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Rolled into Valencia through groves of...you guessed it, orange trees. Unfortunatly the only one I saw full of the delicious fruit was hanging over a highway obviously inaccessable. Found becky's place alright after a building number mixup and a few tense minutes. For dinner we wound up getting Chinese food but I think the orange juice was the highlight of my meal. Didn't go the best with my food, but hands down the sweetest all natural orange juice I've ever tasted. Next day I went with Becky to her university and we stopped for
Pastries on the way. Four nutella-filled pastries later she was off to an exam and I to meet two friends from Lafayette uni, avi and alex. Had to cross through the biggest park in valencia to get to the aquarium(biggest in Europe) that we were meeting at. The park was nice but upon coming out of it I was awed by the ultra modern architecture of the city of arts and sciences, a collection of museums and the aquarium. You'll see what I'm talking about when I post the pictures. Also got to see the old baroque architecture downtown and eat horchata which is a sweet drink made of some kind of rice. Not my favorite. On the train to Barcelona now and finally starting to feel like I'm grasping this lifestyle. In order to carry out my plans along the mediteranian over the next few weeks I'm gonna have to bump up my planning ahead. Nice, France and other cities not typically hit by main trail Backpackers don't have as many hostels and the ones they do
Have are more expensive. Tomorrow I'm hopping another train in
The morning to either marseille, montpeille, or nice. We'll see what I can find in Terms of lodging tonight. At this point I'll be leaving
Any ground where I know anyone and alone again. Hopefully there will be some interesting people at whichever hostel I find. Ok time
To enjoy the countryside and coast of Spain while I'm still here!
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