 | Final Countdown
2007-08-22, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hey Everyone,
I'm in the final countdown of days until I get home. I'm kinda excited to leave. I'm growing more and more tired of everyone on this trip. There are four strong personalities that ... |
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| Recap of this weekend
2007-08-06, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | I had a peaceful weekend here in Valencia by myself. On Friday, I decided to go to the beach in Valencia to soak up some rays. Then later that night with nothing to do, I decided to go out to a club... |
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| Home Alone
2007-08-03, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hey Everyone,
So there is only a month left in this trip. I think that we have all gotten tired of each other. Case in point, we are all in different places this weekend. Jose is in Amsterdam. ... |
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| The Matador
2007-07-29, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hey everyone, So everything is going better in Valencia. I think that everyone has accepted the fact the we may not all get along collectively.
But in other news, I got to see my first bullfight. ... |
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 | The halfway point
2007-07-19, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | So the trip to Frankfurt was really nice. I enjoyed myself there. During the visit, I learned that the city is the Economic Capital of Europe. With that said, there was a lot of money flowing throu... |
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| Frankfurts in Frankfurt
2007-07-19, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hey everyone.
We're off to the wonderful city of Frankfurt, Germany this weekend just to see what Northern Europe looks like. Actually, I really need a break from this heat. It's unbearable. It'... |
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| Pizza in Pisa
2007-07-15, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hello Everyone.
I just got back from my Italian adventure. I had fun looking at all of the major sights in Italy. I'm glad that I went. So we saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Vatican, The Cist... |
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| The week in review
2007-07-08, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | So I finally got caught up in my sleep this weekend. We decided last minute that we should go to Pamplona for the big Running of the Bulls. The only problem was that there were no buses that could t... |
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 | Pushing for a Friday
2007-07-03, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | This week has been doing good so far. We're spending far less and having more fun. Today, people were going to see the America's cup, which is a big sailboat race here in Valencia. Aparently this c... |
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 | Settling down
2007-07-01, Valencia, Spain. By: brooksyo | | Hey everyone,
So I finally have settled down enough to want to start writing to you guys on a regular basis.
In this past week we have moved from out hotel into the dorms on the University of Va... |
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 | It Aint The Challenge Of The Americas Cup!
2007-06-15, Valencia, Spain. By: tetoro | | It is the challenge of getting to the Americas Cup!
(typed by Catherine copied from Merrins notes)
Valencia, another early start & eventually got onto the right train to Valencia - just hillario... |
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 | Valencia & Cheste
2007-03-17, Valencia, Spain. By: jake | | We headed to Valencia for the Las Fallas celebration. We could not find a hostel, and planned on staying in the train station, however met a couple (Gustavo and Ana) on the train ride. They offered us... |
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 | short and sweet
2006-08-18, Valencia, Spain. By: monoloco1 | | I am in Valencia. Another gorgeous city in Spain. This one is coastal (Mediterrenean) and the third largest city in Spain in the Colonia de Valencia. They speak a dialect of Catalan here as well as... |
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 | On Valencia and the Arts and Sciences Center
2006-05-11, valencia, Spain. By: bolioboy | | On Wednesday the 10th in Barcelona I went to the zoo, I watched a dolphin show amongst many other attractions and then wondered about southern Barcelona taking photos of random modern buildings, a si... |
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 | Las Fallas!
2006-03-20, Valencia, Spain. By: cbrubaker | | Well, Las Fallas was great. Lots of fun. Had to get up way too early Sunday morning to meet for the bus ride there, and my dear Amanda was sick and dying in bed and couldn't go with me. Our houseke... |
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 | Happy Thanksgiving!
2005-11-28, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | This past week was amazing! Sunday I got home from Italy, and Monday I met my parents at the airport! They thought I was just going to meet them at the hotel, but I surprised them at the airport ins... |
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| El día de la comunidad valenciana
2005-10-11, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Get ready because this is going to be a long one... It was a big weekend here in Valencia! Sunday was el día de la comunidad valenciana, basically Valencia pride day and I´d say it rivaled the 4th of... |
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| Eclipses and such
2005-10-05, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Wow, I have really gotten slack about updating... sorry! The past week and a half or so has been good, I stayed in Valencia this past weekend and had a great time just exploring and finding new stuff... |
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 | Long time no update!
2005-09-20, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | ¡Hola a todos!
Sorry it´s been a while but not that much interesting has happened since my last entry. We´ve begun to get into a routine and so we don´t do as many new things everyday, although it... |
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| Lots to talk about!
2005-09-12, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Well it has been a busy few days and I haven't had time to write! I'll start from the beginning, and I apologize in advance for the length!
Friday afternoon/night:
As I said, we met up with a gro... |
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| Classes have started
2005-09-09, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Hola a todos! We started classes yesterday and I didn´t have a class until 2! Ashley and I woke up pretty late and left for school around 1. Classes went ok, and we were done around 7 so we decided... |
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| A day of exploring
2005-09-07, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | ¡Hola amigos! Last night we enjoyed our first night out at a bar near our school. A group of about 10-15 of us met up and some of us shared a few pitchers of "agua de Valencia," basically lots of fr... |
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| Orientation
2005-09-06, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Today has been much better so far than yesterday. We got up around 8:45 and had to meet our neighbors (2 other UVA students and their madre) at 9:45 to catch the bus. We rode to the school, which is... |
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| I made it!
2005-09-05, Valencia, Spain. By: catalina | | Hey everyone! I finally made it to Valencia, safe and sound! I´m really enjoying it so far but it will definitely take some serious getting used to. So, here´s what´s happened so far:
Mom and Da... |
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 | On to Gandia and Valencia
2003-01-14, Valencia, Spain. By: chefortune | | We pretty much relaxed and took it easy. Met Carmen in Atocha and walked around a bit near the Prado, got coffee, etc., then said our goodbyes, or rather “hasta luegos.” Having been to a book fair wit... |
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