4-Hour Transit in Valencia to Visit Europe's Largest Aquarium

Starting with the flight tickets: a round trip from Manchester to Valencia on weekends costs about 1,000 RMB. But let's try searching for Manchester to Mallorca! There’s a set for 500 RMB: Saturday early morning 7:30 Manchester - Mallorca (see the Mallorca travelogue two posts ago) Sunday afternoon 14:30 Mallorca - 15:30 Valencia, then after 4.5 hours at 20:00 Valencia - Manchester. I don’t recommend friends who live far from Manchester to catch this flight because you might miss the last train, haha. I purposely didn’t use a clickbait title. If too many people buy it and the price goes up, where will I go on weekends then? (just kidding) - Valencia’s transportation is very convenient. No wonder it’s known as Spain’s second largest city. Well, it’s like how the UK’s second largest city is actually shared by several cities. There’s a metro right outside the airport. AJ (airport staff) said you don’t have to take your things out one by one. Even the Polaroid staff guaranteed no manual inspection. - Since I was only staying during the transit period, I bought a TuiN ticket for the metro. It seems to be a metro recharge ticket, so no need to worry about fines. The more common option is a 10-ride ticket, but if you start from the airport, you need to buy AB+ or buy AB and then top up. Considering my limited time, I didn’t do that, haha. You can buy it from the regular machines on the left side after exiting the airport. The machines on the right side have long lines (I don’t quite get it, the left side has no line but seems to be card only, sorry no photo here). - I personally found that transferring from metro to bus is the most cost-effective and the timing is just right. Take the metro to Colon, then switch to the bus using contactless payment (much more convenient than Mallorca where only cash is accepted, really a big plus qwq). It takes about 40 minutes in total. - It’s said to be Europe’s largest aquarium, with a very reasonable layout and no long “wasteful” walks. Because of limited time, I only visited two of the pavilions, but still found it very worthwhile. Of course, it might also be because of the unexpected encounters along the way. - (1) I made a new friend on the metro in Valencia. She was cute and pretty, and kept smiling at me after getting on. After a while, she took out a small Cinnamoroll from her bag. My phone charm is also a Cinnamoroll, so I showed it to her. She was very happy. Then I asked her mom if we could take a photo of her Cinnamoroll and mine together; her mom said yes and even acted as a translator between us. The photos in my camera might not be sent to her, so I took a Polaroid for her. Now she cherishes not the Cinnamoroll itself, but the photo of the two little dogs. Why? Because she gave me her Cinnamoroll. Wishing this little friend from Italy who came to Spain a great time ^_^ - (2) I haven’t yet mastered the language of fish, so all the encounters in these photos with every creature except me were unexpected adventures. Their appearances were beyond my expectations, and their future paths lead to the stars and the sea. With clownfish, with a big shark, and with two lovely girls who looked up at the small fish swimming in the deep-sea tunnel and said, “They are so free.” They took beautiful photos of me, so I gave each of them one British pound, and they gave me two euros in return. -