We are getting to park Güell at almost 12 today. Just sleep in kind of day for the kid. It’s ok. The old towns don’t excite us anymore. It was a chore to walk down the rambla and gothic quarter last night though the Chinese and Korean food we had was delicious!
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I loved using “la Wash” laundry yesterday which was a 3 min walk to hotel. The entire place operated through an app so I had no need to carry my wallet or cash/coins! And for less than 10 euros we had our huge load of laundry cleaned and dried in an hour while we sipped on sangria in a bar next door!
My honest theory is that as you go more south and south in Europe people are a lot more friendly, happy and welcoming. I am sure the drab weather as you move north plays a part, while overall sunshine and warmth down south makes everyone nicer!
Since we traveled “light” laundry was necessitated. Laundry services – either self or dropoff/pickups are so convenient in Spain it’s unbelievable! Compared to the chaos and hardships we had in Switzerland last year, this was such a breeze. Even the interactions with laundry folks who barely speak English were so pleasant and helpful, I am just in gratitude.
I have had the paella in one of the best restaurants in the birthplace of paella (Valencia) and I still fucking hated it more than ever. Nope, paella is not for me. Thankfully rest of family feels the same too.
I created a day by day detailed itinerary using Google Gemini before the start of the trip and followed absolutely none of it! On the other hand every morning when I ask Gemini on suggestions for that particular day, it nails it and has been super useful!
València is almost a perfect city. It’s got beaches, great weather that’s not terribly hot like Andalusia and with great connections to rest of Spain within 3 to 3-½ hours by train. Plus real cosmopolitan feel with diversity in food and people, but without the craziness of Barcelona I am sure. Love it!
Another morning another city, but for a quick stopover to the city where Paella was born. While I am not a big fan of paella, reservations have been secured for tonight. In the morning we do the city arts and sciences complex which look architecturally wonderful and modern. And yeah the kid is happy to have left Andalusian old world charm behind to come back to “city” life. Meanwhile I left my heart in Granada.
While Seville definitely has a lot of things to see or do, personally Granada is a far more stunning city to just get lost walking around. I seriously needed another day here to just wander around with no specific plan in mind. What a gorgeous old town!
Another planned rest day with majority of the day spent in train. Let’s see what happens. Our planned rest day last week resulted in the most walking we have done on any day of trip 😆- don’t think it will happen today coz of sitting in train