Valencia::

I have no idea how this week has made my mind so jumbled in time but it has. I can barely remember everything we’ve done just regarding this past week and I think it’s because we’ve done almost everything under the sun here in Madrid. Not to mention going on a seven-hour train ride south to Valencia. This weekend getaway beautiful, getting to see the country side on the way there was magic and sending the day swimming in the Mediterranean again was everything I’d been waiting for. The water was a perfect temperature, the hostel we stayed at had a beautiful view from our patio and the spirits were kept high despite a stomach dropping pick-pocketing incident. While in Valencia we realized there was a carnival going on because of the huge ferris wheel we could see from almost any in the city. Rode an octopus ride, a free game of bumper cars, rode in a slingshot dragon ride, had nutella drizzled waffles, a hot dog, popcorn and climbed this playground ropes course pyramid. We met this younger kid who was interested in where we were from so we told him and said we were studying art. He get s excited at the fact shows us some of the work he does himself. He paints these self-portraits that deal with his life and evolutionary self, overall inspirational for someone as young as him. My back may be sunburnt but it was a fantastical trip to the coast.