Field Trip to Segovia

Today we went on our group field trip to the beautiful city of Segovia! The first thing we did was visit the Palacio Real de la Granja (royal palace where the actual Spanish royal family stays sometimes!). It was very pretty inside and the gardens were beautiful! It also had a forest, but we didn't take a tour through that, haha.

Once we finished our tour of the palace, we hopped back on our bus and drove into Segovia (only a few mins. away) and saw the famous Roman aqueduct that has been in existence for approximately 2000 years and in use until 1970! The most unique thing about this aqueduct is that it the stones are not held together by any kind of cement or mud, etc. The stones are held together by the pressure they place on each other as well as these little metal things (it's hard to explain because our guide told us in Spanish). Anyways, it's really cool!

Next we walked throughout Segovia and saw several cathedrals and walked through a street that was once a Jewish barrio (neighborhood). We made our way to Segovia's plaza mayor and then had 2 hours of free time to eat lunch and explore. In Segovia's plaza mayor, there is a cute little rotunda where several of us girls sat and ate our lunches and then went shopping, of course!! We were told to try two types of desserts special to Segovia: ponche segoviano and leche frita (fried milk). Ponche segoviano is delicious! Tan riquisimo!! It's very sugary and has cinnamon in it. Unfortunately, the leche frita we tried wasn't Segovia's best. It tasted like freezer-burnt ice cream or something to that effect--not so good.

After our free time was up, we met in the Plaza Mayor and were off to visit the castle called Alcazar de Segovia. WOW! It was so magnificent! And the landscape/scenery in Segovia is so beautiful it almost seems unreal! After the tour of the castle, we climbed up a very tall tower and got an even better "view from the top," if you will. So amazing! I love Segovia! It was such a great day. Well, here are some pictyasss: