Wed 11th April
When we got back from Valencia we found that Ella, our Au-Pere, had left her keys in the house when she had went out. As she had to catch a flight, she had smashed a couple of our windows in order to retrieve them. Let's just say we weren't best pleased and leave it at that.
Thurs 12th April
A trip to London for a University Meeting...
Weekend (Fri 13th April - Monday 16th April)
A long weekend break with my younger brothers and my Dad taking Monday off to work from home. I spent a lot of the weekend working on my Java Program.
Yesterday
A trip to the cinema to see Meet the Robinsons with my Mum and younger brothers, followed by a night at my Mum's house where we watched a film called Click, which is an extremely good film I highly recommend.
Today
Today I had an Orthodontic Appointment in the morning (tightening my braces) and a much-needed haircut (trust me, it was a BIG one!)
And the future can be summarised in one word... you got it! Revision!
Wednesday 18 April 2007
Wednesday 11 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Summary
Valencia 2007 Summary
Hotel Sidi Saler (*****)
Service: ****
Facilities: *****
Location: ****
Visual: *****
My Rating: ****
Summary: Hotel Sidi Saler has all the usual 5-Star amenities, such as two swimming pools and 24-hour room service. Although located on the beach-front, it is still very far from Valencia's town center, and its lack of a 5-Star service means this hotel's rating should be set to 4-Star.
Highlights
Best Moment: Hemisferic Film
Worst Moment: Looking for Taxis!
Other Highlights:
Chelsea 2-1 Valencia
Rest of the City of Arts and Sciences
32nd America's Cup
Overall
The trip was fun, interesting, enlightening and relaxing. Although we probably won't go back to the same Hotel, it was still a very good hotel, and Valencia is an extremely good town (with some crazy drivers!). Valencian's like to do things big, as we found out many a time at looking at the large Post Office, and other large buildings around Valencia. Our main reason for going to Valencia (the football) was both great fun and a great victory. All in all, very good!
See my Photo Album here!
Hotel Sidi Saler (*****)Service: ****
Facilities: *****
Location: ****
Visual: *****
My Rating: ****
Summary: Hotel Sidi Saler has all the usual 5-Star amenities, such as two swimming pools and 24-hour room service. Although located on the beach-front, it is still very far from Valencia's town center, and its lack of a 5-Star service means this hotel's rating should be set to 4-Star.
Highlights
Best Moment: Hemisferic Film
Worst Moment: Looking for Taxis!
Other Highlights:
Chelsea 2-1 Valencia
Rest of the City of Arts and Sciences
32nd America's Cup
Overall
The trip was fun, interesting, enlightening and relaxing. Although we probably won't go back to the same Hotel, it was still a very good hotel, and Valencia is an extremely good town (with some crazy drivers!). Valencian's like to do things big, as we found out many a time at looking at the large Post Office, and other large buildings around Valencia. Our main reason for going to Valencia (the football) was both great fun and a great victory. All in all, very good!
See my Photo Album here!
Easter Hols: Valencia Day Six
Weather: Cloudy (Both in England and Valencia)
Wake Up: 11:00 (Spanish Time)
Home By: 19:00 (UK time)
We woke up and ordered cheese and ham toasties before packing our bags for departure. The toasties arrived shortly after, and we quickly ate them before checking out, dumping our bags and taking a long walk on the beach - our final walk on Spanish soil. We then took a taxi to the airport, and boarded the plane back to the UK.
There really isn't anything left to say about Valencia, so I'll continue the rest of this day in another blog entry, and leave you with a final picture.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake Up: 11:00 (Spanish Time)
Home By: 19:00 (UK time)
We woke up and ordered cheese and ham toasties before packing our bags for departure. The toasties arrived shortly after, and we quickly ate them before checking out, dumping our bags and taking a long walk on the beach - our final walk on Spanish soil. We then took a taxi to the airport, and boarded the plane back to the UK.
There really isn't anything left to say about Valencia, so I'll continue the rest of this day in another blog entry, and leave you with a final picture.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Tuesday 10 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Day Five
Weather: Cloudy, Light Breeze
Wake Up: 09:00
Sleep: 01:00
We woke up in the morning by alarm, and went down for breakfast. We then took the 11:30 bus out into Valencia, where we browsed through a couple of markets. The first market we went to was indoors, and was huge! It was a genuine food market, and I thought it was wonderful the way local people had set up stalls to sell their goods to local Valencians. It's something I think we lack here. The second market we visited was arranged in a circle, and sold clothing, knitting items and other related bits and bobs. There was even a pet store!
