This morning we had breakfast at the hotel, which was pretty tasty. Unfortunately the waitstaff hated us. Apparently some people put food in their bags, so they got really mad. It seemed to me like they were really surprised at how much Americans eat for breakfast too, because in Spain, breakfast is tiny!
At 10:15, the group met up and got on the buses to go to la Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias, which is essentially the part of the city that focuses on art and science. We went to the Hemisferico first, which was this huge IMAX theater that was the whole ceiling of a domed building. We watched a movie about mummies with these weird headband things that provided sound in different languages. It was kind hard to get it to work, but eventually I got mine going. It was really nice to lie there in the air-conditioning.
Next we went to the Oceanografico, which was a lot like an aquarium, plus penguins and ducks and stuff. Basically all water animals.
Next, the loaded us all back into the buses and took us to a restaurant that was right in the middle of a mall. Lunch was good!! We had two salad-like dishes, one with smoked salmon over lettuce, and the other with tomato, cheese, and anchovy. The main course was paella!! I'm not gonna lie, I was really disappointed that she didn't get seafood paella, but one of the waiters brought a little plate of it for use to try. I could have kissed him! The seafood paella was so much better than the chicken!! For desert we had some sort of flan, but we were all so full that we could barely eat it!!
We had free time for the rest of the day, so a couple friends and I went and took the double-decker tour bus around the city. It was so nice just to ride around and see everything. We got off at one stop and went to Corte Ingles because I realized I forgot my swimsuit, and then had to wait about 1/2 an hour for the bus to finally come back! It was way late!! We didn't end up having time to go to the beach that day. For dinner we went back over by the Miguelete Cathedral and found a really good tapas place!!
I really hope I feel better tomorrow...we'll be going to the beach though, so that will be fun, no matter what!!
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