About 30 people set off at 6.00 am from the crossroads in the village in a coach heading through Gandesa to Tortosa and onto the motorway arriving at Valencia around 10.45. On the way we stopped at a service station for a drink and to eat the bocadillos we had brought with us for our breakfast.
Valencia is a modern, spacious city with lots of trees in the streets as well as it's own park area but it has that modern day problem despite wide roads of having too much traffic.
The area we visited was composed of several futuristic buildings . In the photo above is the "Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía" to the left with "L'Hemisfèric" on the right, neither of which we visited - probably will next time!
We spent what was left of the morning going around the science museum, "Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe" which as you can see from the photo above is quite a large building. It has several floors and deals with the creation of the solar system and the evolution of the species but nothing on global warming or the consequences for the future.
We had lunch in the restaurant of "L'Oceanogràphic" and then spent the afternoon visiting the displays of fish and birds from all over the world.
The birds are housed in the large spherical cage which we went inside to see them at close quarters.
The marine life are in vast tanks underground and are viewed from various angles including a couple from a "glass" tunnel which passes through their tank - all good stuff!
There are at least 6 people missing from the group taken above but it was pretty difficult to get everyone together when they are exploring in small groups. It was a superb day out and we set off to return at 19.00 and got back to the village just before midnight so at almost 18 hours, it was also a very long day out!
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WOW! It looks like you took a trip to a place in the future. The shape and design of the buildings don't look like they belong in the 21st century! Simply beautiful!
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