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Around Town
Knowing the noon heat would be too hard on us, we ventured out earlier today and headed east to explore new roads in our neighbourhood. We found many small cafes where people sat outside with coffees and sweets and some, to our amazement, drank beer. Everyday people doing everyday things! We came across a tobacco shop…
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Life’s A Beach
That’s where we spent the day – at Malvarosa Beach. I have been to many beaches in my life but never one quite like this one. After a two subway ride, we arrived on the sun soaked beach which went on for as far as the eye could see. High priced hotels lined a wide…
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A Few More Pictures
Just thought I’d send a few more pictures of our home away from home. The first picture is some “doodles” that someone did on their apartment wall. Of course, I’d love that! Two of the pictures are of Joey and I sitting and reading while the laundry dries. We have a washing machine but no…
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Around Our Neighbourhood
We love our apartment and especially its location. Situated Far From the “Maddening” crowd, we love that we get to experience life as it actually happens in Valencia. Walking down our narrow street with cars parked on one side and barely enough room for another car to pass, we have to get up close and…
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Accidents Happen
Joey and I are the first Canadians that our host, Josep, has had staying in his apartment rental…we may be his last. Yesterday, we decided to go out for a bit in the morning, come home for lunch and then hang out and watch a movie at home during the heat of the day. We…
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Sights and Smells
We think we overdid it a bit today as we headed out at 8:30 this morning and didn’t get home until around 6:30. Even though we spent most of it on a few bus rides around town, we walked a lot – yes, I got my 10,000 steps in and of course, the dreaded stairs…
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Rest and Read
Being awake at 2:30 AM I had lots of time to reminisce about our travels to get here and all the modes of transportation it took for us to make the journey. A car ride from home led us to a ferry ride to Vancouver, a bus and train ride to the airport, a flight to…
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We Have Arrived!
It’s been a very, very, long day but we finally arrived at our lovely flat in Valencia, Spain an hour ago – 30 hours of little sleep and well over the 10,000 steps I plan to do each day. We had many laughs along the way but they got to be fewer and fewer as…
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On the Go Again!
Another adventure in the planning… that’s what my life is all about. There are always new places to be discovered, new cities to be explored and new friends to make. This time, it’s Spain and Italy that I have chosen to discover. Spain, for the first time, with a return to Italy where, five years…
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Visiting Mom in Arizona
In December 2014, my wife and I decided to take off over Christmas and New Years and travelled to Arizona to visit my mom, who spent her winters near Yuma for several months every year. We started out there and then toured to California, visiting L.A. and San Diego. We even unexpectedly ran into some…
