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.