That's how I would describe this great Spanish city. There's always a place to party, for some reason it rains rarely, they use tigernuts (chufas) to make a drink of it, paella is one of its prouds, oranges can be found in the streets, rice is grown in the south,...
And it's impossible not to mention the "Agua de Valencia" ("Aïgua di València" in Valenciano), to explain "who" is "El Carmen" (= old city center and good place to go out), to ask the question if the money to build "la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias" was justified, to tell you why my Valencian friends are not pleased with their "Rita" (the mayor), to tell you what the "Túria" is (= dry river converted into a huge park), to tell you churros and buñuelos are best aten with chocolate, to predict the end of "Valor" when my (Belgian/future) chocolate bussiness in Valencia runs at full speed,... This list doesn't stop! I could tell you a hundred typical things about Valencia and at least as many stories (let's say "tonterias")... ☺
After my 5 months of living in Valencia (in 2007), I have returned 3 times. The best part of going back is that feeling you can have with a very familiar place: the coming-back-home-feeling! When every street, every building, has an important role in emotional memories, you never get bored of seeing them.
It was the best period of my life until now.
¡VIVA VALENCIA! (*)
(*) and the people that were/are part of it!
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