Afterwards, we took a visit to the city's local Post Office, which was huge! It had at least ten desks where people thronged and a beautiful glass ceiling which had a pattern on it. As I went to take a picture, I was told by the local security guy to not take a picture of the surrounding desks, and only the ceiling.
After we had finished in the Post Office, we went for a drink and some food outside a Tapas bar before getting a Taxi back to the hotel. When we got back, it was just before 3 o'clock, so we stayed in our rooms for an hour generally relaxing, before taking the 14:15 bus back into town fully kitted out for the evening.
We had a couple of drinks in a local Irish pub, not Finnegans which was packed with Chelsea fans, and casually watched a Spanish news-reporter interview them on the Spanish TV. Then we were extra glad we weren't there! When we had got bored, we decided to walk and find where the stadium was. To get there we had to cross a bridge, except not over water, but over a park. Valencia has a central area that looks like it should hold a river, but has been turned into a large park that meanders through the city. Bridges stretch over the park as well as providing ramps and stairs down into the park.
We soon found the stadium (quicker then we expected), so we searched for a local restuarant or bar. Finding none, we crossed back across the bridge and stopped outside a small cafe, where we waited until we needed to leave for the stadium. On arrival at the stadium, we went through security, and sat at the top. It provided a nice view (from my point of view) as you could easily see exactly what was going on, although it was a little too high to tell who was doing what.
The Stadium itself is called the Estadio de Mestalla, and it is a magnificent stadium that can hold just under 52,500 people. Being away fans, we were stuck high up in the corner of the stadium, with the majority of the supporters being Valencian. On nearly every seat in the stadium were orange coloured posters, that the Chelsea fans turned into paper airplanes! Although most of them just floated around the stands, a few special ones found themselves on the pitch, much to the delight of us Chelsea fans!!
The experience was electrifying, filled with songs, cheers and determination to win. It was unlike any other match I have been to. Chelsea started off poorly, and by half-time we were 1-0 down. The Valencian fans had a drummer who was constantly drumming away to some unknown rhythm, which the Valencian fans often sung and clapped to.
After half-time, Chelsea came back with determination and soon equalised. Yet, victory was still not certain. By the 90th minute, we were still singing as determinedly (and still making paper airplanes!) and hope that we would win before extra time was fading. But in the 91st minute, Michael Essien took the ball and slammed it past the keeper.
The stadium went wild. And by the Stadium, I mean the Chelsea fans, as the Valencian sides (all three of them) were silent, including that drummer! From then on, the singing was relentless as we cheered our team to victory.
After about an hour from the end of the match (or it felt like it) we were allowed to leave, and we made our way to the nearest taxi, which took us back to the hotel. We stayed around in the bar until about 00:50, when we went to bed and slept.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake Up: 09:00
Sleep: 01:00
We woke up in the morning by alarm, and went down for breakfast. We then took the 11:30 bus out into Valencia, where we browsed through a couple of markets. The first market we went to was indoors, and was huge! It was a genuine food market, and I thought it was wonderful the way local people had set up stalls to sell their goods to local Valencians. It's something I think we lack here. The second market we visited was arranged in a circle, and sold clothing, knitting items and other related bits and bobs. There was even a pet store!
Afterwards, we took a visit to the city's local Post Office, which was huge! It had at least ten desks where people thronged and a beautiful glass ceiling which had a pattern on it. As I went to take a picture, I was told by the local security guy to not take a picture of the surrounding desks, and only the ceiling.After we had finished in the Post Office, we went for a drink and some food outside a Tapas bar before getting a Taxi back to the hotel. When we got back, it was just before 3 o'clock, so we stayed in our rooms for an hour generally relaxing, before taking the 14:15 bus back into town fully kitted out for the evening.
We had a couple of drinks in a local Irish pub, not Finnegans which was packed with Chelsea fans, and casually watched a Spanish news-reporter interview them on the Spanish TV. Then we were extra glad we weren't there! When we had got bored, we decided to walk and find where the stadium was. To get there we had to cross a bridge, except not over water, but over a park. Valencia has a central area that looks like it should hold a river, but has been turned into a large park that meanders through the city. Bridges stretch over the park as well as providing ramps and stairs down into the park.
We soon found the stadium (quicker then we expected), so we searched for a local restuarant or bar. Finding none, we crossed back across the bridge and stopped outside a small cafe, where we waited until we needed to leave for the stadium. On arrival at the stadium, we went through security, and sat at the top. It provided a nice view (from my point of view) as you could easily see exactly what was going on, although it was a little too high to tell who was doing what.
The Stadium itself is called the Estadio de Mestalla, and it is a magnificent stadium that can hold just under 52,500 people. Being away fans, we were stuck high up in the corner of the stadium, with the majority of the supporters being Valencian. On nearly every seat in the stadium were orange coloured posters, that the Chelsea fans turned into paper airplanes! Although most of them just floated around the stands, a few special ones found themselves on the pitch, much to the delight of us Chelsea fans!!The experience was electrifying, filled with songs, cheers and determination to win. It was unlike any other match I have been to. Chelsea started off poorly, and by half-time we were 1-0 down. The Valencian fans had a drummer who was constantly drumming away to some unknown rhythm, which the Valencian fans often sung and clapped to.
After half-time, Chelsea came back with determination and soon equalised. Yet, victory was still not certain. By the 90th minute, we were still singing as determinedly (and still making paper airplanes!) and hope that we would win before extra time was fading. But in the 91st minute, Michael Essien took the ball and slammed it past the keeper.
The stadium went wild. And by the Stadium, I mean the Chelsea fans, as the Valencian sides (all three of them) were silent, including that drummer! From then on, the singing was relentless as we cheered our team to victory.
After about an hour from the end of the match (or it felt like it) we were allowed to leave, and we made our way to the nearest taxi, which took us back to the hotel. We stayed around in the bar until about 00:50, when we went to bed and slept.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Monday 9 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Day Four
Weather: Cloudy, Light Breeze, Rainy Evening
Wake Up: 08:30
Sleep: 23:30
Today, unlike the other days, was preplanned a bit more precisely. We woke up by Alarm at 08:30, and made it down to breakfast by 09:00, rather then having it in our room as usual. The selection was far
greater then that offered in our room, and I enjoyed my chocolate-covered Pain Au Chocolate.
After breakfast, we got ready to go out and around 10:20 took a Taxi to "Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias" (which stands for the City of Arts & Sciences). Our first stop was to book the Hemisfèric, which was basically an iMax film centre, but we had to come back later.
So, while we had time, we visited the Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe (Principe Felipe Science Museum). The outside looked like the spikey exterior of the skeleton of a giant whale, and the inside was huge. It was a proper Science museum, with displays on Sound and Light (which was the best part, my Dad particularly liked a duck-sounding machine), Space, and it even had a Life & Genome section.
Once we had visited all the areas in the museum, we found it was time to go, so we moved onto the Hemisfèric (link to another picture). The actual Hemisfèric is quite uniquely shaped like an eye, with the eyelids on each side and the pupil in the middle. We had booked to see the iMax film called The Mystery of the Nile. The actual film itself was very good, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Afterwards, I probably look back on that film as the best part of my visit. It showed me some interesting things, and taught me a few things as well.
After the film, we decided to go to our final destination, the Oceanogràfic, which was an aquarium. It is supposed to be one of the largest in Europe, but we didn't think so. It contained things like Walrus's, Fish, a Dolphin's Show, Fish, Whales, Fish, Sharks, Fish, Crabs, and more Fish. We had a great relaxing time looking around and the Dolphin's Show was, as usual, extremely good. Take a look at some of these pictures! I might put up one or two videos in the near future, so watch out for a later blog post!
When we had finished, we headed back to the Hotel where we had a light dinner of Cheese and Ham Sandwiches in the bar (no visit to Valencia) until about 23:00, where I also drank wine, before crashing in our room.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake Up: 08:30
Sleep: 23:30
Today, unlike the other days, was preplanned a bit more precisely. We woke up by Alarm at 08:30, and made it down to breakfast by 09:00, rather then having it in our room as usual. The selection was far
greater then that offered in our room, and I enjoyed my chocolate-covered Pain Au Chocolate.After breakfast, we got ready to go out and around 10:20 took a Taxi to "Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias" (which stands for the City of Arts & Sciences). Our first stop was to book the Hemisfèric, which was basically an iMax film centre, but we had to come back later.
So, while we had time, we visited the Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe (Principe Felipe Science Museum). The outside looked like the spikey exterior of the skeleton of a giant whale, and the inside was huge. It was a proper Science museum, with displays on Sound and Light (which was the best part, my Dad particularly liked a duck-sounding machine), Space, and it even had a Life & Genome section.
Once we had visited all the areas in the museum, we found it was time to go, so we moved onto the Hemisfèric (link to another picture). The actual Hemisfèric is quite uniquely shaped like an eye, with the eyelids on each side and the pupil in the middle. We had booked to see the iMax film called The Mystery of the Nile. The actual film itself was very good, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Afterwards, I probably look back on that film as the best part of my visit. It showed me some interesting things, and taught me a few things as well.After the film, we decided to go to our final destination, the Oceanogràfic, which was an aquarium. It is supposed to be one of the largest in Europe, but we didn't think so. It contained things like Walrus's, Fish, a Dolphin's Show, Fish, Whales, Fish, Sharks, Fish, Crabs, and more Fish. We had a great relaxing time looking around and the Dolphin's Show was, as usual, extremely good. Take a look at some of these pictures! I might put up one or two videos in the near future, so watch out for a later blog post!When we had finished, we headed back to the Hotel where we had a light dinner of Cheese and Ham Sandwiches in the bar (no visit to Valencia) until about 23:00, where I also drank wine, before crashing in our room.This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Sunday 8 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Day Three
Weather: Sunny Morning, Cloudy Afternoon, Rainy Evening, Light Breeze
Wake Up: 10:00
Sleep: 23:00
We lounged about in our room (having another full-English breakfast) until 12:30, when we decided to go down to the beach. A nice walk along the beach in the sun. As we reached the half-way point though, the sun went in, so we turned back and headed back to the Hotel. We then wanted to go out, but we had missed the bus and there were no Taxis, so we ordered one and went to wait.
And we waited. And waited. And waited. And finally, a taxi turned up and drove towards the hotel. And a guy came out the hotel, saundered down the steps and commandeered our Taxi!! After all that waiting!! So, we had to wait some more while the Hotel ordered another. So we waited. And waited. And then finally, after a total of 45 minutes waiting around, another Taxi that was obviously booked already, as it had people in other then the driver, came in. And we commandeered that one when everyone had got out.
We then told the Taxi to take us to the America's Cup. America's Cup is a yacht challenge that is divided up into thirteen acts. There are some twelve teams including the defender and current winner in the standings, Switzerland's "Alinghi", and the great American "BMW ORACLE", whose country has won the cup some 27 times!! Britain didn't seem to have a team there though, which was a little disappointing, but not much as we decided to support China instead (mentioned later).
Each team had their own building the size of a supermarket, and these were perched right near the edge of Valencia's port. They nearly always contained a shop, sometimes an interactive area and sometimes even a restuarant on the top of them. Of the buildings, China Team's was the most visual, as they let us look around at their yacht and sails. Take a look at how big they are! Notice that the red arrow points to the top of a large doorway!
Their yacht was also quite colourful: red with a white dragon down the sides (see in the picture above). Unfortunately though, they were last in the standings of the races that had taken place, but they were still good. We visited many of the other team's buildings as well, and I bought a shirt from Alinghi's shop (as I loved their logo!) while Andrew bought a shirt from America's shop.
We left once we had got bored of looking around, and tried to find a Taxi. But we really couldn't find one! We spent at least the next half-an-hour, wandering around Valencia's port, looking for a Taxi rank or a Taxi that could take us out of the area. It was only when we came across a 5-Star Hotel that a Taxi casually drove out after dropping someone off, which we could then thankfully commandeer.
We headed for Plaza le Reina, the small Plaza that had we had spent most of yesterday in. The Taxi Driver must of thought he was a racer though, as he sped down the roads coming up to 120 km/h in some areas! And he would slow down just enough to let the lights change before he would spin through them while they were still red!! Once we had arrived from our whistle-stop journey, we settled outside a restuarant to have a snack while we decided where to eat for the evening. Eventually, Andrew decided we should eat in Hollywood, an American Restuarant on the main Plaza (Plaza del Ayuntamiento).
We went in there and sat down. We ordered our meal (after a quick request from the waiter) and the starters came in literally a couple of minutes! The main course came a couple of minutes after that!! Really, it was fast ordering and fast delivery! Quite a contrast compared to the slowness we had experienced with the Taxis during the day.
After the meal, we wandered back to the Hotel bus and took it back to the hotel, before crashing for the evening and then settling down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake Up: 10:00
Sleep: 23:00
We lounged about in our room (having another full-English breakfast) until 12:30, when we decided to go down to the beach. A nice walk along the beach in the sun. As we reached the half-way point though, the sun went in, so we turned back and headed back to the Hotel. We then wanted to go out, but we had missed the bus and there were no Taxis, so we ordered one and went to wait.
And we waited. And waited. And waited. And finally, a taxi turned up and drove towards the hotel. And a guy came out the hotel, saundered down the steps and commandeered our Taxi!! After all that waiting!! So, we had to wait some more while the Hotel ordered another. So we waited. And waited. And then finally, after a total of 45 minutes waiting around, another Taxi that was obviously booked already, as it had people in other then the driver, came in. And we commandeered that one when everyone had got out.
We then told the Taxi to take us to the America's Cup. America's Cup is a yacht challenge that is divided up into thirteen acts. There are some twelve teams including the defender and current winner in the standings, Switzerland's "Alinghi", and the great American "BMW ORACLE", whose country has won the cup some 27 times!! Britain didn't seem to have a team there though, which was a little disappointing, but not much as we decided to support China instead (mentioned later).Each team had their own building the size of a supermarket, and these were perched right near the edge of Valencia's port. They nearly always contained a shop, sometimes an interactive area and sometimes even a restuarant on the top of them. Of the buildings, China Team's was the most visual, as they let us look around at their yacht and sails. Take a look at how big they are! Notice that the red arrow points to the top of a large doorway!
Their yacht was also quite colourful: red with a white dragon down the sides (see in the picture above). Unfortunately though, they were last in the standings of the races that had taken place, but they were still good. We visited many of the other team's buildings as well, and I bought a shirt from Alinghi's shop (as I loved their logo!) while Andrew bought a shirt from America's shop.We left once we had got bored of looking around, and tried to find a Taxi. But we really couldn't find one! We spent at least the next half-an-hour, wandering around Valencia's port, looking for a Taxi rank or a Taxi that could take us out of the area. It was only when we came across a 5-Star Hotel that a Taxi casually drove out after dropping someone off, which we could then thankfully commandeer.
We headed for Plaza le Reina, the small Plaza that had we had spent most of yesterday in. The Taxi Driver must of thought he was a racer though, as he sped down the roads coming up to 120 km/h in some areas! And he would slow down just enough to let the lights change before he would spin through them while they were still red!! Once we had arrived from our whistle-stop journey, we settled outside a restuarant to have a snack while we decided where to eat for the evening. Eventually, Andrew decided we should eat in Hollywood, an American Restuarant on the main Plaza (Plaza del Ayuntamiento).
We went in there and sat down. We ordered our meal (after a quick request from the waiter) and the starters came in literally a couple of minutes! The main course came a couple of minutes after that!! Really, it was fast ordering and fast delivery! Quite a contrast compared to the slowness we had experienced with the Taxis during the day.
After the meal, we wandered back to the Hotel bus and took it back to the hotel, before crashing for the evening and then settling down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Saturday 7 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Day Two
Weather: Sunny with Clouds
Wake up: 10:15
Sleep: 00:00
After having a relaxed full-English breakfast in our room (which was nice) we headed for Valencia on the 11:00 hotel bus. The trip around Valencia lasted the entire day, and was most enjoyable. We started off heading for the Finnegans, an Irish pub that just happened to show the Chelsea-Tottenham game, live in Spanish. A close 1-0 win.
We left the pub after a couple more drinks and headed for the major shopping road, Colon. Along the road we found a major store (similar to Harrods) which we bought a couple of shirts in to wear to dinner at the hotel (which demanded no t-shirts, shorts or tracksuits). Further on we also found a sunglasses shop (for me) before we headed back towards the Plaza where Finnegans was (Plaza la Reina).
