This past weekend I went to Valencia to see La Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias. We took a train into the city from Madrid, something I had never done before. It was definitely a good experience to have, but wasn't anything too special. La Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias was an impressive combination of buildings. The structure was built by Santiago Calatrava and was started in the late 1990's. The city itself has five main structures. One houses a garden and is completely open and free to walk through. The round building in the center is called the Hemesferic and was designed to look like an eyeball. Inside there is an IMAX theater where we saw a film about deep sea creatures. L'Oceanografic is Europe's largest Aquarium. There we saw sharks, a beluga whale, and several species of fish. We also went to the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe. There we saw several exhibits from superheros to Nobel Prize winners. We were unable to enter one of the largest buidlings in the city, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia. This impressive building is an opera house and looks almost like a helmet. Overall, the architecture of the city was very impressive and the lighting was beautiful at night.
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