Just call me Dora

Today was our second day in Valencia so we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go to the beach! We got up, put on our swimsuits and headed out to catch the train. When we got to the lobby we realized that the weather was super cloudy...something we probably could have noticed from our room had one of us actually looked outside. But we decided to check out the beach anyway so we continued on our mission. Valencias metro system is not that amazing and there is no quick way down to the beach. Thankfully we weren't missing any killer sun time. The shore actually had several restaurants to choose from. We found one that looked appealing and decided it must be good because there was a nun eating there too. During our meal, the clouds started to clear away and the sun came out. I took most of the credit because I had been saying that the whole time!

We hit the beach and layer out for s few hours. I don't know that we actually got any color but the sand was soft and the sun was warm so I wasn't complaining. After we had enough beach time we wandered around until we decided it was time to head back.

During some of our wandering we stumbled across some Turkish kebab restaurants which are actually pretty plentiful in Spain. We thought it was pretty funny that there was one called Ankara and one called Istanbul that were side by side. We had planned on going there for dinner but as we walked by the delicious food in our hotel restaurant we decided to eat there instead. Well...maybe it was for the food...maybe it was for the cute waiter we wanted to befriend.

Valencia is a pretty small city so you can get from one side of it to the other pretty easily...if you know how to read a Spanish map which I've determined is different from any other map I've seen.