Flamenco at Café del Duende (very passionate and elegant, and full of duende!):
City of Arts and Sciences at sunset:
Paella in El Palmar, a town in L'Albufera with plenty of canals and rice fields. (L'Albufera is also where paella was born!) We had arroz negro and arroz con mariscos... I thought that Chinese took rice seriously, but it is a really big deal for Valencianos! Also for those of you who don't know, paella is traditionally has rabbit, chicken, and vegetables. The rice with seafood is not technically paella in Valencia and because of that there are lots of dishes like arroz con mariscos, arroz a banda, arroz mixta, etc.
Alicante, a coastal city 2 hours south of Valencia:
Orange groves are everywhere! (It was all I could do to prevent my mother from jumping out of the train to see and eat them)
Benidorm, known as the most touristy place in Spain because of the hordes of English tourists that visit for the beach:
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