Leaving Valencia

My time in Valencia has come to an end. After farewelling some good friends made in Valencia, I was kind of in a hurry to leave but only having one more week after their departure, it wasn't a problem to stay. During my last week, I met a couple of lovely fellow students who invited me to a live music show. On Thursday, we went out for dinner to a modern restaurant (MasQMenos) near the Plaza de Ayuntamiento and then to Café Mercedes which turned out to be a Jazz club. I happen to very much like jazz, particularly the tranquil kind rather than the over the top improvisation. Hence, I had a fabulous night with 3 other ladies - wonderful company, interesting conversation (all in Spanish), excellent music and great food.

 On Friday night, my last night in Valencia, I invited another couple of students who were in my classes, Catherine who was in my grammar class this week and Emma who has been with me for conversation classes for 3 weeks. We went off to my favourite restaurant, Taberna de la Reina, for one last meal of tapas, good wine, beautiful surroundings and of course, the obligatory conversation. It was a wonderful night, but ended much later than anticipated so after getting home after midnight, I still had to pack my bags and get up at 6 am to be ready to get to my bus on time. Hence not much sleep was had over my last two nights in Valencia, but wonderful memories.

I found myself being quite sad to leave but looking forward to Granada and new places to explore!  

Salad meal with very thin dried meat, MasQMenos Restaurante

MasQMenos Restaurant & the Gals - Justine, Rosa & Haley

Café Mercedes Jazz Club, very intimate & guay (Spanish for cool)