Hotel Cueva Del Fraile Cuenca

After a disorienting evening on another overnight train car, I found myself in Madrid very early in the morning. I arrived at the station at about 7:15am, which is several hours before I could check into the hostel. I decided to sit at the station for a while to attempt to rip myself out of the murky half sleep where I spent most of the night. After I woke myself up a bit I headed to the metro to attempt to find my way through town. <br><br> It ...

... et voir le Protugal et l'Espagne (et l'Europe en general) pendant que l'on peut marcher et monter des marches. Lorsqu'on ne le peut plus, on pourra aller aux Etats-Unis! Je ne sais pas comment les pauvres vieux ici font pour survivre dans ces rues inegales, ces marches sans arret, ces collines de la mort qui n'en finissent plus et ces rues si etroites qu'une voiture et un pieton ne peuvent cohabiter!!!

... Las casas colgadas y los llamados rascacielos (casas construídas en las rocas con hasta once plantas) son muy picturescos. Cuenca debe ser un lugar ideal para retirarse por un par de días del ajetreo de otras ciudades vecinas. Sin embargo, nos quedamos un poco decepcionados. La zona nueva es indescriptiblemente anodina y la antigua parece tener vida sólo en temporada alta ,pues había únicamente una cafeter ...

... prochainement. Plus tard en apres midi, c'est vers un autre versant qu'on est allé grimper, mais lá sur un chemin qui n'en avait pas l'air, mais qui au bout, nous a recompensé avec une superbe vue. Magnifique!!!!!!!! Voilá pour aujourd'hui. Ce soir, resto au dernier etage de l'hotel, avec vue sur la ville !!!! Demain, levé tòt pour retour á Toledo et rendre l'auto. La fin des vacances approche !!!! Hasta luego

... the 15 minute wak up the hill to town, we sought refuge in a bar to have a spot of lunch. For some reason, Virg has managed to travel entirely around the world without adding "Face like a slapped a**e" to her collection of useful, but not altogether nice, stock English phrases. This was all about to change as we looked into cold, desperate eyes of a waitress, whose day we´d clearly ruined by having ...

... sieste d'une heure pour essayer de me remettre ! On a pu donc ensuite aller á la decouverte de la vielle ville, perchée, et aller voir la Plaza Mayor, et "las casas colgadas", ces maisons perchées sur la roche. Vous verrez les photos bientot. Le soir, j'avais tellement hate d'aller au lit ! Mais bon, il fallait bien aller faire manger Camille. Moi, j'ai commandé un plat, mais il a eu du mal á passer ! Camille en a mangé une partie. Mon lit............. A demain

... situation. Just after we bought our train tickets these two police officers asked us for our passports then they took our passports and called HQ. I have no idea what was said but apparently we passed. This is also where my camera stopped working. Well it works but I just don't have any more room left on my card. **** camera.

... city though. It was perched on a hill. The top of the hill was the oldest level of houses, then there was a more medieval looking level as you progressed downwards. Finally the modern sprawl that was Cuenca surrounded the bottom of the hill. After a lot of driving and a lot of complaining from Ward, we finally found the Hanging Houses of Cuenca. We parked on the slope and slammed someones car, but the guy coming ...

... me as a "lucky *******". * * * * * * Cuenca has an old city separated from the new part. The old part looks very historical, with full of medieval monuments to see. The cathedral was the most memorable to me beside the Casas Colgadas (hunging houses). The Cathedral is huge but not well-decorated. However, I had a feeling that the place was sacred. I'm not a religious person, but I could feel it. Seriously speaking, I was scared of its ...

... Well, ***xxx### 4 in the evening. The first problem in Cuenca: I didn't know one word in her speech and then all the sentence collapsed in my head. It suddenly did not make sense to me. I begged her perdon, hoping she used an easier expression for the guy with an exotic accent. -Sorry what? - ***xxx### 4 in the evening! I gave up to understand it. So I guessed and said; well I'll be back at 4 sharp ...