After Grenoble, I started to make my way back to Madrid for my flight back home, so I stopped in Valence. There wasn’t anything in particular I wanted to do/ see here.

Valence is small, 62K. It can easily be seen in half a day.

There is a lovely park at the center of town that has an operational kid’s train.

There were also other little charms about the city that were fun and surprising. You can get a bottle of organic wine for less than $10! The lemon tarts here were amazing.

There’s a canal network that runs throughout part of the town.

The best part of my stay was hanging out with Emi, my host, and her roommates. We shared meals and games.