Easter Sunday in Valencia

Rod's first day off since we arrived. We had planned a trip out of town but the weather prohibited - so we headed into the historical centre to see what was happening. After a stroll around the markets, coffee in the square when the kids fed the pigeons... and Zoe took a number of photo's of the old buildings, we walked up the 207 steps of the bell tower of the old cathedral. The steps got narrower and narrower as we reached the top.. and the view over the city was amazing. The main bell tolled 1pm whislt we were up there (we were glad is wasn't 12 noon or we may have required hearing aids!!). We wandered through the cathedral. The architecture incredible - we were quite in awe of the internal decorations and age of the building -also quite special on a holy day. Easter is Spain's most important religious festival so we are told. Fortunately our Spanish is improving - and we got what we ordered for lunch.