At the end of that Plaza stood Cathedral Valencia, which had a tower that you could climb to the top of for a fantastic view. It was closed, so we looked round the Cathedral instead. A mixture of feelings from awe to shock pervaded me as I walked round. The Cathedral was huge with beautiful carvings, paintings and drawings, but also didn't feel like God's home to me, which was sad.
We then went back into the Plaza outside to sit outside a nice Tapas restuarant for lunch, where we had a mixture of hams, cheeses and bread. It was during that time that we found out Portsmouth were beating Man Utd, so we rushed back to Finnegans for the last 30mins of the game. Funny stuff, with a strange own goal and Portsmouth finishing off Man U 2-1!
After leaving the pub a second time, we walked along randomly before finding a sweet shop, where we bought some Pick'n'mix style sweets, and a record store we had found in our earlier ramblings, which we left €100 shorter and 11 CDs heavier, and with a very happy Dad.
We finally took a taxi back to the hotel before settling down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake up: 10:15
Sleep: 00:00
After having a relaxed full-English breakfast in our room (which was nice) we headed for Valencia on the 11:00 hotel bus. The trip around Valencia lasted the entire day, and was most enjoyable. We started off heading for the Finnegans, an Irish pub that just happened to show the Chelsea-Tottenham game, live in Spanish. A close 1-0 win.
We left the pub after a couple more drinks and headed for the major shopping road, Colon. Along the road we found a major store (similar to Harrods) which we bought a couple of shirts in to wear to dinner at the hotel (which demanded no t-shirts, shorts or tracksuits). Further on we also found a sunglasses shop (for me) before we headed back towards the Plaza where Finnegans was (Plaza la Reina).At the end of that Plaza stood Cathedral Valencia, which had a tower that you could climb to the top of for a fantastic view. It was closed, so we looked round the Cathedral instead. A mixture of feelings from awe to shock pervaded me as I walked round. The Cathedral was huge with beautiful carvings, paintings and drawings, but also didn't feel like God's home to me, which was sad.We then went back into the Plaza outside to sit outside a nice Tapas restuarant for lunch, where we had a mixture of hams, cheeses and bread. It was during that time that we found out Portsmouth were beating Man Utd, so we rushed back to Finnegans for the last 30mins of the game. Funny stuff, with a strange own goal and Portsmouth finishing off Man U 2-1!
After leaving the pub a second time, we walked along randomly before finding a sweet shop, where we bought some Pick'n'mix style sweets, and a record store we had found in our earlier ramblings, which we left €100 shorter and 11 CDs heavier, and with a very happy Dad.
We finally took a taxi back to the hotel before settling down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Friday 6 April 2007
Easter Hols: Valencia Day One
Weather: Mixed (Sun in England, Sun/Rain in Valencia)
Wake up: 07:30 (UK Time)
Sleep: 00:00 (Spanish Time)
After waking up, we (my Dad, my brother Andrew, and I) spent two hours preparing to leave, before leaving at exactly 9:30, right on time. We arrived at the Airport early, checked in early, went through security early, and soon arrived in the departure lounge. After a trip to a few duty-free shops (where I bought a few packets of Werther's Original and a PC Gamer Mag) we boarded our flight and set sail to Valencia.
We arrived in Valencia and the Weather was quite clear. After collecting our baggage, we hailed a Taxi and soon found ourselves at our 5-star luxury hotel that my Dad had booked, Hotel Sidi Saler.
We went and looked around our rooms, settled in, and then headed straight for the bar. After a couple of drinks, we explored the hotel, before taking the hotel bus to the City Centre.
Valencia reminded me in some ways instantly of my previous Spanish trip with some of my School friends, so it was quite satisfying walking through the streets of Valencia. We walked for about fourty minutes or so, before finding an Italian restaurant and having dinner, particularly because I fancied Spagetti Bologenise, which I then went ahead and had. The restaurant itself was quaint, if a little bizarre and very popular. It was quite nice. The evening ended with a final walk around Valencia as it started to rain, and then a bus journey home in the heavy rain before we settled down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wake up: 07:30 (UK Time)
Sleep: 00:00 (Spanish Time)
After waking up, we (my Dad, my brother Andrew, and I) spent two hours preparing to leave, before leaving at exactly 9:30, right on time. We arrived at the Airport early, checked in early, went through security early, and soon arrived in the departure lounge. After a trip to a few duty-free shops (where I bought a few packets of Werther's Original and a PC Gamer Mag) we boarded our flight and set sail to Valencia.
