On Wednesday we took a bus from Altea to Valencia. We got there just in time to watch Spain play Germany in Semi-finals of the World Cup. With all of our luggage we hurried to find a place to watch the game. We could see the jerseys and flags funneling into El Corte Englés (shopping mall) near the bus station. We turned the corner and saw the jumbo screen! We were able to calaim seats right in the front of the plaza for the whole class, we finally got to watch the game all together! Facepainted and high spirited we cheered our team to a victory! The entire city was in a roar - car horns honking, crowds chanting "¡Viva España!", the celbrating didn´t stop until well into the night! It was so cool to be a part of such a monumental moment for España Fúbol - first time to the World Cup EVER!
Or trip to Valencia was primarily to visit the office of Santiago Calitrava...but that deserves it´s own blog post...
After the maditory fieldtrip was over, my roomates and I stayed for an extra day in Velencia. We were able to catch a Flemanco Show Friday night and visit other attractions such as the cathedral, market and train station on Saturday.
Every historical building in Valencia has a cast model out front with a brail explanation of the Architecture. This is part of a city wide effort to enable the blind to enjoy architecture just as the seeing do. I have never seen this done before! One can run their hands over the model and invistion the built form. My uncle Tony would love this!
Flemanco Dancers - We had dinner and a show! We had no idea we would be so close...we also had no idea how INTENSE flemanco dancing is! You could feel the stomping of their feet at your seat! It was absolutely beautiful - a unique combination of fluid motion and strength with live music that gave you chills. Don´t worry J, I took a video for you!
The Fish Market and Train Station
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