Valencia Day #2

In the morning we went to Museo L’Almonia. The museum is built over the ancient Roman ruins from 138 BC. Many of the walk ways are made of glass so it feels like you are walking on the old Roman roads. Other times, it was a bit trippy because you would walk over a 30 foot deep well and it almost felt you were going to fall in.

After the museum we of course had to go see the belén in the cathedral. Belénes are my favorite part about Christmas here. They are so elaborate and celebrated here. It isn’t like in the States where they are almost taboo. Here, every store, school, church and mercado has a belén on display. Some of them are very simple but some can be quite extravagant.

Next we went to the Mercat Central. (No, not mercado. Valencia has their own language, a dialect of Catalan.) This is one of the biggest mercados we have been to. We had a lot of fun walking around checking out all the different stalls. We also bought some freshly made paella for a picnic lunch. After lunch we lounged around a bit in the sun and then headed back to the hotel.

Before dinner we went to the Museo de Ceramica “Gonzalez Martí” Palacio Marqués de dos aguas. It is a palace turned into a museum and was fun to walk through. Yummy Italian food for a dinner and then a night spent relaxing in the hotel TV room drinking tea and playing cards.