Neurorehabilitation from the Trenches: September, 2021

 On-tour: Valencia


We had our first post-covid, determental-for-the-environment, flight-getaway last month, and it included much training, and lots of good times. We went to Valencia, Spain.

First-off, Valencia is a great City. There was no shortage of vegan eateries. Especially in our locale-while-there. 

Valencia's main focal point -- but, by no means their only one -- is the Turia river, which is gone. You can read about that here. What's left in its stead is 9k of parkland as wide as the Turia river once was. You have to hand it to the Valencians, they make great use of this space. I remarked to Claire that it was a triathlete's paradise; with intermittent exercise zones, not to mention the beach which is just beyond the City. I brought my Liegerad with me for getting around and I'm glad I did because there's plenty to see and do. Like, for example, this, which saw me soften my stance on zoos. 

It is as cruel as the treatment of humans in [**SPOILER ALERT!!M. Night Shyamalan's best movie, The village, except the animals will never figure it out**], each section is made to look like a pretty good approximation of the animals' natural habitat. Spain has their animal welfare reputation somewhat improved following the whole bulls misunderstanding. Another touristy thing we did was visit the science museum. Having checked the touristy-things boxes we were free to enjoy all that Valencia had to offer.

One thing we both remarked on was the apparent closeness there appears to be between Valencians and their pet dogs. Real visible chemistry; but we mustn't forget the poor bulls.

I hope these pictures do some justice to the great city that is Valencia.




















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