Apparently the blogsite refused to put in pictures with the previous post... So here are some images of Valencia! This is the IVAM, the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno. On the right you can see a very beautiful work of art. Sometimes it moves and speaks! ;-) It is called "My Dearest Boyfriend".

These are the tapas I had for lunch in a hip - yet not too expensive - tapas bar in the city centre. They look as good as they taste! Especially the middle one which was roquefort mousse with walnuts... Mmm, I get hungry again just looking at them!

This it the Plaza de Ayuntamiento, the main square of Valencia, where all the buses stop and where the post office, the theatre and the town hall are. I´ve actually forgotten what the beautiful building on the picture is. I´ll look it up and let you know next time!

These are the Torres de Serranos, the big medieval gateway to the city. They are so impressive that you cannot capture them totally in one picture. You can climb these towers - for free! - and up there you have a beautiful view on the city and the Turia parks.

This is the most beautiful square of Valencia, called Plaza de la Virgen. In the center is a big fountain and there´s always, really always, a dove sitting on the head of the undisturbable greek god in the middle. The plaza itself is in marble, giving it the air of a big, open-air palace ballroom. The Basilica de la Virgen de los Desamparados as on the left, the Cathedral on the right. It´s a great square to just sit and relax, and it is beautifully lit at night.

Kobe and I triend to visit the Basilica several times, but there is mass every hour in the weekend - no kidding, every hour - and the church was stuffed with people each time! It was just impossible to go in and admire the famous statue of the Virgin Mary that is carried around each year in a big procession.