Xátiva, Fútbol, Castellón (finished)

¡Hola! I had a very busy weekend and it was loads of fun! On Saturday the group took a trip to Xátiva, which is a small town near Valencia where there is a hilltop castle(that seems to be a theme in Spain). It was a great day, very hot, and we did a lot of walking. Mostly just very pretty views and cool old castle ruins.



On Saturday night I went with my roommate and a few other people to a Valencia soccer game(fútbol). The staduim was huge! I walk by it almost everyday, but the inside seems a lot bigger than the outside. The game was fun and Valencia won!


On Sunday it was my roommate Zach's birthday, and he knew of this band playing in Castellón, a town about an hour from Valencia. They are actually from Memphis, his hometown, so how crazy that they were so near us on his birthday. We went to the beach there for the day and then to the concert...it was a good one!


As a last note, Valencia's Fallas is starting next week, which is a large festival which I'll explain more of later, but there was a Fallera on the mountain in Xátiva dressed in typical Fallera dress, very pretty. Fallera's are girls which are elected from their neighborhood each year to represent their falla during Las Fallas. It's a big honor to be chosen, and one of them is elected the Fallera Mayor, the girl who represents all of Valencia. Here's a picture.

One last thing-I've started to put my original photos on the blog, so if you click on the pictures now you can get a full size version if you like. Ok I'll update later on! iHasta Luego!