València, Spain 2
We spent our Day 2 to explore the city of Valencia. It was Sunday. The options of early breakfast places were limited but available. We chose a bakery in a district called L'Eixample, located south of the historic center. It was still early morning. The central market was closed on Sunday. All crowds around La Plaza del Mercado that we saw a day before were gone and the square was nicely open and quiet. Shortly we arrived at a larger square, La Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The triangular main square with a statue and a large fountain was surrounded by impressive 19th and 20th-century buildings. The City Hall (Ayuntamiento) was there as the name of the square suggests. Across the square from the City Hall was the former Post Office and Telegraph building of Valencia. We walked further and, as we crossed a major street, we could see La Plaza de Toros de Valencia, the city's iconic 19th-century neoclassical bull ring, next to the North Station, in the distance. We eventually r...