mis amigos de la vida Valenciana

Quite possibly the most important aspect of my life here is the people... because despite being enrolled in a interesting and demanding Master's program and living in a beautiful city, my life would be lacking if I didn't have friends with whom I could share the experience.

Here's a brief rundown of my new friends:

Adriana- the first person I met here! I asked to couchsurf with Adriana in the first few days that I was in Valencia while I was looking for apartments. Super friendly and super chill girls... Adriana does fire dancing too! Here's a picture of Adriana, a couchsurfer from Georgia, me, and her other flatmate Gregory (from Venezuela):



Here's my flatmates, Leo, Paul and Julia:




Leo is in his first year at UPV studying informatics, Paul is a grad student studying informatics, and Julia is a Master's student studying architecture.

Here I am with a group of international students I met (at the on campus bank, nonetheless!). I started talking to Diego and Sarka while in line at Bancaja, and they invited me on their weekend trip to Puig, a nearby town where there's a castle. We were all prepared for the day trip, with bicycles we rented for a mere 2.5euro for the day, but our (cheap) decision soon caught up with us as there were problems with Sarka's bike pedal. At one point it literally came off the bike! Obviously we didn't make it to Puig but we spent the afternoon at the beach and exploring the port of Valencia.



And here I am with Sarka, enjoying free kebab in Benimaclet!