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July 15, 2015 · 9:00 pm

Barceló Valencia Hotel, Valencia, Spain

To make it simple….when we arrived here it is a Wow City being so modern. But wait: when you arrive in your room you begin to think you are really in a place like Denmark.

Sleek, almost stark in décor yet so comfortable. They have THE best curtains yet. Gives us an idea for our new condo when we get home.

The beauty in the bathroom also comes with a ‘where is the door? It’s all open with the exception of the frosted glass door for the WC (as noted all throughout Spain). Can be a little unnerving.

Each Hotel comes with different toiletries, but this one tops the last one as did the last one to the one before. Get it? They have individual packets of toothbrush/paste, comb, sewing kit as well as the norm for bath gel, shampoos/conditioners.

They have more space for the second suitcase.Yes, people- most travellers come in pairs so it is nice to know you both have a place to set up.

This hotel really works..super clean…beautiful, and close to everything.

This is a city not to miss when in Spain and definitely stay here. What a find.

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January 27, 2015 · 9:40 am

Bittersweet Days Now

Well, after almost a month in our paradise on earth, we are getting close to returning home. It is a little sad but also setting our minds to be going home is difficult. I have already packed one suitcase and always looking around the apartment to keep in mind what NOT to leave behind.

We shared the first ten days with Don’s sister and her new husband and did 99.9 % of the island tourist places, and more. We went to Hana and had lunch, we drove everywhere except for the two “no-no roads.

We took them to the swap meet, to Lahaina and ate at Bubba Gumps and shopped; attended the Church in Makena and enjoyed a wonderful lunch with the congregation and other visitors. I don’ t think we missed many shops and they even went whale watching. We ate at Mama’s Fish House, attended the Old Lahaina Luau and also enjoyed some home cooking as well.

For the past two weeks, the two of us have been back to the swap meet a couple more times, ate at a few new restaurants (for us) and have relaxed completely.

We have walked the beach, listened forever to the crashing waves; never missed a setting sun, read a while and also became a little hooked on tennis and thanked God everyday for the opportunity to enjoy all these things.

Yes, it is bittersweet sometimes remembering where we have been, what we have seen, tasted and smelled on this beautiful island of Maui, but our home is calling us to return in another  6 days.

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