Megan McCaffrey is 15!

Hola a todos!

On Friday, our group took a bus to tour the nearby town of Cuenca. It is a smaller city and has a typical Mediterranean feel. While we were there we visited the Enchanted Forest, the hanging houses, and the city area. The Enchanted Forest was filled with rocks that were formed by the Med Sea into interesting shapes. There were ones that were shaped like a man´s face, an elephant, a seal, and so on. All I am going to say is I think the person who figured this out had a little too much time on their hands for recreational activities. The hanging houses were really neat, too. They are houses that literally hang off the cliff. Our tour guide said that it would cost you a pretty penny to live there, but you could not pay me enough to live in one of them. In fact, there are only a few left because the other ones were not well-preserved and fell into the cliffs. Overall, I liked Cuenca; it was a very charming town. Sorry I don´t have any pictures, but I will try and steal some from a friend and post them soon.

There was a wine festival in town this weekend, so we went to that on Saturday. You paid 10 euro and you got to try 5 different types of wine and 5 different types of food. They were all delicious and it was fun to taste wine and food from all over Spain. It was held in the Rio area where there are a bunch of gardens so it was a perfect location.

Sunday was the reason I came to Valencia - gorgeous weather and a good beach! My friends and I spent all day enjoying the sun at the beach. We just took some food, Sangria, a soccer ball, and had a good time. It was really nice to spend a relaxing weekend in Valencia for the most part.

However, there is more traveling to come. My roommates parents arrive today and Haley and I are going with them to Portugal from Friday to Sunday. Rumor has it that Portugese is very easy to understand if you speak Spanish, so we´ll see. We will have local tour guidse because we are staying with friends of theirs. I think it is going to be a good trip - I feel like Portugal is something I need to take advantage of since it is so close!

Okay, hope you all had a good weekend!
Hasta luego!