Yesterday we went to Cuenca, a historic city almost two and a half hours from Madrid. It was a journey to get there, first we get on the bus outside of our house and ride twenty minutes to the train station. Then we ride the train to Madrid which takes almost 25 minutes. Finally we get on a train going to Cuenca that lasts a little over two hours. I was tired by the time we got there! But this city was so worth it. It has these amazing hanging houses that are built on the side of cliffs and literally just drop down into a valley. It looked like Greece or Italy. There is a bridge that is really high and you can walk across it and go up into the neighborhoods of the houses. There are big churches everywhere and some of the old houses have been turned into art museums. The streets are almost completely vertical in some places and there are so many stairs you get tired from walking so much. At the very top the view is not like anything I have ever seen before. Pictures don't do it justice. Everyone was seriously taken back by how beautiful it was.  Every once in a while you would have to just stop and enjoy  what you were looking at. A few of us saw this path that led down into the valley and there was this old ruined church that we wanted to see up close. So we tried to hike down this steep path, we made it down ok and then suddenly we realized we were not on a path anymore. We had gotten completely lost and had no idea how to get back up to the top. We laughed so hard but then started to get a little nervous. We saw crazy views from where we were but we really needed to get back to the path!  After a good amount of time and climbing through bushes and over barbed wire fences we finally got back and climbed up to the top. I have never slept as good as I did last night. All the walking and hiking was exhausting! But it was for sure my favorite place I have been so far.