Valencia

We had a short stop on our way to Barcelona from Madrid which brought us to Valencia. With our short amount of time we decided to head right for the main district. The district was different though it was filled with buildings from the 1300-1400's but had new age restaurants and shops put in. It was very opposite of what we had been experiencing. The plaza we ended up near was Plaza de la Virgen, which was very unique it had 3 main entrances one which was Gothic style buildings, another which was Baroque style, and a Romanesque palace gate.

Something very popular in this region is bullfighting and we could not pass up a chance to check it out. We went to the Corrida de Toros but unfortunately we got there a day early and the next matador show was a day after we left. It was interesting to us both being athletes at the simplicity of the arena here it was a bowl that just went straight up no big arena or special structure just very simple.

The parks had some very unique trees we walked through the main park on our way back to the train and were amazed by the trees that grew in this area, they looked fake. Lastly we grabbed some food as usual, as a snack they offered us bread with cheese with a tomato spread kind of like jelly it was very different but enjoyable. Next stop Barcelona.