Valencia will be a great city to live in for 4 weeks. Without all the tourism of Madrid and Barcelona, it still has just about anything one could want: museums, concert halls, shops, parks, the beach. The river that once ran through the city dried up years ago and has been converted into a huge park with sports fields, fountains, orange trees, benches, flowers, and shady fields for picnicking. We get to walk through this park every day on our way to and from school.
Our host family couldn't be more perfect! We are living with a young married couple who has a 3-year-old daughter and a 9-month-old son. They host students year-round so they are accustomed to having strangers in the house and great about talking with us a lot and correcting us. We're able to have surprisingly good conversations - our Spanish has improved so much since we arrived and we've barely even begun classes. The location of the apartment is ideal. Our room has a full-length window looking out onto the Plaza Cánovas de Castille, one of the popular places for evening tapas, beer, or coffee. We can walk to the school, downtown, or the beach in less han 30 minutes. The food is also great. We are getting to try many common Spanish dishes and our host family likes to eat a lot of fish and vegetables (just like us).
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