I <3 Valencia!

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hi,

so i’m going to briefly enter my travel blogger era! one thing i have failed to mention about myself is my looove for travel.

i was lucky enough to go on 5 holidays last year. 4 of them were abroad and it really really gave me the travel bug!

there’s nothing like absorbing the culture of a place so unfamiliar and different to how i grew up. i don’t know, i just feel so blessed learning about how other people live their lives.

i definitely want to live outside of the UK at one point in time. don’t get me wrong, i like it here. there are so many cool places to explore i even went on the coolest surf trip to Cornwall last year but, if i’m being honest, it feels stifling here. the gloom, the grey, the pessimism it’s just not what heals my heart.

now, i want to talk about my most recent mini trip to Valencia in March.

i decided to go ahead and make the impromptu visit to my ex-coworker turned friend who had just moved to Valencia and i had the time of my life over those two days!

i went during the Las Fallas festival which is a magical festical celebrating Saint Joseph. but this was no ordinary festival, it was explosive! literally, there were fireworks going off from like 10am until 5am! pop, pop, pop. i have never experienced anything like it. the sense of joy, community and slow living made me realise how much i value a slower paced lifestyle. no stress at all! of course, it’s a holiday for me so rose tinted glasses but still, it was amazing. and, to this day, my friend is still having the time of her life living there!

everyone was so content, happy. i know the sun and festival most definitely was a huge factor in lifting the locals spirits, but i have found that all of my trips to Spain so far have been filled with this pure joy that’s completely different to the joy that comes from the UK. i just love it there. i truly cannot wait to go back to Spain soon.

the daytime firework show in the town centre was crazy cool but the night time show? life-changing. all you can do is stand in awe as you gaze up into the endless sky, the vibrations of the explosions fill your whole body and it becomes this dance. you feel it. i’ve never felt anything like it. i am so lucky and blessed to have been able to experience such an amazing display of celebration.

if there’s one festival to go to; go to the Las Fallas in Valencia. please! 10 out of 10! two days over there changed my life. it made me remember that anything is possible, i just have to reach for it. feed into child-like happiness and it will help you grow as an adult.

as i reminisce and thank God for giving me the chance to be there when it happened, i’ll leave you guys!

bye, bye ! xox