Valencia: Science, Catamaran, and Beach

Update: Photos from Valencia

While in Valencia, we visited the Science Museum. It consist of 3 levels of interactive science fun ranging from seeing a real Tesla coil to watching baby chicks hatch. The only rule was that you are not allowed to touch nothing. SO you must touch everything! On the first floor there was a display demonstrating what can be done with wood. There were also games of dominoes with different types of wood, puzzles, and an interactive gallery of how they harvest and sustain the forest. Rachael's favorite part was watching the baby chick hatch. They eggs take approx 7 days to be ready to hatch and within the first 12 hours after they are born they are not suppose to eat anything. In fact they spend the majority of their time sleeping and drying themselves off from all of their hard work hatching. Tim's favorite part was the Tower of Hanoi puzzle.

Sunday morning and afternoon we took a bike tour. It took us along the greenway and into the original area of the city. We learned about the Valencian burning man festival Las Fallas where they construct figures out of wood, paper, and festive materials and burn them at midnight. Valencia is also know for their oranges and have a special drink they make called Agua de Valencia which is a mixed cocktail made with Valenican oranges, Cava, and other liquors. After the tour we went to the beach to catch some rays and play in the surf. In the greenway they have several bridges that cross over to the other side of the city. Under one of the bridges, someone has placed holds for doing some bouldering. We stopped and Tim did a little bouldering.

On our last day in Valencia,we took a Catamaran coast tour, where we laid out in the sun with the water splashing up underneath us. After, we went to the beach for a day of fun in the sun and playing in the ocean. The water and beach are mostly clean aside from some seaweed and was a lot of fun to play "jump the waves" in. I (Rachael) have a lovely racoon tan on my face from my sunglasses and Tim has finally evened out that sock tan line from all of his cycling, and traded it for flip flop tan lines.