We left Granada very early and headed to Valencia and went directly to the aquarium! The day we got there was another national holiday...i think it was called the Three Kings. It was basically a second Christmas and there are big parades at night for kids. This aquarium is said to be the best in Europe, so we were really excited! It is split up between different bodies of water (the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Arctic, etc). It was also underground and above ground which was really cool.
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| a display in the aquarium |
We saw tons of fish, sharks, watched a dolphin show set to silly Christmas music, saw some penguins, tropical birds, beluga whales and our favorite...WALRUSES. They were SO fat and they scratched themselves like cats. They kept slapping themselves in the face too. It was hilarious.
After the aquarium, we had the rest of the day to ourselves. We wanted to get to the center of the city so we took a public bus. We planned on getting to the center around 8pm because that's where the parade was supposed to end and we wanted to see the celebration. Well, we got on the bus and drove for about 5 minutes then all of sudden we see the parade turn the corner onto the street we were on and we became apart of the parade. It slowed us down for about 20 minutes but instead of watching the parade, we were in it! Well, not really..but we were watching the whole thing and following it.
Finally we got to the center of the city and OH MY GOSH, we loved it. It was a really exciting night to be there. All the bars and restaurants were full and a bunch of kids were running around in costume all hopped up on candy. We found an outdoor cafe in the middle of it all and ordered what Sam said Valencia did best, Paella. Here's a little shout out from dinner from Garrett, Lauren, me, Ryan, Jarrod, Elaine, and Katie..
After dinner we got some beers at a few bars and just walked around the city. It was sooo pretty. We're jealous of all the FSU students who get to study abroad here!
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