Parador de Turismo de La Granja
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Segovia
... Lola ate baby sheep and I ate the tail of a bull...in a stew.
The city is perched on an island of land above a valley and seems to resemble a ship with the Alcázar being the front and the aquaduct the back. Our hotel was at the back looking out onto the aquaduct. Which is where we started. Looking at this structure you can only wonder at the effort and time it took to put it together. This is the legacy of hard work and anonymity. ...
Segovia - A Perfect Day
... of the aqueduct and it's near perfect condition was simply overwhelming.
From there we walked towards Plaza Mayor and the Cathedral built between 1527 and 1768. It was Spain's last major Gothic building. I've never seen so many pinnacles and flying buttresses.
Of course we had to also stop at Limon y Menta which is famous for its rich marzipan cake.
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"Swimming", Carnival, and Shopping
... house. Luckily for Maddy, the dogs don't usually come upstairs where our room is. The meals had been interesting so far. Sra. Concepcion graciously made us seafood paella the other night. Rice and bell peppers were the only thing we could eat from it - we don't know how to eat seafood! The other students' Spanish mom offered them asked if they would ike rabbit!
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Segovia y El Escorial
The order of visits on this tour was kind of funny because we landed in Madrid, left for Salamanca and then came back towards Madrid to also see Salamanca and Toledo. On the way from Salamanca back to Madrid we stopped in Salamanca which was my favorite city when I was here as a senior in high school. I'm really glad that I got to see these cities before because the smaller ones scheduled on the tour were more like drive-bys or short visits ...
Segovia with the Monsignor
... on a bench to wait for the Monsignor to enter.
After leaving the Alcazar, we made our way back to the Plaza Mayor. We found a little cafe on the Plaza, in what I would call the southeast corner. We both had a "sanwich mixto" which is a grilled ham and cheese. We left there and made our way back to the car. On the way, I was able to take a photo of the Casa de los Picos, the best one I have every taken.
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