Valencia, Spain

Last night Geoff and I reached Valencia after taking a flight from Milan. We had quite the day getting from Bassano Del Grappa to Milan. It was supposed to take 3 hours but instead took nine! At one point we ended up getting off at the wrong station (Verona has 2 stations, something the clerk at the start of our trip failed to explain to us). We waited there for an hour to get the connecting train to Milan and were on the right platform at the right time. We jumped on the train and sat comfortably for an hour and a bit but I thought I should check what time the train would arrive by asking another passenger. Turns out we had gone an hour the wrong way and had to go back to Verona - argh! Anyways after a few more trains we finally made it to Milan but weren't able to see any of the city as planned. We are very glad though that its over as it was the last big travel day before our trip home.

Time is flying by so fast - cant believe we will be home so soon - April 2nd. For any of you at the City reading this I will also be back at work for a few months starting in April backfilling a position in City Clerks - look forward to catching up with you!

Until then, our plans for the next week and a bit are just to relax in southern Spain and enjoy the warmer weather. Today Geoff and I had an amazing day going to the beach (which was a bit chilly but there were lots of people same as us trying to convince themselves it was summer), Geoff finding a massive skate bowl and making some friends, and then me renting a bike with Geoff skating and exploring the city. I really like it here (maybe because it's warm? :)), it's like a less chaotic Barcelona, a bit greener but without the Gaudi and gothic. Anyways think we will stay here for another night then head down to Mojacar and Granada (thanks Paige and Camille for the recommendations!) before we head back to Barcelona.

Overall we are happy to be back in Spain as it is less expensive and touristy compared to Italy, but I will miss getting to practice my very limited Italian!

Fun vid of Geoff showing some local kids some skate tricks:

Hope you are well and for those heading to Palm Springs this weekend, enjoy!!