Day One - Touchdown Madrid: | |
We really didn't do anything in Madrid but ooze off the plane.
Forty tired creatures were then introduced to our tour manager/guide Kim.
We boarded the bus with minimal use of the cattle prod and were soon off to historic Segovia. After checking into our rooms, we got the first real view of the impressive Roman Aqueduct.
It's an architectural marvel built by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago.
Too bad we forgot how to build like that. It runs through the middle of town - it must have good shoes.
In the afternoon, we toured the fairytale Alcázar, a castle dating from the 12th century.
The Alcázar is where Isabella first met Ferdinand and where Philip II married his fourth wife, Anne of Austria. Inside the Alcázar, we found the replicas of Isabella and Ferdinand's thrones.
Inside the Battlements of the once-impregnable castle is a tower, originally built by Isabella's father as a prison. |
First View of Segovia From our Room
First View of Segovia From our Room
First View of Segovia From our Room
Meeting of the Minds
Heading into Town
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Kim, Our Guide Leads us Through Town
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Pam & Aida at the Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Cathedral de Segovia
Pam & Helga Seem to be Happy
Approaching the Alcázar
View From the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
Inside the Alcázar
The Alcázar Garden
Pam & Rich at the Alcázar
Bob, