The next day, we took a quick train ride for Valencia. We did not have much time to look around but it turned out to be raining anyway. Our guesthouse manager gave us a list of things we should see and we were happy to admire the squares, old buildings and side streets of the old town before walking down the river park. The river dried up years ago and it was turned into a very long, narrow park. Along the way there were several striking and stunning large buildings like the opera house, bridges and convention centres. Valencia appears to be spending quite a but of money on its construction to develop the sea side are and it shows. Two fine examples of their project's result are the recent Formula One race (I walked part of the circuit again) and the world famous America's Cup sailing race. Deconstruction and construction, resepctively, were underway for both so we saw some of the sailing team headquarters and a racing hull on stilts ready for its rigging. We walked to the beach, which is wide and smooth but very very windy. Only a few braved the blowing sand and relatively cold weather today so we went back to the city centre for exploring and food. It was too bad it rained as much as it did in Spain for us but I was glad to see two of the nicest parts of it and would have no problems going back again.
Wednesday is a big day for us...a flight to London then on to Finland to begin our Scandinavian loop. Time to break out the warm clothes!
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