Hotel Convento del Giraldo
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Miracles, oracles and new legs
... we have ever seen) and Paul finds the rental car place and gets a new GPS from them and an undertaking to charge us nothing since we have wasted half the day trying to sort out the problem, this makes him a happy camper but it is now quite late and we still have to get to Cuenca, which is going to be tricky over the mountains and later on, in the dark. Nevertheless, Cuenca awaits! We set out and are again impressed with the roads here in Spain. Big, extensive ...
Cuenca, ciudad encantada.
... se nos pasaron dos subtes y no llegamos a tiempo para el tren que nos llevaba a Cuenca (creo que se hacía desear un poco la ciudad), en realidad llegamos a tiempo pero no sabíamos de donde salía el tren, es que resulta que la estación de trenes es como un aeropuerto y funciona de una forma parecida pero más informal (tipo terminal de micros tb). Bueno para ser más concisos tomamos el próximo tren que salía y partimos para Cuenca. El tren muy ...
Don Quixode
... time you sit at a cafe out come tapas bread and olives . We took a wrong turn and ended up in a small village . Went around the square twice ,trying to find our way . These towns have no set plan ,one way narrow streets it is easier to keep away . We followed our nose and found the road out . Over did lunch , for €11 each we had 3 courses and a bottle of red wine 750ml .over two ...
Cuenca and Teruel
Drove to Cuenca today – stopped at Villrobledo on the way for a coffee in the Plaza Mayor. In the mornings all the plazas are filled with old men sitting on benches or walls, chatting away, watching the wives go from bakery to deli etc – collecting bits for the day, and forget getting served if they are in a deep conversation . Must be a nice place to grow old. As James said where Kruger had herds of Impala, Spain has herds of old ...
"Mer mached Hüser i Gstei"
Cuenca hätt e sehr schöni Altstadt mit vilne mittelalterliche Baute. Es isch bekannt für die "hängende Hüser" und zwar sind das Hüser wo sich überhängend ad Schluchte schmieged. Cuenca isch nur einehalb Stund mitem Auto vo Madrid entfernt, aber mich dunkts, als wär ich inere andere Wält. Zum Teil gseht Cuenca au chli uus wie de Bryce Canyon, wels eso Schluchte hät und die weg emene Fluss entstande ...