We arrived in Valencia and the Weather was quite clear. After collecting our baggage, we hailed a Taxi and soon found ourselves at our 5-star luxury hotel that my Dad had booked, Hotel Sidi Saler.
We went and looked around our rooms, settled in, and then headed straight for the bar. After a couple of drinks, we explored the hotel, before taking the hotel bus to the City Centre.Valencia reminded me in some ways instantly of my previous Spanish trip with some of my School friends, so it was quite satisfying walking through the streets of Valencia. We walked for about fourty minutes or so, before finding an Italian restaurant and having dinner, particularly because I fancied Spagetti Bologenise, which I then went ahead and had. The restaurant itself was quaint, if a little bizarre and very popular. It was quite nice. The evening ended with a final walk around Valencia as it started to rain, and then a bus journey home in the heavy rain before we settled down for the night.
This entry was posted on the 11/04/07 and represents today in my trip to Valencia. Please see the Valencia Summary for general information on my trip.
Wednesday 4 April 2007
Easter Hols: Preparing for Valencia
A lot happens in a week. So before I talk about the present and future, let me tell you the highlights of the past 7 days since my previous blog entry...
Last Thursday
New TVs! We have finally upgraded our TVs, one that was as old as fifteen years! So we now have a Plasma TV with Digital TV and Sky in the main lounge, a classic TV with Digital TV and Sky in the second lounge, a new VCR in that lounge, and Digital TV in the kitchen. Nice!
Last Weekend
Friday was a lazy day at home. Saturday included a trip to Curry's to get a new Freezer and last minute things to sort out the TV delivery. Sunday included an earlier-then-usual Easter celebration with an Easter Egg Hunt, lots of chocolate, and a Sunday Roast, followed by an evening movie of Superman Returns.
Monday
My cousins came round on Monday, and we had a relaxingly active day. If that's possible. And a more relaxing evening. I have to say, heads up to my cousins, they rock!
Yesterday (Tues)
A trip to the doctor's for a minor operation. For what? Oh, you don't want to know... you do? Well, if you don't look to the next paragraph now. I had my toe cut open and an in-grown toenail taken out. Trust me, the worst thing about it was the needle for the anaesthetic.
Today (Wed)
Today so far, I've gone for a redressing at the Doctors, got the new freezer from Curry's, and I plan to go to Chessington Theme Park to pick up my brother and his friend. So a mostly relaxed day really...
The Future
We have a trip to Valencia this Friday - next Wednesday, so I may not be posting blogs. If I can't, I plan to keep a small diary and update you when I get back. Plus, I seem to not be that good at posting blogs anyway...
Last Thursday
New TVs! We have finally upgraded our TVs, one that was as old as fifteen years! So we now have a Plasma TV with Digital TV and Sky in the main lounge, a classic TV with Digital TV and Sky in the second lounge, a new VCR in that lounge, and Digital TV in the kitchen. Nice!
Last Weekend
Friday was a lazy day at home. Saturday included a trip to Curry's to get a new Freezer and last minute things to sort out the TV delivery. Sunday included an earlier-then-usual Easter celebration with an Easter Egg Hunt, lots of chocolate, and a Sunday Roast, followed by an evening movie of Superman Returns.
Monday
My cousins came round on Monday, and we had a relaxingly active day. If that's possible. And a more relaxing evening. I have to say, heads up to my cousins, they rock!
Yesterday (Tues)
A trip to the doctor's for a minor operation. For what? Oh, you don't want to know... you do? Well, if you don't look to the next paragraph now. I had my toe cut open and an in-grown toenail taken out. Trust me, the worst thing about it was the needle for the anaesthetic.
Today (Wed)
Today so far, I've gone for a redressing at the Doctors, got the new freezer from Curry's, and I plan to go to Chessington Theme Park to pick up my brother and his friend. So a mostly relaxed day really...
The Future
We have a trip to Valencia this Friday - next Wednesday, so I may not be posting blogs. If I can't, I plan to keep a small diary and update you when I get back. Plus, I seem to not be that good at posting blogs anyway...
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