Wednesday Trip to Cieza, Spain

Cieza, Spain

While I am living in Spain, I wanted to take the opportunity to travel to as many places as possible, and see as many places as I can possibly see. Come to find out, I am luckily in the best position possible, and have only one class on both Wednesday AND Thursday; giving me the opportunity to travel freely. I quickly took the initiative to plan my first day trip by myself to one of the most small but beautiful towns I have ever seen.

 

 My trip to Cieza started with a 45 minute train ride, where I was faced with miles and miles of beautiful mountain ranges that span all the way to the South of Madrid. While on my way to Cieza, I even met a couple Spaniard's and spoke with them about the "must see" areas in Spain. I find I learn the most Spanish and general information from the conversations I never see coming. I love listening to what the people in the area have to say because they share so much valuable information that I could potentially never find out on my own! 

When I finally arrived to Cieza, I quickly realized that the town was very small, but extremely family oriented. There were children playing in the streets while their parents sipped coffee at cafe's in the center of the city. The center of the city held a couple of small shops, ice cream parlors, restaurants, and even a small University! Although Cieza is very small, locals that I had met in the area surprisingly informed me that there were actually six schools in Cieza alone! 

Before I arrived to Cieza, I did some research and found out there was a mountain that was exactly a two minute walk from the center of the city. Pictured above is the mountain, which of course was a lot more beautiful in person. There is actually multiple ways that you can hike up the mountain and even visit a church which is held at the very top. Although I did not have time to hike to the top, I can only imagine the view was even better from top that it was from the bottom! 

Pictured above is the main church in Cieza which is held in the dead center of the city. Before I walked inside the church, I was not expecting it to be as beautiful as it was. There were many civilians inside of the church kneeling and praying while a Spanish recording of prayers was playing out of the speakers. I have to say, I was definitely not dressed as appropriate as I should have been, but there was no way I could pass up the opportunity to see and walk around in such a beautiful church. 

I finished out the day drinking a glass of wine in the center of the city, while I watched the sunset unfold over the mountain ahead of me. My trip was such an unexpected surprise that just made me so much more excited for what's to come in the near future. "The best things are the ones you never see coming".