In Valencia, Libreria Patagonia is the only bookstore you’ll ever need for maps, travel guides or hiking supplies. I stumbled upon this wonderful shop last week, and nearly dropped a hundred euros. Trembling, I forced myself to set down the stack of maps and books I had gathered, and left empty-handed.

3 days [...]

The beginning of my first full sunny day in Valencia.

We didn’t move alone to Valencia. Our French Bulldog Chucky came with us. She arrived one day before me, and it looks as though she’s already used to her new home:

When we were apartment hunting, we saw a ton of other French Bulldogs and it seems like Valencians in general are very dog-friendly.
Any other [...]

On Valencia Blog, we’re going to share things we like. And one of the things we really like is eating. So you can expect tons of restaurant reviews. And if you feel like sharing your favorite Valencia restaurants, you can do so over here: Valencia Restaurant Forum.

Today we went to Al Pomodoro — [...]

Hello, this is Jürgen, the second author of Valencia Blog. I arrived yesterday to my new hometown and wanted to say “Hi”. I’m excited to finally jump into action. So far Mike has been doing all the posts, but that’s going to change now.
With the move to Spain, I’m probably going to neglect my [...]

We had a harder time finding a suitable apartment in Valencia than we had expected. There are plenty of agencies and resources who’d like to help, but not many are worth wasting time on — we lost many days with agents of dubious quality showing us shit apartments we would never consider.
Here are some [...]