Valencia Steps Up

It may not be the dawning of the age of Aquarius, but while Roman civilisation, home of Christianity among other things, stared down at its feet, Valencia stepped forward, and as a result the more than 600 desperate refugees aboard the MSF ship Aquarius and two other vessels, will dock in Valencia for urgent medical treatment and temporary shelter.

We are all mortal, we will all die one day; the only real question is what they will carve on our gravestones. Will it be: ‘I looked the other way’ or will it be ‘I stepped up’?

Latest news; the boats have docked, the refugees are being looked after, and the whole world is talking about Spain and Valencia with pride; as it should be.

Valencia International has received many positive messages (and one less than positive one) such as this: