We got on the bus the morning of the 15th and drove for about an hour before we got to Segovia, and our first view of the city was from a place where the bus pulled over and you could see the Alcazar de Segovia from below. Apparently this is t
he building that Walt Disney designed Cinderella's castle after, so they look a lot alike, and it’s gorgeous! We also walked around in the forests that are by the little pull over place, then got back on the bus, which took us another like 5 minutes to the outside of the city, where we then got out of the bus to walk to the inside of the city.
It seems like just about every city that we go to has quite the climb to actually get to it and this one was no different. We walked up the streets, following our fearless leader, who really had no idea where he was going either, but finally found the main plaza where the Cathedral was, and we still had about half and hour till we were supposed to be at the Alcazar for appointment to go in. And seeing as we didn't know where the Alcazar was yet, that was just the right amount of time to wander in the direction that we thought it would be, and eventually find it! The group sat outside for a while eating our packed lunches until they were ready for us to come in, and this is the first Alcazar that I have seen that has a mote around it! It was empty, but it was still really cool to see how deep it was and kind of picture what this would have been like when it was actually in use. When we got inside the palace whose outside was the inspiration for Cinderella's palace, remember, it was kind of disappointing, especially compared to the other places that we have been. Lots of it was under construction so we couldn't go to the second floor or out onto the balconies, but the rooms were gorgeous and the ceilings were very ornate and most of them done in gold, and then some other color to accent it. It took us about 20 minutes to go through the whole thing, and then we still had a good hour and a half until the group was meeting to go to the Cathedral. So... we walked through it again, taking random pictures with the armor that was on the wall and cannons and such, then we met these young French children who were there, too, and they were playing some game with their feet, its hard to explain, but they would jump and knock their feet together in this cool pattern and it looked really fun, so for a while we watched them intently and tried to learn the art of this game, then we jumped around pretending to know what we were doing when really nothing we were doing was the same as them, but at least we were trying!
After just chilling in the patio area of the Alcazar for a while, we rounded everyone up and walked back up the street to the Cathedral in Segovia. This one on the outside looked kind of like the sand castles that we would build in Mexico, the dribble castles. Obviously
there was a little more structure to the building, but there were certain parts that definitely resembled the dribble castles! On the inside, it was a lot like the other cathedrals with different areas on the sides where you can go to worship, but usually there are big gate like things in front of them so that you can’t enter, just enjoy the splendor of the room from the outside, but here, some of the gates were open! So you could just walk right in and see what’s going on in the otherwise forbidden rooms! I felt a little rebellious walking onto one of them and apparently so did others! When me and Cassi walked by one of the rooms, Paige was just walking in, but she was walking like she wasn’t supposed to be in there, but was going to anyways, but being really sneaky about it. She was all hunched over, walking really slow (like 1 step every couple of seconds slow), holding her pamphlet really close to her and looking around the room with a really guilty look on her face. When we saw her, we just had to stop and laugh because it looked so funny, we were literally about to fall on the floor we were laughing so hard!
When we finally gathered ourselves after that, we finished the tour of the cathedral complete with a courtyard and museum area, then took off to go find the aqueducts. This city had some of the oldest functioning Roman aqueducts in the world, over 2000 years old! So this was one of those have to see t
hings. But I think that we took the longest way that we possibly could have to get there because it took us forever, trying to follow the street signs to get there, and when we finally made it there, the rest of our group, who were planning on leaving a while after us, were just getting there too. But it was so worth the journey! It was amazing! These things are in the middle of the city, towering over everything that is around it. And so gorgeous, they are made out of stone, and I am sure that there’s something holding them together, but I don’t know what it was and you couldn’t really see it all that well. It was really cool to see history though! The aqueducts haven’t been redone or anything, they are exactly the way that they were 2000 years ago and still working!
After taking in the sight of the aqueducts, we walked around the city for a bit more, and then got back on the bus to take us to a small city about an hour outside of Segovia called Pedraza. I guess this too is a really old city, not much has been done to the buildings to modernize them, so just about everything there is antique! We got there kind of late, so we had enough time to walk through and around the city a few times (its really small), go and see the old castle that is right outside the city walls, and then it got dark. It was kind of creepy though, when we got to the city nobody was outside. Literally there was not one single person in the streets, the stores were closed, there was nothing going on! So it was almost like walking through an old abandoned Spanish ghost town! But once it started getting a little darker, people were done with siesta and came out of the buildings and were walking around, so it was a little better. When it got dark, some people chose to take the 15 Euros that the program had to offer each person to go and get a discounted dinner of roast suckling pig and lamb (and you still had to pay an extra 13 Euro), but I chose to put mine to better use and put it towards a trip to Valencia to go and see Las Fayas. So me and a couple other girls headed back to the bus, ate some bread, and talked. It was actually pretty fun! But once everyone was done eating we headed back to Alcala! It was a good day!
