Valencia
Today we visited the incredible buildings of the Ciudad de Las Artes y Las Ciences. It's an amazing complex, a series of massive buildings, gardens and pools all built in the old river. In 1957 the river in Valencia flooded and badly damaged much of the city so a decision was made to divert the river, this led to a massive green area around the edge of the city. It has now been turned into gardens, walking and riding trails, sporting grounds and these massive buildings.
We are a bit partial to a good science museum especially after visiting the massive and inspiring one in Munich. This didn't live up to that standard but still had plenty of interesting hands on experiences to keep us occupied for a few hours.
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| Some space age looking buildings - for when you're sick of cathedrals |
We also visited the Fallas museum nearby - Fallas are giant papier mache figures that are paraded through the streets during one of Valencia's major festivals, they are normally burnt afterwards but they keep the best one every year and put it in this museum.
By the time we finished there we thought we would head for the Central Market as it is one of the oldest European markets still operating and buy something for a late lunch. However we were a bit late and it was closed, so we walked the streets trying to find something that was open, finally finding a place that sold us a roll and a tomato - will we ever get used to the fact that everything is closed in the afternoon? You really have to plan ahead in the morning if you feel like eating something in the afternoon!
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