Segovia!

Today we spend the day in Segovia… we had the BEST time. Segovia was BEAUTIFUL! I had no idea what to expect since I hadn’t heard much about it, but it was gorgeous.  It reminded me a lot of Assisi (my favorite place in Italy), but the buildings had more of an orange color while the buildings in Assisi were all made of whise stone.  We had perfect weather .. blue skies and 65 degrees so walking around the town was really nice. Our tour group went inside the Castle in Segovia. Fun Fact: This castle inspired the design of Sleeping Beauties castle in Disneyland.

Actually now that I look up the picture I dont see the

connection at all but thats what the tour guide told us.

The most phenomenal thing is Segovia was the Roman aqeuduct. It was so impressive ... I wish everyone could see it because the pictures don't do it justice. The whole thing was built with nothing but stones - no cement or nails or anything. The pressure of the stones together keeps it intact. Sounds shady to me but its been standing for 2000 years so I guess its legit. 

After doing a few group tours in Segovia we broke off into free time. We found a little café with the most AMAZING few of the mountains and the town below. I ate there with some of my friends; Kathleen from Maine, Corey from UMD (go terps), Liz from Reno, Zoe from California, and Nichole from Vegas. We ordered a few pitchers of sangria (so yummy) and were seriously just in awe of the amazing view we were getting.

Heaven!

I had chicken skewers with salad and French fries and with the sangria combined it was only 12 euro!  Upon taking my first bite of salad I realized it has been at least a week since I had fresh vegetables/fruit. We have been eating so much bread, ham, salami, and other things that veggies and fruit have been overlooked. I cant wait til I can buy my own from the market in Alicante!  French fries here are interesting. I’ve never ordered them but they tend to just magically appear with all of my meals. They are different too.. very yellow (weird) and hardly seasoned but not bad. We all could not get over our awesome lunch location and how beautiful Segovia was. We decided this was the best day ever.  If this is a preview of the rest of this semester I don’t think I am going to ever want to leave! 

I will make a whole post about the entire Madrid tour as soon as possible!