Manzanares Hike

While I was in Spain, we decided to take a day trip out to Manzanares for a little hike.  Since Madrid's transportation system is awesome, we just had to take the metro to a bus station, then hop on a bus out to the town.  It took maybe 30 minutes and we ended up in a cute little town full of charm. 

After walking to the mountain, we decided to take the most difficult way up aka we rock climbed over steep boulders for an hour.  The view was definitely worth it in the end, as was the weather.  The landscape looked a lot like New Mexico so Helen and I enjoyed being a bit sentimental.  Side note: back to the desert in 32 days! AH!!

In the end, we saw this castle, because what would a trip be without a castle?  Hah kidding, I've seen enough to last me for awhile.

We had such a nice day hiking, I'm really looking forward to being back where I can go a lot!  Who's with me?  I've been experiencing weird longings for hiking and camping, so I'm expecting my summer to be full of it.