We were slow getting out this morning. We have been sleeping very well. It doesn’t really get light until about 8:30 so we sleep and sleep. I guess that makes any vacation a good one.
We headed north to Cuenca. It is known for the Hanging Houses. Our tour book told us that is one of the “must see” places in Spain. It was a beautiful small town. The town was built on the edge of a huge ravine cut through the flat plains by a river. They built many of the buildings and houses right out into the rocks that form the sides of the ravine. It also had a nice cathedral and a big “Plaza Major”, the main plaza. We spent a lot of time walking the narrow streets and then across a bridge to view the hanging houses. Some of these towns have such steep streets that we get a lot of climbing and descending. It is a good workout.
East central Spain has a lot of rolling hills and as you head west it flattens out to a plain. Here, different from further north, it is all planted with crops. There are also some olive trees and grape vines. This in the Castille La Mancha. The big tourist draw is the Man from La Mancha and Don Quixote. They have restored many of the old windmills. It attracts the tour buses. We managed to find some windmills on a hill and were all by ourselves.
Our Parador in Toledo is located on a hill across from the city. Toledo is on a hill surrounded on three sides by a river. From the Parador we can see the whole city. We sat out on the patio and had a beer and a glass of wine and watched the town light up as the sun went down. It was so romantic.
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