Today I woke up at 5:15 in the morning to go to Segovia! We made the 6:00 train to Madrid and took a fast train to Segovia, and when we got there, we discovered that 1) the Segovia station is in the middle of nowhere, and 2) we missed the last bus to the center of town for the next several hours by 5 minutes. So, walking it was!
We walked for about an hour down a road that went through empty fields until we got to civilization, and took about another hour to get to where we wanted to be. But once we got there, it was worth it. Segovia is full of all sorts of ancient cathedrals, castles, and of course, the most famous attraction, the aqueducts. The aqueducts are 2,000 years old, built during the time of the Roman Empire. Amazingly, they have no mortar or anything to hold them together: it's just stones and equilibrium. It was unreal to see them up close. I tried to capture the enormity of them in pictures. But first, me in front of a castle:
We also got to go to the top of the aqueduct on one side, and this is the view of part of Segovia from that height:
And of course, the aqueducts!
Though it was a lot of walking and it was really early in the morning, it was worth it. Segovia is awesome.
that is so cool!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh so jealous! I am loving this blog Jo. And I am so happy you are having a good time! Take more pictures, I want to see everything and live vicariously through you! :) --Colleen
ReplyDeleteWOW, that looks amazing. Your pictures are fabulous! Now I want to be in Europe too.
ReplyDelete<3 Jenie
I love the pictures and your motivation to get to Segovia. I hope you had good walking shoes.
ReplyDeleteLaura