Segovia Day Trip

Yesterday we took a trip to the town of Segovia. It was about 2 hours north-east of Salamanca. We had to catch the bus at 8 in the morning. When we got there, we took a tour with a woman who was speaking very slowly in Spanish and using very simple words. It was a bit odd. Anyway, a lot of it was pretty interesting, there was a beautiful cathedral and we went into the castle used by the kings and queens of Castilla for hundreds of years. We were able to walk to the top of the tower and had some amazing views of the city.


This is a picture of some mountains outside of the city. As usual, much more impressive in real life.


This is Alcazar, the castle used by the kings and queens of Catilla for hundreds of years. The town-folk say that Walt Disney visited it once and it inspired the castles of his movies. Then other people said that was a complete lie. So. I guess make your own opinion.


More castle.


Highest part of the castle that we were able to climb up to.


View from the top of the tower looking down over part of the castle and the farmland around it.


Closer image of the same thing.


A very old church as seen from inside the castle.


View from the other side of the tower. This is the cathedral in town.


Back in town now, this is the front of the cathedral.


More cathedral.


And again, a full view of the cathdral as seen from the Plaza Mayor of Segovia.


A church in town.


The large arches to the left are Roman aqueducts. They have been touched in any way for 2000 years and are largely intact. There's nothing holding the stones together at all, they're just perfectly cut and placed. 100 feet tall, crazy stuff.

After hanging out in town for a while, we went to go eat lunch at about 2 or so in a very nice place a few miles outside of the city. IES payed for the meal and the food was amazing. They came out with plate after plate of appetizers and we had this delicious chicken dish for the main course.

We did end up going out last night and got to the fisrt place probably about 1. It's really weird being in any building and having people smoking around you. And the Spanish like to smoke a lot. My eyes were burning by the end of the night, but I guess I just gotta get used to that. Everything I was wearing smells so strongly of cigarettes. I got back to my room about 4 and we left the discoteca when it was at its busiest. I finally got over my jet lag, now I have to start going back to the sleep cycle I was on at home in order to keep up with the Spanish social scene. That's all for now!