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Finally crossing

We finally took enough photos of the gorge and the city from this side, now we're going to cross the bridge.
History of Cuenca
Saint Paul Bridge

The first Bridge of Saint Paul was built from 1533 to 1589 to connect the city with the convent. After the collapse, the current b…
Parador de Turismo

The Paradores are state-run hotels that are often in castles, palaces, fortresses, convents, monasteries and other historic buildi…
Lots of photos!

This is the first trip that both of us had our own cameras so, as you can imagine, we took a LOT of photos!
Huecar River Gorge

A good shot of Cuenca and the Parador on opposite sides of the gorge.
Parador de Cuenca

We stayed at the Parador de Cuenca. It is the renovated Convent of Saint Paul, built in the 16th century.
Cuenca by day

We headed out toward Cuenca, taking a million photos along the way.
Giant stones

There are giant stones everywhere. Very cool! This starcase leads to a parking lot. We got lucky and parked right in front of the…
Day 3 selfie!

Bill's selfie of the day!
Spanish pizza

We were so tired we ordered room service. We ordered pizza. After a long conversation about "Hake" and then a call back to tell th…
Bathroom

Nice bathroom!
One last pic

One last picture of the bridge out the indow.
Other side

Other side of the room. There's the window where we were taking pictures earlier.
Room pics

We stayed at the Parador de Cuenca. It was the restored Convent of Saint Paul.
Too dark

After a while it got too dark for photos, time to see the room and get some dinner.
Beautiful City

Cuenca looked so beautiful we couldn't wait to see it tomorrow!
Sunset

The sunset was too good not to take a bunch of photos!
Cuenca

We made it to Cuenca right around sunset! We had a perfect view of the city from our room.
Neat landscapes

You'll see as we drove through Spain the landscapes change from desert to lush vegetation.
Pretty!

The photos doin't do it justice, how pretty it was to come over the hilltop and see the beautiful city below.