Cuenca

Andrea had a 4 day weekend for President's day. With Sara here, we figured we had better get out and see the sights. So the 5 of us plus a friend from the school (Bobbi Fraley) rented a car and took some day trips around Spain. We made Bobbi drive since none of us is particularly good at driving a stick-shift. Our first outing was to Cuenca which means river basin in Spanish. It is about 2 hours to the east of us. (I'm sure I am supposed to know how many kilometers that is, but the whole mile-kilometer conversion still evades me). The city is built on cliffs overlooking the cuenca below. Here are some pics:

View from the city -

View from the other side of the city -

Corrie and Sara looking out over the cuenca...
...and seeing this -

Main plaza (pronounced platha in Spain) of Cuenca -

The front of Cuenca's cathedral (if you come to visit, be prepared to see lots of Cathedrals) -

Other than Ransom's car sickness and the fact that we never have the brains to plan for siesta (everything was closed and we were pretty hugry), it was a very nice trip.