Holy Graille, Morella & Getting lost in Valencia ;)

Sunday morning we woke up early to get ready to see the city center in Valencia. Unfortunately right before we were about to leave I was sick and had to stay behind for awhile till I was feeling better. Mrs. Swicegood stayed behind with me to make sure I was okay and then her and I walked around some and stopped to eat while waiting for the others to see the Valencia Cathedral. I felt bad she stayed with me instead of going on with the others, but I really enjoyed spending time with her and listening to all her great stories! Once we met up with the others we started our tour of the Valencia Cathedral and it was absolutely beautiful. I was so bummed earlier in the day because I thought I had missed seeing the Holy Graille but luckily a wedding had been going on in the Cathedral earlier in the day, allowing me to make it on time. :) After the tour we headed back to the dorm and me and few girls decided to go to the beach to watch the sunset. It was extra windy so the sand was blowing really hard, so after laying out for an hour or two, we decided to go to a resturant on the beach for some drinks. We stayed there for about two hours and watched the sun start to go down and then made our way back to the dorm.

Tuesday was our day for Morella! I was really excited about that day because it was our first day trip we were taking. After a two hour bus ride we got to Morella which was the cutest little city I have ever seen! We hiked up to the top of the Castle and looked down on the town and all the surrounding area. We all had a picnic up there on the top of the Castle and took a ton of pictures before starting the extremely long climb down. After we got to the bottom we walked the streets of the town some and looked for some shops but because it was siesta time everything was pretty much closed. We sat down at a little restaurant to get a drink to cool off and rest from walking so much and then met outside a Cathedral. The Church was closed for renovation but they did let us come in and sit down for a few minutes and it was so pretty in there.



Today we were suppose to see the Fine Arts Museum but for some reason we weren't able to so after seeing a Church and Museum we ate lunch and then had some free time. A couple girls and I went on our own to explore some and shop and ended up getting horribly lost without a map. That was a crazy adventure for about an hour and then we finally somehow manage to end up were we were Monday and recognized where we were at. On the way to the dorm we stopped in a couple of places to look around and then caught the metro back home. When we were walking in we passed this little pizza place that smelled amazing so we ended up stopping for a bite to eat. It has been very nice having some down time today, we all have been going non stop since we've been here. Tonight we're going to sleep early so we can wake up bright and early for Barcelona tomorrow!