SEA AND SUN!!!!!!!!!! (and HUMID HUMID HUMID TOO HUMID)

Okay here we have to list the negative things about Valencia (and Spain):

1) Toll roads. (applies also to FRANCE). THINK before you DRIVE on motorways! We spent as much in tolls as in petrol. Outrageous...
2) HUMIDITY. Way too humid, even in September.
3) Language. We had to be lucky to find a Valencian speaking English.... LEARN A LANGUAGE, VALENCIANS! Some seemed to know English, but preferred to reply in Spanish - so our dialogs ended up like them speaking in Spanish and us speaking in OUR language - Greek.
4) Turbulant sea. Too much wind and waves.
5) Driving (see below)
6) THEY DON´T SELL (AND DRINK) FRESH MILK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only long-last "derivatives"... Oh my God... No FRESH milk?????????? (This is for Spain, not only Valencia).
7) Expensive camp-sites for not as high standard of services as in Scandinavia.

Still, WE ENJOYED our 7-night stay!! There were plenty to see and do (yet we preferred the sea and sun most of the time hehehe). We stayed in El Saler camping, just off Valencia.

We got some tan eventually! The sea in all of the beaches around Valencia were most of the time too wavy, some days even red flags were raised. But there were endless and beautiful sandy beaches.

Driving in the city is an unforgetable experience. You are on a 5-lane road ending up in a 6-7 lane roundabout!!! and then trying to squeeze your car through the 2-lane exit... hahaa.

Valencia has many attractions! From the sandy beaches in front of the city, to the old town and the old towers (part of the walls), to the modern artistic area with magnificent structures (hemisferium, opera, museum of modern art, aquarium and stuff) designed by Calatrava. A must visit!

This sign (writen in Greek) is in the main train station:

Paellas and Sangrias... miam miam. delicious!!

And as Formula 1 fans, we of course drove on the streets where the new Valencian Grand Prix was held this year!! We even made a "virtual" pit stop (no there wasn´t anyone waiting for us to change the tyres...). Maybe one day, we ll be swimming in Valencia, and walking to the grand stands next door to watch Fellippe Massa and Ferrari!!!!

Georgia is waiting for tyre changing in the pit stops!!!

Last, a photo from our visit to Algemesi (a village near Valencia). On the Virgin Mary's birthday (8 September), they have big celebrations, with parade of traditional dancers and music - it is a street "party" for Virgin Mary's birth outside the church and on the streets. The highlight was the men-towers!!