Las Sirenas Apartamentos Vivero

Tried to get myself out of bed early around 9am. I knew I am not gonna be making the early trains like yesterday. Got to Chamartin station around 10:30am. All the trains were full till 12:30pm. If you plan something in Spain during big festivities, plan carefully my advice!

I got the slow train to Segovia and got there around 2pm ...

... a bit like the castles in Central Europe. This was a result of the frequent visits by monarchs of the Austrian dynasty especially Philip II, who married his fourth wife here. After the court moved to Madrid, the Alcazar was no longer a royal residence, and it became a state prison for over two centuries.

We crossed the draw bridge and entered into the first room- the old castle room, where several knights in armor stood guarding the doors ...

... little trading or sharing. The trip to Segovia, overall, was a great experience. It was very interesting to see the aqueduct, as I had never seen one and so impressive. And of course the Alcázar was really cool, much like my expectations of a castle, even with a small mote around the front. It was kind of nice to just do a day trip. We were able to enjoy another famous city in Spain and still return in time for dinner!

... Rugby fans through the night when I couldn't get a hostel *Hanging with Dani and Damian Rome: *Vatican City: the coolest, most beautiful city state around *Roman Forum: Somebody give me a history book because I couldn't get enough of that place *Coleseum Venice: *Falling in love with the Venice of my dreams *Boating across the Lagoon to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello *Stumbling across a humble, but beautiful church twice in the wee hours of the ...

... at the station than go back to the aquaduct area to go to the internet cafe. I notice that all the computers have headphones and they have Skype. Sweet! I log on and call Meliss. Afterwards, I get some intel on where the Pension listed in my Rough guide to Europe is located in Avila. Apparently I hadnīt logged out of Skype and my Dad calls me. Whew. Lots of calls/talking!! Itīs about 30 minutes until my bus leaves so I quickly cruise out of there and go to the station.

Today was a wonderful day, espcially the night. My family and I went out for dinner. I have so much fun with my host family because we joke around and B.S. just as much as I do at my Dad's house. I laughed SO MUCH tonight. To get to the restaurant I got to ride for the first time in a car through the crazy Spanish streets. It was like a ride at an amusement park because one moment we're driving down a street and the next we've done a hair pin turn onto a ...

... aire despues de correr por toda la terminal con la maleta y la mochila, la china de la compaņia me dice que no me puede dar la tarjeta de embarque si no tengo billete de vuelta. Madre mia, le digo, como voy a tener billete de vuelta si no se cuando voy a voler.- lo sietno pero sin billete de vuelta no le puedo dejar subir al avion es politica de la compaņia-. No me podia creer lo que me estaba diciendo. -Seņorita ...

... toilet as soon as I could. (Even for an un-alert person like me I could still sense the danger at that moment!) As I said I was lucky because there was an old man who went in with me at the same time; maybe that was the reason I was saved. Thank God! As mentioned before, this ...

... a full day of art but all the museums in the city were closed!!! The Prado and the second largest collection of art in all of europe was closed. Eric was ****** but I wasnt so mad because I knew that we could come back later in July and I wanted to spend some time outside. We did however end up going to the Reinnie Sophia for a huge collection of modern art and the biggest collection of Picasso paintings. It was fun, but after a couple of hours we dicided to head outside for some drinks.

... through an art text book... everything is there... i also went to these crazy street markets and to the royal palace which was also a visual overload... more roccoco and baroque then you can poke a stick at. so yes iīm a bit overstimulated today. anyway so i spent about 12 hours walking today. its been a pretty crazy day. we had a bit of a scene at the hostel last night. iīm ...