So now I'm back in Valencia. Yesterday, 5 hours in a train wasn't too comfortable but I made it. It was such a loooong day! I left the hotel (in Barcelona) after 8am and arrived in Valencia after 2pm. Getting to metro from the train station wasn't as easy as thought - no, it wasn't far away, just in front of the train station - there were just so much people in the city center that I couldn't get through them. Seriously, I've never seen so many people in a same place (okay maybe I have, but I'm just trying to clarify the amount of people there). It was the last day of the Fallas, so everyone had gathered there and it was terrible. I felt a panic attack coming when I tried to get through all of them with my bag that I was dragging. Thank God I finally made it to the metro (before the panic came) and then I came straight home. I was exhausted.
that's how it looked like on the streets because of all the explosives and firework...
I tried to take a nap but - as expected - I couldn't because of all the noise (explosives, little "bombs"). I was too exhausted to leave for the city center in the evening (and the tight atmosphere didn't seem tempting either..) so I settled for watching the fireworks and burnings of the neighborhood from home. The last night of the Fallas means that they burn all the stuff to the ground. Luckily that flower-thing (in the picture) was on our home street so I could see it well. Here are some pictures and a video of the burning actions and fireworks:
First they burned the smaller one
First they burned the smaller one - then they prepared the bigger one - then they burned it - at the end of the video, some fireworks
Now, I don't actually regret anymore going to Barcelona for this weekend, because for me, it's important that I get to sleep - and here, it hasn't been possible lately. And at least, I got to enjoy the best city in Spain - Barcelona, and still I got to see a bit of Las Fallas celebration even though I didn't have any power to go to the city center.
Today, it was the first proper rainy day that I've experienced during these two months I've been here (it looked just like Finnish fall!!). Seriously, it hasn't been raining properly for two months, so this weather was maybe just nice for a change. And suitably for the celebrating people, it came just after the Fallas and not before or during it!
