Valencia

Due to our general drunkenness from the night before, we rushed out of the hostel to catch our bus.  Unfortunately, Andy did not leave the hostel with everything but didn't realize until 10 minutes before our bus to Valencia was about to leave.  This lead to Laura and I leaving on the bus and Andy catching some nebulous later bus to meet us in Valencia to allow him to pick up half of his belongings from the hostel.
In the end Andy caught the next bus out to Valencia, and was only 2 hours behind Laura and I.  We checked into our hostel, went grocery shopping, made dinner and relaxed/recovered for the night.

The next morning we headed to the beach for several hours.  It was sunny and warm and everything you expect from mediterranean beaches.

For a late lunch we made frozen pizza back at the hostel then checked out the City of Arts and Sciences.  It is a very large complex of modern buildings and we spent a couple hours just wandering around.

Then we started our own walking tour of Valencia, following the Lonely Planet guide.  We stopped by:
-Torres Sorrenos, the old gate into the city

-Plaza with fountain of Neptune and an old church

-Post Office

Around 9pm it was proper dinner time so we headed to El Rall, a restaurant recommended by the hostel.  It was amazing.  We shared Paella Valencia, a pitcher of Sangria, and sat by this little square where a guy and his guitar entertained the people eating outside.