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Day 3

Exploring Cuenca, the cathedral, famous bridge, our parador.

Float

I think this is a float of the last supper. It was really incredible how all of the figures looked. You could really tell who each…
Angels

Up above us there were angels!
Judas

You could tell Judas easily. His back was turned and he had a small bag of silver coins.
Last shot

One last shot of the float and the cathedral.
Cool door.

We were looking for a certain part of town and, of course, we forgot our map so we took a shot and went left. If nothing else we s…
Convent of Las Carmelitas

The convent is located at the highest point in the city. It was quite a walk to get there. We definitely went the wrong way.
Feliz Navidad

Now we're headed in the right direction! The lights say, "Feliz Navidad" (Merry Christmas).
Mangana Tower

The Mangana Tower dates back to 1565. It's been rebuilt many times. It's current look dates from 1968. There was construction all…
Nice view

We found a nice observation deck and took a few pictures of the nice view.
Walking back

The Mangana tower from the other side. We're walking back towards the square.
Sacred Heart of Jesus

The monument devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on top of Cerro del Socorro. The materials were transported up there by donkeys…
Walking through town
Pretty streets

We took a left away from town to head down this great street!
As far as we walked

This is the farthest we walked in Cuenca before we started heading back to the square.
Heading back

Back up the street toward the square and to find lunch!
Mail slot

I love it! Lion mail slot!
Lunch

We stopped for lunch and headed back to our hotel.
Old buildings

We loved the look of the old buildings.
Closed bridge

When we got close to the bridge there were tents on the far side and a lot of people. It also looked like they were keeping people…
Commercial

They were filming a commercial. They asked us to stand aside for a few minutes while they filmed.