So the second day after we arrived in Cuenca we went out to lunch with the girls. It was so delicious! We took a tour of the city on a double decker bus. That was my first double decker bus tour ever! It was so cool! I loved it. So the tour was in Spanish and English, thankfully, so that we could understand. The main thing that they talked about was the different churches and when the Pope had come to visit, yadda yadda... But there were some neat facts and such. Like there is a bridge in the middle of town that was washed away in a flood. But instead of rebuilding it to the other side, they just built up the end so that no one could fall off. They use it for displaying artwork and such on certain days of the year now.
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| The Main Square of Town |
No, me and Mechaela don't hate each other, lol. We just wanted to get good views. So we split up to the edges. Right side isn't so good though because the trees aren't trimmed and you get whacked in the face a'lot if you aren't careful enough. So the tour took us around town and then up to a shopping mall. We could have stayed on the bus, but decided to go shopping. So we went into the mall. It was just like any other mall. Except that the prices were even more ridiculously high! We didn't end up buying anything other than a hot chocolate on our way out to catch the next bus. Apparently, though, we had missed out on a part of the tour that was suppose to take us up into the mountains and provide an adult beverage. But oh well. It was still cool.
The city here is absolutely beautiful. Kel kept saying that it looked just like a European city. I can believe it. Just check out the pictures. There were a'lot of different influences in this city though. There was a gorgeous building that had Arabic arches. Unfortunately the photo for that one didn't turn out.
So the second day after we arrived in Cuenca we went out to lunch with the girls. It was so delicious! We took a tour of the city on a double decker bus. That was my first double decker bus tour ever! It was so cool! I loved it. So the tour was in Spanish and English, thankfully, so that we could understand. The main thing that they talked about was the different churches and when the Pope had come to visit, yadda yadda... But there were some neat facts and such. Like there is a bridge in the middle of town that was washed away in a flood. But instead of rebuilding it to the other side, they just built up the end so that no one could fall off. They use it for displaying artwork and such on certain days of the year now.
No, me and Mechaela don't hate each other, lol. We just wanted to get good views. So we split up to the edges. Right side isn't so good though because the trees aren't trimmed and you get whacked in the face a'lot if you aren't careful enough. So the tour took us around town and then up to a shopping mall. We could have stayed on the bus, but decided to go shopping. So we went into the mall. It was just like any other mall. Except that the prices were even more ridiculously high! We didn't end up buying anything other than a hot chocolate on our way out to catch the next bus. Apparently, though, we had missed out on a part of the tour that was suppose to take us up into the mountains and provide an adult beverage. But oh well. It was still cool. 
We passed some kids standing by one of the statues in town that were adorable. They were waving and acting all shy because all of the tourists on the bus were taking pictures of the statue and they were obviously in them all. Afterwards we went out to try and find some good clothing stores. We weren't successful that day. It's not easy finding cheap clothes in this city though. Scarves, hats, gloves, blankets, ponchos are pretty reasonably priced. But pants and nice dress sweaters and such are astronomically priced. And forget trying to buy a dress. The dress are typically $80 or more. If you get a dress made, though, then you typically only spend about $30. But it takes about four weeks until its completed.
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