On weekends there are fewer buses running into Valencia so the start to Nic and Dave's holiday has been pretty relaxed. They are walking every day and enjoying the warmer and, mostly, sunny weather.
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| Saturday they went, with Rick, to the Port de Segunto market (which also involved some eating and drinking out and learning the name of a yummy dessert) I went for a short walk, noting the emergence of leaves. |
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| A solitary wild poppy in a vacant lot. |
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| A rather scruffy looking Mimosa shrub, the only one I have seen here so far. |
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| A new sign indicating no bikes on the passieg between June 1 and Sept 30. It must be too crowded with people, for bikes to be safe. |
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| Sunday we went to the Canet market. Stood in line at the bakery stall for quite a while, enjoying the rapid fire Spanish exchanges and planning our order: a baguette, 4 chocolate covered bread sticks and a slice of apple tart (big enough for 4) |
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| We bought olives at 2 different stalls (we will know next week to buy from the second, cheaper). Also got bananas, yellow kiwi and strawberries. And Rick ate a chocolate croissant which he says doesn't count as it didn't make it out of the market area. |
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| In the market, both weeks, we talked to a gentleman from Yorkshire who lived here. He recommended a cafe for market morning, so we tried it out. It was hopping. Olives and potato chips, free, even though we only ordered a coffee and an agua con gas. |
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| Nic and I walked up the beach later and saw this monster heading into Port de Sagunto. |
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| More surf fishing and |
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| a surprisingly friendly cat. |
We made pinchos for lunch, putting different toppings on the slices of fresh baguette (they are only good for such a short time) Then Nic and Dave walked to Canet village and Rick, to the marina.
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| I worked on this painting of the row of houses down by the marina in Valencia and |
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| then we sat on the "back patio" in the sun. When there is a cool wind off the sea, the "back patio" on the other side of the building doesn't have a great view (parking lot, garbage cans, soccer area) but the afternoon sun is nice and warm. |
