead, just to upset them. The city has an amazing group of buildings under the title of Museum of the Sciences, a world class feature that stretches for nearly 2 kilometres. If you bring kids here, set aside a day to see it all! We are off to Madrid tomorrow, so won't get to visit it. We will always remember this town for its wonderful architecture, mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries.