Today I woke up to another glorious day in Valencia. Sadly, it was also our last day in this amazing city. We were heading out to Barcelona later in the evening but we still had most of the day to spend site seeing here. I made it down to the breakfast room right as the kids were finishing up and this time I ordered from their menu and got a freshly made pumpkin fritter. I took my time enjoying breakfast and then ventured out. I was meeting the kids at Museu de Belles Arts de València … [Read more...]
Our Big Spain Trip 2017 Part 4
Today was our first day in Valencia and I really didn't know what to expect of this city. I had spent more time researching Madrid and Barcelona, so I didn't really have any expectations for Valencia. All I knew when I woke up was how thrilled I was to be waking up in the amazing Caro Hotel. I had slept in a tiny bit but when I awoke I jumped out of bed looking forward to checking out the Caro Hotel's breakfast room. I knew that the breakfast room had been part of the old Arabian City Walls. … [Read more...]
Our Big Spain Trip 2017 Part 3
Today we were getting up early so we could catch the train to one of Spain's picturesque historic towns, Segovia. I wasn't going to miss out on breakfast so I got ready as fast as I could and ran into the kids again who had already been over to Starbucks and back. Madrid has two train stations and the one that we needed was the one that was further out, so we had the hotel arrange a taxi for us. We were only going to Segovia for the day and would be returning to Madrid before we had to … [Read more...]