We headed north out of Madrid today to the town of Segovia. Segovia is basically for 3 things: the gothic Cathedral, the Aqueduct, and the Alcazar. It was also in the city where Isabela was declared Queen in 1474. The Alcazar/Castle (above) had some rooms ruined by fire, but it is still in amazing shape and is fun to explore!
Below is the largest standing Roman aqueduct that is standing with nothing holding it together. This picture shows the largest 700 meters of the aqueduct...so impressive!!
Our next stop after lunch was El Escorial, a royal monestary created by Phillip II. All the kings & queens of Spain are buried down in the mausoleum. They recently just added a Queen, who can only be there if her son is King. She was still in the 'rotting room' the last time I visited. Unfortunately, they have run out of space. The next 2 to join are the current King's parents, who are just laying around in the rotting room. Once they join the others, the Royal family will have to decide where to put the next group.Unfortunately, we couldn't take any pics in the monestary...
Kate sporting her latest pair of pants...sooooo cute!!
After a full day, we came back into Madrid & had dinner at this cute place where we could write on the walls. Brian grabbed the top spots and left his mark!
Tomorrow we arranged to take a mini-bus down to Toledo for the morning, thus still allowing for some free time tomorrow afternoon before boarding our night train to Portugal. So, I probably won't be blogging tomorrow night as I'm assuming the train doesn't have Wi-Fi...although the busses here do! :)
So, sadly we'll be saying good-bye to Spain and hello to Portugal!
Chat more soon!!
~steph :)
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