Mirasierra Segovia

... valleys and curved around the steep edge of the mountains. As the train chugged on at high-speed towards the heart of a luscious mound, I imagined us bursting through the center or scaling up the rocky side. Then we'd turn sharply right at its base. Sometimes I’d be staring at the Sun kissed landscape in awe and we’d enter a black tunnel severing me from reality until we emerged into the light again on the other side. The trainride ...

We took our last school-wide excursion within Castile-Leon toady, to the Roman city of Segovia. It was by far the best out of the three excursions that we've been on so far (in my opinion). The city has so many different cultural influences that are apparent within it (Spanish, Moor, Judaism, Catholicism, Roman, Muslim, etc). It was very cool.

On the way there, we took the Real Valladolid official bus (the bus for the pro-soccer ...

Upon arrival in Bordeaux last night, Franciose helped us to find a cheap hotel to spend the night in, which was great as we were all pretty tired after our long day. This morning we walked to the slip way leading to the Bordeaux ring road in the hope of catching a lift to Bayonne. After an hour and a half, a kind truck driver stopped and offered us a lift to take us several junctions down the motorway, as he doubted we would have ...

... Aqueduct. Although obviously no longer in use, it was a great site to see although due to our tour guide incessant historical, cultural, spiritual, and etymological explanations, I often lost interest in what she saying, and instead focused on the awesome structure. As the day wore on, I began to feel tired, and proceeded take an hour and half snooze in my hotel room, which was pretty much in the center of the city. However, I knew that once ...

... to Segovia. I loved Segovia but it was a painful 2 hr train ride to get there b/c it was more like a commuter train, stopping every 5-10mins. I think the bus takes 1.5 hrs and doesn't make as many stops. We spoke to Expedia when we returned and got refunds.

Finally - I got a chance to update!! Toledo was a great experience - this place rocks! I mean its old and antic flair makes you feel like in the medieval times like in Teruel but better - more stuff going on! I took a bus from Madrid - took me only an hour more or less to get there - went to the center of the town and let me tell ya! It was not too far from the rest! Good news! I actually followed some ...

... all you could see were hills upon hills and evergreen treetops. The views were staggering and I'm sure everyone felt as small and unimportant as I did. The paths weren't too steep or too flat, and the hoards of trees on either side stood straight up with barks starting as dark brown and ending in auburn red. We came across little cascades and streams during our walk, with pools of crystal cold water, where fireflies and little tiny frogs dwelled ...

... cow grazing happily. My Dad led us to a crossing of the pool which was shallow, tricky since it was filled with wet stones. We slowly stone-stepped to the other side while I complained about getting my shoes wet and lagging behind, scared of stepping on the moldy rocks, slipping and cracking my skull open. After we crossed, my Dad said "We should have used that bridge, huh?" as he pointed to the wooden bridge just ahead, hidden by trees. Fantastic ...

... silence, e ach immersed in his own tranquil world.  After our snacks, while Ed made himself busy exploring the site I reclined on my mossy rock and closed my eyes, enjoying the wind and sun in my face. I hated the fact that I had to leave eventually as I would have stayed there with Ed the entire afternoon meditating, reading, napping. But alas, as everything that goes up must come down, so did we, and since it was already past noon we started ...

... 40636;好 ;的方向感
&# 33879;實讓我找& #20102;一下才看 到城鎮的中 ;心
眼看著&# 27700;道橋卻不& #33021;好好的欣 賞真是太讓 ;我傷心了
&# 36996;好,後來找 到了一間好 ;旅館...就在 2823 ...