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On Tuesday we took a paella cooking class in the Russafa neighborhood of Valencia with My First Paella and it was fantastic! We met in front of a local market, walked through it and picked up our ingredients, then cooked a traditional Valencian paella (chicken and rabbit). It was delicious!

Chasen and his boyfriend, smiling in aprons at a paella-making class in Valencia, standing behind a large pan of finished paella Valenciana with rice, green beans, and meat. The interior of Mercado de Ruzafa in Valencia, with colorful produce stalls, shoppers, and a large stained-glass “RUZAFA” sign above the main walkway. An instructor at My First Paella explaining the process, with paella ingredients like tomatoes, green beans, garlic, and meats arranged neatly in bowls on the counter. A hand ladling large white beans into a wide pan of simmering red broth, surrounded by chicken and green beans, during an early stage of making paella Valenciana. Paella cooking in broth with chicken, snails, and vegetables as someone uses tongs to adjust ingredients and a spoon to stir. An instructor holding up a Catalan phrase sign reading “Salut i força al canut” and a humorous drawing of kitchen tongs labeled “Canut.” A serving of traditional paella Valenciana on a plate, with saffron rice, green beans, rabbit, chicken, and two snails. Sliced tomato topped with diced onion, caper berries, olive oil, and seasoning, served as a light starter. Dessert of orange slices with cinnamon, sponge cake, and two small glasses of sweet mistela wine.

2025-05-09

On Thursday we went to the Museu de les Ciències for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit (amongst others), where they had what the Mona Lisa would’ve looked like when originally painted! The Hemisfèric had a fun and immersive Animal Kingdom video projection in their spherical theater.

A man poses seated in a faux painting frame designed like the Mona Lisa at the Mona Lisa exhibition in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, with a painted landscape mimicking the original background. The interior of the Ágora building in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, with its towering, curved glass facade and rhythmic steel ribs framing views of the city skyline—an impressive example of light-filled, modern architectural design. Visitors walk beneath the repeating skeletal arches of the Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, a dramatic perspective that emphasizes the structure’s futuristic and organic form. Panoramic view of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, featuring sleek white structures reflected in the water, with bold geometric lines and curving forms creating a surreal, space-age atmosphere. The L’Hemisfèric in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, shaped like a giant eyelid, appears to float on a pool of blue water—its symmetry and reflection enhancing the building’s biomorphic design. Interior of the L’Hemisfèric planetarium in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, with a violet-lit dome ceiling and a centered logo above the seated audience, evoking a cinematic and immersive atmosphere before the show begins. Scene from a nature documentary shown inside the L’Hemisfèric theater in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, featuring a pair of clownfish nestled in a sea anemone resting on a vividly colored purple base against a dark underwater backdrop. The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía opera house in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, with its soaring curves and sail-like roof, dramatically poised above the reflecting pool—echoing nautical forms and futuristic aesthetics. A striking view of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia showcasing the harp-shaped Assut de l’Or bridge, the domed L’Àgora, and nearby science buildings—an ensemble of bold, sculptural forms rising above calm turquoise water.

2025-05-10