The previous time TSH and Diva
were in Valencia was not a happy time. Silversea had lost their luggage in
transit and this situation lasted for about 4 days. So they had spent a lot of
time hunting for mascara and contact lens care and had missed out on part of
the planned sightseeing. This time more than made up for it. They took a taxi
to the modern City of Arts and Sciences. This is a park area with water and
trees and very futuristic buildings. They already had tickets for the aquarium,
which claims to be Europe’s largest. The
aquarium itself is new and extremely well laid out, partly indoors and partly
outdoors. There are southern sealions, walruses, beluga whales (like the ones seen
in the wild in Greenland) and a very ugly octopus (which became very graceful
and aerodynamic when it started to swim). Diva was much taken with the Sea
Dragons, which were very graceful and looked as if they were made from twigs
and seaweed. TSH saw a wild lizard in
the bushes.
Back at the port, a ferry for
Algeria was moored next to the Silver Wind. Most of the cars waiting to board
had many parcels strapped on top. One had a ladder and there were lots of
bicycles. The guess was that Algerians working in Spain were taking goods not
readily available in North Africa back to their families.
The day surpassed expectation.
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