http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Cuenca/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , Castile La Mancha , Cuenca en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:16:32 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:16:32 UTC Travel blog 19Monday 24th March 2008Easter MondayDetermined to see Toledo today as driven a long way to get here. Dosed myself up and headed out of campsite just as bus came along so hopped on for short journey into the town which is entered by one of three bridges.It really is the most picturesque place. Decided I would visit the cathedral at cost of 7 euros so agreed to meet Andy later. The c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Cuenca/blog-266335.html Guys I'm sorry but I'm just not feeling up to writing an elaborate blog right now so I'm just gonna give you the bare minimum facts...Last weekend Celia Jess and I decided to get to know our region of CastillaLa Mancha a little better and take a trip to Consuegra and Cuenca. Consuegra is a tiny town that is famous for its old windmills which is one of the icons of La Mancha along with Don Q http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Cuenca/blog-264435.html I had no idea where they were taking me Saturday morning. All I really knew was that I had to be up at 8am and that the entire family seemed to be going. I'm sure they explained it a few times but I just didnrsquot seem to catch on. That's what makes the Spanish life interesting. You can be doing nothing but something super interesting will always come along. It never stops here.So we packed up http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Cuenca/blog-207564.html So I arrived in Spain lamost 2 weeks ago now and have started teaching English in a school here in Cuenca. The city is beautiful especially the old town very traditionally Spanish and the countryside surrounding Cuenca is superb mostly national park land. I has been fairly hard for me as at the moment I dont speak much Spanish other than what I learned at University in the UK but havnt had muc http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Castile-La-Mancha/Cuenca/blog-95541.html