Valencia

Well I made it to valencia yesterday around noon, rode a bullet train but couldnt sleep cuz there was a crying baby in front of me. Got here walked around a bit and checked out some sights, followed a brit tour group for a while since they no where they are going. Finally found an internet cafe and got my host´s phone number and gave him a ring. They work at a hostal so I went down there said Hi locked up my stuff and went back out. They had to work til 12 so no point waiting around there til then. I went down to the park that was the riverbed, so cool. It has a little bit for everyone, skaters have a skate park, bikers have a path, runners, sleepyheads like me, lovers, picnics, futbol, everything. I went along it towards the ocean and there is an area called ciutat de las ciencias y las artes. It is so cool, they have these buildings straight out of the future with water features all around them. This compared to the old city that I had checked out earlier in the day, surreal. Well so anyways, went out to a bar last nite, had a belgian beer that was really good, 10% alcohol, then came back went to sleep. They had another couchie (as they call us) that they have had before from australia. My hosts were from new zealand and england so it was a veritable oasis of anglophones in valencia. This morning had a bocadillo and played some frisbee out in the park. Headed to alicant prolly tonite then on to madrid.