Valencia

Our friends are living in Valencia, so that was our home base for our stay in Spain. We went to a bull fight the afternoon we arrived. While watching this in person, I realized these matadors must be insane. Why would you want to be in a ring taunting a bull? The first bull that ran into the ring was so wound up it ran straight at the matador and jumped so high it cleared the wall and was running around the outside of the ring. I think everyone was in shock because that's not suppose to happen. Luckily the bull didn't run up into the stands. Once they got the bull back into the ring, the taunting starts and the killing begins. After seeing 2 bullfights we were ready to go. Enough death for one day.

Our family picture in front of some famous sculpted matador. The girl on the side was oblivious to the fact she was in our picture.

The buildings in Spain are so pretty. Earl was stopping on every corner to take pictures of the buildings, just normal buildings. Most of the buildings have a business on the ground floor and apartments above. Nothing special on the inside, but very pretty on the outside.