hola familia!!!
first of all, thanks to everyone for all your good wishes. as you can see by the photos, the apartment and veiw is to die for! the part of town were staying in is the old town center called "carmen". the streets are very tiny, cars are literraly driving where you walk. also, there are valencian oranges growing on all the trees around the town.
when we got in last evening i got my first taste of spanish cuisine. the program treated us to a full course meal. green olives, flatbread, salad, two different kinds of risotto (mom, urs is better), paperthin anchovy and caper pizza, and pasta. wow...
after that, a couple of people headed over to a traditional irish pub and everyone in the program got a chance to meet each other and hang out. a little hacky-sack with the fresh picked oranges and then off to bed.
this morning we got up at ten for a walking tour of valencia that had us racing through everywhere, only being allowed to look in because there was so much to see. we saw the outsides of the central market, several plazas, places to play futbol, the swimming pool, police station, and the tram station, along with many great places to eat. it was a whirlwind!
after that we got our second orientation that told us about going out in spain. the diagram looked something like this:
22hr dinner party/ go out to eat
.5hr club/ pub
3.3hr discoteca
7.5hr after pub
11hr lunch
dont worry mom...its only on sat! =)
anyways needless to say im exauhsted. a nap is in order since ive been fighting the fact that i actually have jetlag...
love u all!
