Valencia Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

14 February 2008

Our trip to Valencia is something we looked forward to. Whenever you're in Valencia, Spain, a visit to their pride and joy of a museum called Ciudad de las Artes y Las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) is a must. It is one fascinating place and touted to be truly a world class science museum in every aspect.

Visit to the Oceanograpico Museum. 25€/ticket/person – it’s worth every dime (thanks for the treat, Faster Åsa). Highlight of the day was the dolphin show (see separate YouTube video).

We were up quite early this Valentine’s Day – our chirpy Alexander served as our alarm clock. He was already up and about at 5.30 am – I can assure you he’s like an annoying siren rambling about the house – not letting up unless everyone else is on their feet. As I sleepily prepared some breakfast, we map out our plan for our day activity: the 1 ½ hour trip to Valencia – the city famous for its art and science culture. It would be our advance birthday treat to Alexander.

The drive in itself was of course a bit boring for an overly excited and anxious soon-to-be-7-year-old-boy. To get him busy and his mind occupied, we initiated a contest called “spot-and-count-an-orange-tree” – there’s actually plenty of them along the stretch of AP-7 highway as most of the land are tilled as orange orchards. True enough, after counting endlessly, Alexander slept on our way home.