A slightly less hectic day in Valencia since we wanted to take it easy – we decided to go to a market in the historic district.  Apparently, once a month or so, a lot of vendors crowd the streets in a specific district, and put out stalls upon stalls of merchandise.  Seriously, I’ve never seen so many stalls with merchandise in a row.  What’s funnier, a lot of people show up for these bargains.  Items are very cheap and the merchandise ranges from: jeans, shoes, shoe laces, under garments, t-shirts, cutlery, cookware, books, electronics, wallets, scarves, sunglasses, etc.  I bought some red shoe laces for my shoes- about a little more than 1 dollar (after converting)!

Shopping in the market

Very cheap prices all around!

I then saw a comic book store, so I had to go in.  A bunch of stuff, and I took photos of some of their action figures and what not on sale.  They had Final Fantasy, Mario, Kingdom Hearts, Dragonball, Star Wars, Marvel Comics, etc.

So many figurines

Kingdom Hearts merchandise

It's Mario and friends!

Domo-kun with Red & Blue from Halo - watch Red vs. Blue on Youtube, hahaha

Chubaka from Star Wars

After walking around some more and checking out some other stores, we got a little hungry.  We found a French restaurant called – Restaurant Le Bistrot de François.  Remember, they speak Catalan in Valencia.  The menu consisted of three options for Entrees – Quiche de Carne Picada y Calabacin (Meat and courgette quiche), Ensalada de pollo, nueces y endivias (Chicken, walnuts and endives salad), o sopa de navo y calabacin (Vegetable soup).  Choices for main corses included – Merluze Fresca – pure de patata (fresh hake – potatoe purée), Estofado de ternera “bourguignon” (beef bourguignon), o chuleta de cerdo – salsa romero – pure de patata (Pork chops and potatoe purée).  Oh and finally, a choice between two deserts – platanos flambeado (Flambée plantain), fesas frescas con crema pastelera (fresh strawberries and cream), o un pastel de higo (fig cake).  To end it all, we had to have a cup of French coffee, hahaha.

Le Bistrot de François

Such nice weather...so we decided to eat outside

Twittering in Valencia

Oh sure, vegetable soup sounded so plain...we were so wrong, it was so good!

Quiche de Carne Picada y Calabacin

A slight close-up of the quiche

Doesn't it look so good?

Chuleta de cerdo – salsa romero – pure de patata

Estofado de ternera “bourguignon”

The meat just melts in your mouth, very tender

A type of fig cake

platanos flambeado

French coffee is so smooth!

Enjoying my coffee

We headed to the beach and took it easy for the rest of the day.  A wonderful last day in Valencia.

The beach from far away...but wonderful palm trees

A double row of palm trees

My father enjoying the beach, hahaha

The flag of Valencia

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