K wanted a walk and reading time; I joined a teacher and a handful of other students for a quick tour of this massive and impressive museum, which ranges from Neanderthal remains and bronze age figurines –

through Punic and Roman artefacts by the hectare –

to recent Valencian social and agricultural history –

and crucial food history –

to everything modern imaginable:

Overwhelming – I must try to get back to the Prehistoric- to- Roman part and try to do it at less of a jog.

I managed to confirm (in Spanish, ish) that a paella is the pan itself, “porque paella está la palabra Valenciano para sarten” – “because paella is pan in Valenciano.”