Nigeria V Socceroos

First footy game in England, we had good seats, Australia won and the Stadium is a couple of hundred metres from our place. It was freezing though...

Valencia

Valencia was a pleasant surprise seeing that we booked it 7 months ago. It was a break away from the cold, although still freezing during the night. The city had a great blend of old and new.
Eve caught up with some German friends that she went to high school with in the States- while Hewy and I headed out to Ricardo Tormo Circuit for the last MotoGP race of the Year!!!!

The Old City
Our hostel was in the old quarter, we arrived on a public holiday during siesta, so the city was like the set from a zombie movie, very quite. The spanish have a sleep every day from about 2 til 5pm, so everything is closed. It's a great idea. The architecture is awesome in the old city, everywhere you go in Europe makes Australia seem like a very young country.



The Beach
while Valencia is on the Mediterranean the waves still looked big enough to surf. No bikinis or swimming but Eve was still very happy to see a real beach.




The New City
Valencia's new city IS the future. Really modern huge buildings. Exactly 50 years ago Valencia was flooded, they diverted the river and built a series of sports fields, parks and museums in the old river bed.













MotoGP
Last race of the year, Aussie Casey Stoner had already wrapped up the championship- 135,000 still turn up to cheer on the race. Absolutely amazing.