by eric | Jun 12, 2024 | Daily life, International Travel, Travel
We have a lot of good memories from our month in the Russafa neighborhood. Just about anything we could possibly need could be found within a few blocks, including two large grocery stores and dozens of restaurants and bars. And just one block away was the Mercat de...
by eric | Jun 10, 2024 | Garden, International Travel, Travel
Valencia has as a lot of different gardens, some simply between streets, others as large formal gardens. Jardín del Turia The famous former Turia riverbed is now a large, winding park for the city. It has a little of everything including flowering bridges, orange...
by eric | Jun 7, 2024 | International Travel, Travel
One of the memorable moments from our 2022 visit to Valencia was stumbling across the Our Lady Of The Forsaken Festival while trying to go for a drink (never made it to that bar…). Our 2024 stay started before Easter, i.e. Holy Week, and we figured the old town...
by eric | Jun 6, 2024 | International Travel, Travel
Finding an apartment for a month in Valencia wasn’t difficult, but narrowing the choices down definitely took us some time. We started with neighborhoods of interest – on our 2022 trip we had stayed by the market in the heart of the old town, and felt that...
by eric | Jun 4, 2024 | International Travel, Travel
We have long wanted to try an extended stay in Europe, but previously stuck to 1-2 week long trips due to our dogs. Finding ourselves dog-free for the first time in 15 years we decided to finally try a remote-working stay, and ultimately booked ourselves an apartment...