So we woke up this morning feeling like Christmas had already passed. I hope everyone in the States and in England are doing well. Yes, I do have a small number of truly English readers.
So back to our day...Lynn, always the early riser, was up, dressed and heading out the door by roughly 10 a. m. Leanne and I dragged ourselves out of bed to at least catch up with Lynn. Jason was dead to the world; he did not drag himself into the room until 7-8 a.m. We left Jason behind and went to Cafe & Te in the Plaza de Reina. We thought by the time we got back he would be ready to go...think again. Lynn got antsy and was bit by a spanish ant; so she headed out on her own to get some of the sun that we peeking through the clouds. Leanne and I headed back to Valor (chocolate coffee shop) and hung out reading books and listening to music played by local folks looking for dinero. I picked ´Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf´(Edward Albee) from the hostel library. I read about 63 pages, before we headed back to the hostel. We met up with Jason and headed off in search of museums. Along the way we stopped in the Gulliver´s Children´s Park. It is an abstract of Gulliver when he woke up on Lilliput and realized he was tied down by little people. Children can climb and slide down Gulliver, as a matter a fact, I did. Yall, will get to see the picture once I get back home.
After a 30-40 minute walk through the Turia riverbed, which has been converted into a beautiful park, we made it to the...
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (City of Arts and Sciences)
The city is ensemble of five areas in the dry river bed of the now diverted River Turia. Designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava and started in July 1996, it is an impressive example of modern architecture.
The "city" is made up of the following, usually known by their Valencian names:
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía — Opera house and performing arts centre
L'Hemisfèric — Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium
L'Umbracle — Walkway / Garden
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — Science museum
L'Oceanogràfic — Open-air oceanographic park
It is also surrounded by attractive streams and pools of water. It appears that locals and tourists use the area and surrounding areas of the "city" as a relaxing place to walk day or night, with an open air bar outside El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe during the evening (especially during events).
We walked around for a bit and and had dinner (pizza) in a Spanish mall. Leanne wanted to watch a movie, but the adult movies did not start until after the time we were supposed to meet back up with Lynn. We took the bus number 35 back to the hostel, but we ended up lost and back where we started. The bus driver laughed so hard at Leanne when she went to tell him we were lost that it took her forever to get back to Jason and I. We were supposed to get on bus number 95. We made it back just in time to meet Lynn at 9.
So I will update this blog entry once my day has ended...
Merry Christmas again...hugs and kisses
Update
I really can not go into great detail about the evening because I ended up extremely tipsy and fruity! Plus, we acted as if we were only about 10 years old. I ended up laughing my ass off, that at one point I fell down gracefully in front of a church (i was sober at the time). We did have a new member added to the gang...Hal. He is 22 and he went through a full range of emotions last night. We at first nicknamed him Shallow Hal (cheesy), but it was changed to Trusty Hal. Jason had a good night with a local girl, Andrea, who he ended up tonguing it up with on the dancefloor.
Good drink to order in Valencia is ´Agua de Valencia´ and it comes highly recommended.
Here are some quotes from the evening...
1. Leanne- ´it is not my fault you adopt your children from uncivilised countries´
2. Me- ´Leanne you attract men like a moth to a flame; Lynn you attract men like a fly to honey´
3. Me- ´excuse me could you please stop touching my friend!´
4. Lynn- ´oh oh oh your a trustafarian!´
5. Me- ´mom, dad can you please fire the au pair, she is drunk´
6. Leanne- ´drunk, drunker, drunkest´
7. Hal- ´I am stuck on stupid, but I am not in love with her. I just want to sit with her on the couch and watch tv. I do not care if she has a boyfriend.´
8. Me-´Juan is going to be my husband´
Ok, so here's the story line. Roughly 1 year ago, an amazing woman from South Central Los Angeles decided after receiving her Master's degree to expand her horizons and venture off to London. So over the course of the next couple of years she will hope to bring two continents together through the eloquence of her words...ok that is complete and utter bullshit! Your not doing shit so just stay a minute for the hell of it!
Location: In a London borough not far away from 3 tube lines, England
About me: 1. Lover of all things Chocolate 2. Terrified of Texas flying Tree Roaches 3. New lover of roundabouts 4. The world is my oyster...w/out the fishy smell 5. God, does not like ugly...so rearrange yourself and your face
