MEMORIES - VALENCIA 2006 - 3.part

I missed first round matches on monday because of the problems on Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. But on the tuesday morning I was ready to start my advanture at Valencia Communidad Open 2006. At breakfast (good one) in our hotel, we made last planes how to get to courts. In my opinion we have enough time, so we decided to walk truth the old Turia riverbed. That was a good decision.

At first I was shocked how many people were in the park – some were walking, some cycling, some were alone, others with children, partners, friends. Some were dressed in sport's clothes, other all in business style.

At our way to tennis courts we were walking by the City of Arts and Sciences, the Guliver Park, Palau de la Musica, and beside many bridges on our way too. At Calatrava Bridge we turn right, go beside Jardines del Real (Royal Gardens) and there we were. TENNIS COURTS , YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

MEMORIES – VALENCIA 2006

Like I wrote before I decided to come to Valencia because of the tennis tournament, that take place in that beautiful city – THE OPEN DE TENIS COMMUNIDAD VALENCIA 2006 from 10 th april to 17 th april 2006. I think I am a good tennis fan (I don't run after tennis players – at least not too much, hehe). I like tennis very much, but I admit I am a little bit lazy, so I do not play it, but I really like to watch tennis matches expecially alive with other fans.

I am living in Ljubljana, in Slovenia, a little country in the heart of Europe. We don't have big men tennis names(yet), our tennis players are usually playing in futures or challengers. I like spanish tennis players a lot, expecially David Ferrer, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moya, Fernando Verdasco, so I usually cheering for them. Also I »borrowed« some good players from our's former republics of Yugoslavia – I like Novak Djokovič, who played many times in Slovenia in his »younger« years, Ivan Ljubičič and Mario Ančič.

The draws at Valencia communidad open 2006 I liked a lot – of course there was a army of Spanish tennis players – well known, and others that I didn't knew before, beside that there were some other good clay tennis players. JUAN CARLOS FERRERO, DAVID FERRER, FERNANDO VERDASCO, NICOLAS ALMAGRO, FELICIANO LOPEZ, MARAT SAFIN, NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO, GILLES SIMON, IGOR ANDREEV, POTITO STARACE, GASTON GAUDIO, PHILIPPO VOLANDRI………. That was the promise for good tennis matches. I bought a week ticket for the tournament, and was ready to GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

MEMORIES – VALENCIA 2006

Yes, nice memories………..In the beggining of 2006 I started planning my trip to Valencia. That was my first visit to Spain, so I fell more comfortable to travel with a agency. At the end all arangements were done, so on 10 th April my journey began.

Not very good at the beginnnig – because of general strike in France, I lost my plane connection from Pariz to Valencia and came to Valencia twelve hours later as planned – at midnight. But then a taxi driver on the way to my hotel drove me nearby a truly beautiful area of gardens in the old Turia riverbed and the final section of the dried-up bed of the River Turia near Valencia's main attraction: the City of Arts and Sciences. This enormous leisure complex covers the arts, the sciences and wildlife and extends over several spectacular buildings and a wide expanse of gardens and water features. In the moment I completly forgot about all problems on the way to Valencia. The night wiew at L'Hemisferic, prince Felipe Museum of the Sciences, L'Umbracle, the Palace of the Arts and L'Oceanografic, was really fantastic and unforgetible.

Finally I came to my hotel – AC Valencia - and I was so happy, because I realized that the hotel is only few minutes from the City of Arts and Sciences. So in the morning I could discover more about that part of Valencia.

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This is the blog about one of the most beautiful cities, with nice beaches, mediteranian sun and sea, with many parks and gardens, incredible City of Arts and Sciences....

In just few years Valencia became city known as city of big sport events- just remember: 32nd America's Cup, Valencia C.F. and Levante F.C. with well known Mestalla football field, Motorcycling sports also Formula One - European Grand Prix and for me the most important - tennis tournament - El Valencia Open 500,which will take place in November 2009.

And tennis tournament - Open Comunidad Valenciana brought me in Valencia few years ago......