Segovia

Last Saturday we decided to go to Segovia. Kelli and I took a bus there and on the bus we met a guy named Andrew who was staying in Madrid for the summer. He found a program online where he stayed with a family and for 3 hours a day taught their children how to speak english. He was a really cool guy and since he was traveling alone, Kelli and I invited him to walk around Segovia with us. Segovia was really different than Toledo, it was a much bigger city and was much newer also. When we first pulled into Segovia it looked just like any normal city. There were lots of businesses and restaurants and nothing was really special. We found out though that the beautiful part of Segovia is the older part located in the center of the city.

There is a wall encircling this older part of the city and it almost looks like a fortress when you walk up to it. There is an aqueduct that runs into this older part of town and it is 2000 years old. The aqueduct is one of the three important things to see in Segovia.

Here is Kelli in front of the aqueduct. The water is caught in the top part of the aqueduct and it is an enormous and long structure.

Kelli and I in front of the Aqueduct

Here is where the aqueduct meets the wall surrounding the older part of the city. It is so beautiful.

Here I am at the top of the wall where the aqueduct meets the wall. As you can see, it stretches out for a long way.

Once we entered the older part of the city, we saw beautiful buildings like this one.

I love going to cities like Toledo and Segovia because it is like we have been transported back in time

The second "must see" in Segovia is the Cathedral. It was a beautiful building. I liked it a lot better than the one in Toledo

The last thing that you have to see in Segovia is the Alcazar or Castle. It is massive!

While we were there Nik finally caught up with us.

The Alcazar was absolutely gorgeous.

Here is Kelli with her knight in shining armor (haha-get it?)

This is the royal bed of Isabela. It was teeny. Apparently they didnt have King size beds back then.

Nik is trying his hardest to pull this cannon ball out of the cannon, but it just isnt working

There was an outer wall to the castle that had a great view of the mountains outside the city.
We also found a well outside. The boys decided to have a spitting contest to see who's spit could reach the bottom first. Yeah, we're a real classy group Spain has really cultured us.
Nik, Adam, Kelli and I in the reflection of the water in the well. We dont really know why the water is so dirty. Adam guessed that it was a well full of people's spit and since the palace is really old and lots of people visit it then that is a lot of spit!
When we looked down from the outside there was this gorgeous garden below the wall.
In the Alcazar there is also a massive tower. I don't think I have ever climbed so many stairs before. They were very steep steps and the staircase spiralled up to the top of the tower. Whenever we ran into someone coming down the stairs they were always encouraging us to keep going. In turn when we went down the stairs we encouraged the other tourists who were climbing the stairs. It was like a mini pep talk hub. Here are Nik and I peaking around the corner of the staircase we were hoping to be done soon, but this was only the half way point.

Once we reached the top we realized it was totally worth it. The view was gorgeous and we got to see the entire city and then some.

This is Segovia-birds eye view. The big building on the right is the Cathedral. You can see at the wall surrounding the city at the edge of the tree line too.

Once we climbed the tower Kelli wanted to get a view of the castle from far away so we took a hike through the woods and found this view of the castle. Like I said before, it is massive.

I love Segovia!