We had a Scavenger Hunt today throughout historic downtown Valencia. A lot of us went out last night and Spaniards start their night at 2...so we tried to blend in; in result, we didn't get home until 6 AM. Needless to say, all of us were exhausted and kind of debbie-downers for the first 20 minutes of the morning. BUT, a few of us got coffee and it ended up being so amazing. I'm really glad we all decided to just go and not sleep in. My favorite part was when we went up to the top of the Cathedral...mind you, we had to climb 203 stairs in the smallest spiral staircase known to man, but it was gorgeous. The view, incredible. You could see the entire city. Definitely look out for pictures soon. We saw some other great landmarks, etc. And...no one knows how this happened but our team won the Scavenger Hunt. Literally, every single person on our team was like we don't even care about winning, we're just going to go around, drink coffee and look at the sites. I guess slow and steady DOES win the race. HA. Our prize was this cute little bull (Toro) keychain. Anyone who knows that I love keychains, this was an added bonus to our day :)
We had to end our Scavenger Hunt at a little cafe that is famous for Horchata (Orxata). It is a drink that tastes similar to soy milk, but not really. It's very hard to explain and it is like nothing I've ever had before. It's made from a tree nut which if directly translated from Spanish to English means tiger nut, but our director said that doesn't really make sense. He just knows the Spanish name. We had this dipping bread to go with it as well. It was delicious!! Cool fact here: my homework for one class was to try this drink. Killing two birds with one stone always!
Tonight, we are going out again to a discoteca (dance club) near the beach because they close after this weekend so we have to make sure we see them before it's too late! We met people from UVA in Valencia yesterday and they are going to the same place as well. They said it is a great time; they've been here for 2 weeks rather than a week like us. Should be fun!
Buenos noches!
