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Our first week - when do we eat?

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood After our arrival at the airport, our first week in Valencia was supposed to begin on Friday around 11 AM. Antonio planned to meet us at the apartment to take us on a walking tour of his neighborhood and the center part of the city. True to his word, he rang the bell at 11 AM. (What happened to Spanish time? Everyone is always so prompt here. I expected that in Germany but here...) Half conscious, I vaguely remember hearing John mumbling to someone at the door, that no one was really awake yet. Then there was something mentioned about 2 PM (14:00) and I returned to my unconscious state. I think we all finally woke up around 1 P.M.; and we ate a bowl of corn flakes before Antonio rang again at 2. And our adventure in Valencia began. Stepping outside, we were greeted by partly sunny skies and a gloriously warm breeze. We were bundled in our spring/fall outerwear and I felt over-dressed. However, our walk around the city would show me ...

Hola todo el mundo - Hello everyone!

So, I'm a little delayed with setting up the travel blog and posting to it. The delay is all part of the waiting game in Spain. It took a bit longer to get our internet service activated, but I actually didn't mind being "disconnected" for awhile, although I did miss my Facebook word games (Scrabble - sadly I can't play here because of incompatible versions or something, Word Twist, Wordscraper, Scramble). Waiting in lines, waiting for service, waiting in general is just part of life here, but it doesn't really bother me so much. Some of our Spanish friends seem more bothered by all the waiting for us. When we signed up for our cell phone service, I didn't realize that we had been waiting there and trying to get our service for an hour and a half plus until Antonio mentioned it. And the line in the grocery store didn't really bother me either until Luis mentioned that such a wait wouldn't happen in the U.S. He mentioned the efficiency of Wal-mart w...