Segovia

Segovia is a small city about an hour and twenty minutes north of Madrid. It has very old buildings, skinny streets packed with shops for tourists along with stores to buy sandwiches.

When we got off the bus and looked toward the city, the first thing you can see is the Cathedral. It is massive and towers over the entire city. Walking up the main path, completely looking like tourists with the group we were in all taking pictures of everything cool (old) that we saw, it seemed like such a different life. Then we hit the Aqueduct. It was built by the Romans c. A.D 50 and was built with a natural gradient of 1% so the water would reach many cities on it's way. Once it arrived at Segovia, there were side pipes that were used to bring water to the city, while other water continued on toward the next stop. It was really cool to see the towering pillars and arches that were designed and constructed so long ago.

Continuing on we hit the shops. Considering Segovia was the first city to use Iron in warfare, there were many medieval swords, guns, armor, as well as fully suited knights. These were also very cool to see and all had a lot of detail. I purchased a Spanish flag that one day will be hung in my apartment in Coronado next year. great investment.

Next came the Cathedral. There is the Plaza Mayor just outside it which was filled with vendors selling all kinds of snacking foods, sandwiches or bocadillos, and drinks. These were greatly taken advantage of as people flocked to this plaza for great pictures of the entire Cathedral. The detail was amazing and there never seemed to be a boring spot on the surrounding walls. Crazy to think of how long it took to construct.

A little further up the road was the castle. For a small price, we were able to go into the castle, most rooms of it, as well as to the top of it. This gave an awesome view of the entire city. (I have had trouble downloading the pictures onto the blog but they are on my Facebook if you can see them) The castle had the traditional chair for the king and queen, a large dining room table, the king and queens bed, many rooms with lots of information about the castle, how it was constructed, the cannons, and the many other parts of the castle.

Overall i thought this trip was awesome. very exhausting as the bus ride back consisted of a drooling nap.

Below is a picture from the top of the castle toward the whole city. Cathedral with the mountains in the background.

Next weekend I will be in Granada so more to come shortly...