Valencia - 39:27:67N 0:18:83W
Red Skies
David Alexander
Fri 2 Oct 2009 16:55
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Arrived at about 3.30 pm on Thursday 1st October,
just as storm clouds were forming, but for a change we received just a
few spots of rain which quickly stopped. However, there has clearly been plenty
of recent rain here as many instances of soil erosion and deposition could be
seen.
Our pilot book, despite being the latest
version with the most recent corrections failed to mention that the southern
mole to the America's Cup Marina had been extended seawards by 5 cables, so
presenting a very different pattern to that expected - thank goodness for GPS!!
The pilot book also had the latitude of the waypoint to the entrance incorrectly
printed by 2 minutes - yet another challenge.
The America's Cup Marina is very new and now it's
past 1st October, quite reseanably priced, yet it is far from being
full.
Valencia is a very bike-friendly city with plenty
of cycle lanes to get about and sensibly arranged traffic junctions. However,
not having our bikes with us on this journey we did our travelling by metro and
bus, which were excellent.
Having read that Valencia was the originator of
paella, naturally we had to sample one at a restaurant in the old quarter.
Unfortunately, we did not choose well and were quite disappointed compared with
others we have tasted. However, the wine made up
for the poor paella.
 This was taking sand castle building competitions
too far!
 Some interesting architecture
 and some interesting scuptures
 The railway station
 The Plaza de Torros
 Conjunto Catedralicio
 Church and Tower of St Catalina
 The Hemisferic in the Parc de Arts y
Sciences
 Another view of the Hemisferic with the Palau de
les Arts behind
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