After arriving in Valencia on Tuesday I meet Leslie from the bed opposite mine. We went that evening to see a Flamenco show at a bar called Radio city. There was a live band and a male flamenco dancer who was flippin awesome.Wednesday we went exploring the city centre and to the Mercado Central and that night a group of us from the hostel went to watch the fireworks that marked the start of celebrations for Valencia day. I began videoing them and they seem to go ...

So I decided to move onto the seaside town of Alicante for a few days to relax and recharge.On the train to Alicante the two conductors kept trying to talk to me in Spanish even after my trying to explain to them in English and Spanish that I couldn't understand. They seemed happy to just keep talking to me without any response so I let them. It was rather amusing.After arriving on the train in the late afternoon I spent an hour or so soaking up the last light of...

I got into Madrid late on my first night and somehow managed to get lost which is never fun with a backpack. After finally finding my hostel dinner was noodles at 11pm -Spanish time does have its benefits.The next few days in Madrid were spent relaxing in parks as I had been feeling sick since leaving Brussels.Yesterday I went on the free walking tour with 3 swedish girls and George from the hostel which took 5 hours but covered all the main sites of the city and...