Lost in Valencia

   Thursday was awesome! A big group of us walked to town and then took the train to Valencia. There's another girl, Justin, who speaks about the same amount of Spanish as I. We had a lot of fun talking and practicing. A couple of the guys turned around and asked us Why in the world we were here? We already spoke Spanish!

   I always explained that although I can talk semi-well, I can't understand. But as we went through town, I was surprised how much I could understand people. Yes, they lisp, but they tend to talk more slowly and clearer than Peruvians or Mexicans. It was really fun being the translator for my group.

   Three of us, Danny (Hungarian-Romanian from Southern) and Elizabeth (also from Southern) and I walked all over town trying to find a place to exchange money. We went to multiple banks, but they all said they could only change money for clients. Finally we found tourist information, and got guided to a couple exchanges. Again, we trekked through the central city before we found one that was open. Unfortunately, our victorious moment was lost when Elizabeth received €330 for $500. But we quickly regained our good spirits with some delicious frozen yogurt.

   Afterwards, we wandered around Valencia and quite accidentally came upon the old city. It was beautiful! We went to the Central Market. It is sort of like Pike Place Market, but in one big building that looks a little like an old train station. There are stalls selling fruits, vegetables, pastries, drinks, food... It was beautiful. We soon found ourselves in small, winding streets with small churches and a huge archway. Absolutely beautiful.

   Fotos!! Apologies to anyone on Facebook also; I put lots of the same ones on both this blog and Facebook.