he building that Walt Disney designed Cinderella's castle after, so they look a lot alike, and it’s gorgeous! We also walked around in the forests that are by the little pull over place, then got back on the bus, which took us another like 5 minutes to the outside of the city, where we then got out of the bus to walk to the inside of the city.It seems like just about every city that we go to has quite the climb to actually get to it and this one was no different. We walked up the streets, following our fearless leader, who really had no idea where he was going either, but finally found the main plaza where the Cathedral was, and we still had about half and hour till we were supposed to be at the Alcazar for appointment to go in. And seeing as we didn't know where the Alcazar was yet, that was just the right amount of time to wander in the direction that we thought it would be, and eventually find it! The group sat outside for a while eating our packed lunches until they were ready for us to come in, and this is the first Alcazar that I have seen that has a mote around it! It was empty, but it was still really cool to see how deep it was and kind of picture what this would have been like when it was actually in use. When we got inside the palace whose outside was the inspiration for Cinderella's palace, remember, it was kind of disappointing, especially compared to the other places that we have been. Lots of it was under construction so we couldn't go to the second floor or out onto the balconies, but the rooms were gorgeous and the ceilings were very ornate and most of them done in gold, and then some other color to accent it. It took us about 20 minutes to go through the whole thing, and then we still had a good hour and a half until the group was meeting to go to the Cathedral. So... we walked through it again, taking random pictures with the armor that was on the wall and cannons and such, then we met these young French children who were there, too, and they were playing some game with their feet, its hard to explain, but they would jump and knock their feet together in this cool pattern and it looked really fun, so for a while we watched them intently and tried to learn the art of this game, then we jumped around pretending to know what we were doing when really nothing we were doing was the same as them, but at least we were trying!
After just chilling in the patio area of the Alcazar for a while, we rounded everyone up and walked back up the street to the Cathedral in Segovia. This one on the outside looked kind of like the sand castles that we would build in Mexico, the dribble castles. Obviously
there was a little more structure to the building, but there were certain parts that definitely resembled the dribble castles! On the inside, it was a lot like the other cathedrals with different areas on the sides where you can go to worship, but usually there are big gate like things in front of them so that you can’t enter, just enjoy the splendor of the room from the outside, but here, some of the gates were open! So you could just walk right in and see what’s going on in the otherwise forbidden rooms! I felt a little rebellious walking onto one of them and apparently so did others! When me and Cassi walked by one of the rooms, Paige was just walking in, but she was walking like she wasn’t supposed to be in there, but was going to anyways, but being really sneaky about it. She was all hunched over, walking really slow (like 1 step every couple of seconds slow), holding her pamphlet really close to her and looking around the room with a really guilty look on her face. When we saw her, we just had to stop and laugh because it looked so funny, we were literally about to fall on the floor we were laughing so hard!When we finally gathered ourselves after that, we finished the tour of the cathedral complete with a courtyard and museum area, then took off to go find the aqueducts. This city had some of the oldest functioning Roman aqueducts in the world, over 2000 years old! So this was one of those have to see t
hings. But I think that we took the longest way that we possibly could have to get there because it took us forever, trying to follow the street signs to get there, and when we finally made it there, the rest of our group, who were planning on leaving a while after us, were just getting there too. But it was so worth the journey! It was amazing! These things are in the middle of the city, towering over everything that is around it. And so gorgeous, they are made out of stone, and I am sure that there’s something holding them together, but I don’t know what it was and you couldn’t really see it all that well. It was really cool to see history though! The aqueducts haven’t been redone or anything, they are exactly the way that they were 2000 years ago and still working!After taking in the sight of the aqueducts, we walked around the city for a bit more, and then got back on the bus to take us to a small city about an hour outside of Segovia called Pedraza. I guess this too is a really old city, not much has been done to the buildings to modernize them, so just about everything there is antique! We got there kind of late, so we had enough time to walk through and around the city a few times (its really small), go and see the old castle that is right outside the city walls, and then it got dark. It was kind of creepy though, when we got to the city nobody was outside. Literally there was not one single person in the streets, the stores were closed, there was nothing going on! So it was almost like walking through an old abandoned Spanish ghost town! But once it started getting a little darker, people were done with siesta and came out of the buildings and were walking around, so it was a little better. When it got dark, some people chose to take the 15 Euros that the program had to offer each person to go and get a discounted dinner of roast suckling pig and lamb (and you still had to pay an extra 13 Euro), but I chose to put mine to better use and put it towards a trip to Valencia to go and see Las Fayas. So me and a couple other girls headed back to the bus, ate some bread, and talked. It was actually pretty fun! But once everyone was done eating we headed back to Alcala! It was a good day!
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