Segovia
Trip Start
Jan 28, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 18, 2008
Segovia,
Spain and Canary Islands
Monday, March 24, 2008
The Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion was the next site we visited. It was a large, freezing space to walk around in. There were naves and chapels decorated with sculptures and paintings by famous artists. We were impressed by the Gothic choir stalls and the two massive pipe organs. After a while we also took the time to look at the floor and not just the high ceilings, columns and paintings. We were walking over people's graves. These people had financed the rebuilding of the Cathedral and had won enough favour to be buried in it
The famous 2000 y.o. Roman Aqueduct in Sergovia
. I was very excited to visit the Alcazar in Segovia . I didn't realise that "alcazar" means fort and so almost every town has one. Anyway, we wondered through the rooms and corridors still containing portraits of Spanish Castilian royalty, furniture, money chests, armour and weapons. It was our first taste of Spanish history. Sadly the climbing the stairs up into the tower cost a few Euros extra and we didn't have them. The views from the ground level windows were over the river with its cliffs and bridges were still spectacular.
A highlight of our day trip to Segovia was definitely the hot chocolates in a café we discovered beside the aqueduct. They were thick enough to hold a teaspoon up. If you have visited Spain you might be saying "Well of course they have great hot chocolates" but these were the first thick, thick, rich hot chocolates we had enjoyed. It was a cold day and with the hot chocolates it was perfect.
