MAVERCK ROVER WORLD-Valencia SP-POST #9 - 5/19/18.




MAVERICK ROVER WORLD
Post #9
May 19, 2018

 Valencia, Spain 


Great doors of Valencia, SP


One can either choose to eat the local fare, read books or simply stack them to create art. Daily, this seems to be the choices we make along with drinking, walking, enjoying the city and smelling the roses. 

Buñelos, like churros except they are round 

Book stacks at a local museum




A visit to Museu Faller

















    Museu Faller houses maquettes, which are partial replica elements of statues that are burnt during many years of Fallas (fy-us) Celebrations. Each year, since the early 1900s,  for a week during mid-March, most city center placas are filled with paper mâché, wood & cloth statues.  This event revolves around much of the history of Valencia.  The statues depict major social issues relative to the forsaken, politics, everyday life of fisherman,  children at play, and so much more. The images in this museum are life size, about 6 to 8 ft tall and 5 to 8 ft wide. These exact images, when constructed for the event are massive; 15 to 20 ft tall and 12 to 15 ft wide. At the end of the week, on March 19th, a commemoration day for St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters, all of the niñots are burned, one at a time. They are filled with fire works which create deafening explosions. Valencians love their fireworks.  

                                      

                                                 

 Valencia oranges are used to keep 
restaurant napkins from blowing away. 


Plaza de Torros has been active since 1859
No judgement please, it's a tradition. 

   






Did I mention the crazy visitors?




The Archeological Center houses underground ruins of the old city.  It shows the many levels of Valencia from the days of the Romans in the 1st Century AD, then came the Visigoths (Germanic tribes), who invaded across the Pyrenees Mountains, to the Arabs in the 11th Century. In the 16th Century came the religious foundations and they built the beginnings of what is Valencia today. 





A day at the beach
waves crash against the seashore
sand holds embedded footprints 
ocean breeze wafts my hair
el sol warms my body



Some things we have learned on our travels:

*When riding the bus, it's good to know some Spanish, so you can read the name of the stops and understand which lines connect and when to exit for your destination. 

*Google Maps App on your iPhone is a dream come true. Even off WiFi you can navigate around almost anywhere because your phone knows your location. You can follow your route, but you cannot search a location like you can with a SIM card.

*Be courteous to folks, no matter where you are, even if you are in a hurry. Courtesy goes a long way when it's your turn to get some help. 







Comments

  1. pegludMay 22, 2018 at 3:41 PM

    Excellent post! Your entries are short, informative, interesting, and full of visuals, which make it all come alive. Great writing and format, Roger! Carry on!

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