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València Day 9
Today we would be leaving Valencia behind us, and flying home to London.
November 1, 2025
València Day 8
For our final full day we were going on a day trip by train to the nearby city of Xativa.
October 31, 2025
València Day 7
We'd spent the last few days seeing things that I'd suggested, thankfully today was mostly Carmen's suggestions: beach, bocadillos, and flamenco.
October 30, 2025
València Day 6
Today we were on an organised day trip to Peniscola to see where Game of Thrones had filmed scenes set in Meereen. It just so happened to be a Templar Fortress as well.
October 29, 2025
València Day 5
Day 2 of sightseeing, it seemed likely we'd see the majority of what was left before Carmen's salsa lesson.
October 28, 2025
València Day 4
Our first full day of sightseeing around Valencia. We'd got a list to work through over the next few days, with no plans on how long any of it would take.
October 27, 2025
València Day 3
Race day had arrived. Would it be the fastest half marathon in this series for both of us? Or would it be a case of just finishing the best we could?
October 26, 2025
València Day 2
The most important thing for us to do today was to visit the Feria Valencia Exhibition Centre to collect our race numbers for tomorrow. It had not been the best night of sleep with the tapas restaurant noise finishing around midnight, and then being awoken again around 04:00 when someone arrived next-door. It seemed likely many of the apartments in this building were for short-term holiday lets l …
October 25, 2025
València Day 1
This year, Carmen has been with me to Berlin and to Lyon, but both were only long weekends away - she’d not yet had a week away anywhere. Today that was all going to change as we set off on an adventure on the banks of the Turia in Spain: València. Interestingly, it’s a place name that even the locals are not consistent with. Since 2017 the official name is València, but in 2023 they use proposed …
October 24, 2025
València
Our Super Half race series adventure so far is one that has been filled with fun and sightseeing. By the time we completed the Copenhagen and Cardiff half marathons, we’d already booked the Berlin Half to be our third, and knew that València would be our fourth. It almost didn’t happen though when we came close to giving up on getting places for this popular race. On the day the general entries o …
September 30, 2025