Thursday night we attended the opening of a dessert shop called Torreblanca, which also happened to coincide with Valencia's Fashion Night Out. The streets of Colón were filled with extremely well-dressed and, well, fashionable individuals. The shop was absolutely filled! I guess who wouldn't want to grab some free champagne and delicious pastries?
After that died down, the three members of Rotary Feria Mediterraneo took Brianna and I to a restaurant by the port, owned by a friend of the president Sergio. As an appetizer we had "foie" which is like the French foie gras but the kind we had was extremely smooth and buttery. For dinner I had fish grilled in olive oil..simple and fresh.
Today, we attended a talk that was part of the University of Valencia's "Week of Solidarity for Cooperation." The presentation was called "Further from a society of high consumption: the thought alphabet and cosmosociety." The talk was given by a professor of economics, although the topic was extremely philosophical. We were invited by Pascual, a member of Rotary Cid, who helped organize the event. Here's a photo:
After the talk, Brianna and I went straight to an exhibition held by Rotary Rey Don Jaime for Fet de Vidre. This is an artisan workshop that employs disabled people, and the Rotary Club held this event to promote their work and help them sell some of their glass products.
After the exhibition, Rotary Rey Don Jaime invited the guests (Brianna and me, the representatives of Fet de Vidre, and a representative from the Ayuntamiento) to lunch, and we were treated to more great food. Here's the dessert:
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