Lively Characters in Valencia
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 under Travel | No CommentAfter our trip to Barcelona, we headed down to Valencia, which was another huge city! We met some very interesting people here. The first street we walked down, this woman, who seemed homeless, threw a bottle at us, she didn’t hit us, but aimed right at our feet. We took it as a ‘welcome’ to Valencia and it was this woman’s way of blessing our journey. We ended up staying at one of the best Valencia hotels and thoroughly enjoyed all the amenities.
Our highlight of Valencia was when I accidentally pulled out a pair of pink panties when I reached into my travel bag to get my cell phone. We were on the tram heading to the beach. I didn’t realize that they were laying on the trams floor for the whole duration of the trip. So there they were, my pink panties staring at everyone on the tram, but what was even more embarrassing was there was a yellow g-string hanging from the end of my cell phone. I think we need to go back to that woman on the streets and have her re-bless us!
After an overnight bus from Valencia took us to Granada, we decided to walk into town. This place is so much smaller than Barcelona and Valencia, it has a real Spanish feel to it. This is what we were hoping for, a real Spanish town. But, we also ran into a interesting character here too. We walked up to a popular viewing platform for the Alhambra and we saw a drunken, fiery domestic dispute. After the couple screamed all the while staggering about one another, a crowd began to form. The male raised his hand and began to chase after the woman. Fortunately for the woman, a tourist stepped in front of the man and stopped him. We found out, a little later that they were brother and sister. Sibling rivalry gone too far I think.
Spain’s been so much fun and I’ll miss all the lively characters. But, we bet they’ll be more in Morocco!
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