Valencia

So the week after amsterdam that monday we went to loco lunes at otto zutz and it was packed. Tuesday we relaxed, wednesday I was planning on staying in but of course everyone in class was talking about how awesome nicky romero was going to be and liz asked me if she should buy tickets and we decided that if there were still tickets when she got out of class then it was meant to be and of course there were so I ended up going but it was totally worth it. Thursday i woke up with a horrible sore throat so I went to my first class but decided to miss the second two (one of which ended up being cancelled anyway) and went straight to sleep when i got home. I slept from 1-8pm and woke up because liz wanted to go get pizza. I was physically unable to get pizza so i asked her to get me some and wake me up when she came back with it. When she woke me up it was so hard to swallow i couldnt even eat the pizza so i just went back to sleep in hopes of waking up in the morning all better for valencia. No such luck. I still couldnt really swallow and i knew the bus ride was going to be rough. Somehow one of the directors monica knew something was wrong and asked me as i got on the bus. She said wed find a pharmacy when we got to valencia and she would get me something. The bus ride was actually pretty long but we finally got there and dropped our stuff in our hotel room and went on a tour. We went on a walking tour all around the city and saw a lot of really cool places. Monica took me to a pharmacy and i got some medicine. Then we got on a bus tour and after that its safe to say i fell in love again. We went to the city of arts and sciences which was also like a dream world but this time a futuristic dream world. The whole thing was just so cool. There was water surrounding all the buildings and it was just all so pretty and surreal.

After this we got back on the bus and went back to the hotel where we all regrouped and some of the group met up and we went to a church where the holy grail is supposedly and went to the top of the tower to watch the sunset. We got there a little to early but it was still an amazing view.

After that we walked around until we found a place to eat dinner. We found a little place and jacque and i split patatas bravas which werent as good as we hoped and calamari and we were supposed to get pallea also but they forgot us and after eating all the rest of our food we decided not to remind them. 

After dinner we went back to the hotel and everyone got ready to go out. while everyone was pregaming i was sipping on my water bottle. When everyone went out I went to sleep and woke up feeling so much better. We woke up and went down to breakfast which was so good. We then went on another tour and it was of the roman ruins. This was very cool to see. After that we headed down to the town square because last week started the celebration of las fallas in valencia. This is a festival where they build wooden structures and set them on fire at midnight. Everyday at 2 there is a huge celebration in the town square with fireworks. Each day the fireworks get louder until the last day when you can actually feel the buildings shake. It felt like i was in the city for the st. patricks day parade. It was so crowded and the crowd was so full of energy. The fireworks were insane and the whole sky was filled with smoke by the end. 

 Also for las fallas there were little girls dressed up all over the place in these intricate dresses that our tour guide told us cost thousands of dollars to make. Every year a girl gets crowned princess and queen of las fallas and they are usually a girl from a wealthy family. We found these little girls posing for pictures. 

After this we went to go rent bikes to ride to the beach but the place was closed. we walked around a little and the whole place was so chilled out everyone was just sitting around on the grass drinking and relaxing. We took cabs to the beach and hung out on the beach for hours. It was so pretty and it made me want summer and the beach so bad.

After a while this man came up to us giving henna tattoos and at first it started as a joke but then everyone decided they were going to get one. Jeff got a monkey on his butt..so dont be alarmed by this next picture. It was hilarious watching the poor man do the tattoo on his butt.

After the beach we went to go eat and had amazing pallea

afterwards we went to find a cab to go back but we got sidetracked when we saw a park. we played in a park for a little and then got in a cab to go back to the hostel and on the way we passed a park that we saw on the bus tour the day before and we decided to get out and walk through the park the rest of the way which was probably the best decision we made the whole trip. The park was absolutely amazing with little fountains everywhere.  It was so modern and pretty. There were orange trees everywhere. We ate an orange off one of the orange trees but it was a little too bitter still. We walked past a few valencians walking their dogs and they asked us of we wanted to do fire crackers and i got to play with one of their dogs. Then we came across a jungle gym like thing which we went on it for a little. Then we went back to the hotel and rested a little and then got ready to go out. We went out with no intentions of where we were really going and ended up coming across a party in a town square with all spaniards. It was so much fun and all of the Spaniards were so welcoming and were dancing with us. After that we went to a cool club and then went home. The next day we got on the bus home and came back to barcelona!