I just learned that the 33rd America Cup will be again in Valencia during summer 2009.

Despite the unexpected twist on Tuesday, the three public administrations (local, regional and national) decided on Wednesday to sign an agreement that would open the door to the public announcement of Valencia’s repeat.

After the usual self-congratulatory speeches from all involved parties and the champaign glass in front of the trophy, Ernesto Bertarelli, head of Alinghi, and Michel Bonnefous, CEO of America’s Cup Management, laid out the basic framework of the 33rd America’s Cup.

The Albufera Hotel (4 hotels) located in Alfafar near Valencia.
Well, I have to say I loved this hotel, this hotel was ideal for me, located in a commercial park with a large number of stores and it was still a quiet area. The proximity of all these shops was good to me. The hotel is very well connected to the city, you can be in Valencia city-center very quickly with the train, bus or if you have a car you can take the road , you will need about 10 minutes to be in Valencia. (more…)

Here are two lame pictures I took from the America Cup harbor, I love harbor but I didnt like this one much, there are way to many restricted areas, I wanted to take a picture of a boat that look like a pirate boat, but they didn’t allow me to be close enough to take a picture and I don’t have a 10X zoom on my camera.

I quite enjoy the buildings in Valencia, I’m currently in Barcelona and most people prefer Barcelona in term of style, however, I dont follow accepted convention so I prefer Valencia style, Barcelona style remind me too much of my hometown (Brussels)…. I place I don’t like much :D:X I took some pictures of cool buildings (Edificios) in Valencia.

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During years I heard about that America Cup coming in Valencia, at some point I wanted to see it be a part of it, I thought I would miss it, but finally the America Cup started the day of my arrival in Valencia, I just finished a visit of the port, it isnt very interesting , after you pass a security check point, you can access a very limited numbers of areas, the interesting things either you need a pass or be member teams or something.

I did a brief visit of the area I failed to take interesting pictures, I was too far from the action and I didnt want to pay to be on of those boats where you can see a little bit more.

The event is sponsored by Louis Vuitton , it seems to be all about money, I didnt want to spend anything to visit an unmpressive that is like any other port.

Disappointing to say the least, I still manage to have a great day….

if you want to see more about that Cup , check out http://www.americascup.com/es/multimedia/pictures/index.php