Spain Day Four: Travel and Beach Time

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Day 4: August 11, 2013 – Cambrils and Valencia

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VALENCIA, Spain – Greetings from our new location, Valencia, Spain! We departed from Barcelona at 11 a.m. and reached Valencia around 7 p.m., with a three-hour pit stop in the town of Cambrils for lunch and the beach.

Cambrils is a small town, midway between Barcelona and Valencia. Mainly a fishing town, there were several small cafés and shops along two very large, and very packed beaches.

The first things we saw upon exiting the bus, besides the beautiful ocean, were several basketball hoops with locals playing at it. Freshman guard Hayward Register took it upon himself to show, or should I say, showboat, his skills to a few groups.

After a few slam dunks on the hoop the younger group was playing at, he then went on to play, and win in a game of knockout with the older group.

The short exhibition led to lunch anywhere we wanted to try on our own. While some of the traveling support staff tested their Spanish skills and tried one of the local cafés, almost the entire team ate at McDonalds.

Then it was to the beach, or shops, whatever was preferred, but after seeing the beach in Barcelona for two days and never getting to go, it was the most popular choice for the guys.

The three hours at the beach flew by and before we knew it, it was time to get back on the bus for two more hours on the road until Valencia.

We arrived in Valencia just in time for dinner, which we eat much earlier than the locals, who usually don't eat dinner until around 9:00 p.m.

The restaurant we ate at was called El Coso del Mar, with an amazing view of the ocean and the city with mountains in the background.

Tonight the menu was a little different than the first two nights, minus the tapas, which was once again, calamari rings. Picture onion rings but instead of onions, it's squid inside.

The main dish was Valencia's most famous entrée, paella. The easiest way to describe paella is jambalaya, which it is almost identical to. A majority of the team said it was the best meal yet, but personally, I haven't stopped thinking about the steak from night one.

Dinner was followed by ice cream and cheesecake for desert, before heading back to the hotel.

Tomorrow will be a busy day, with tours of the city in the morning before the team get's back on the court for their first practice in Spain…minus Register of course, who got some shooting practice in at the beach.

Nick Ross

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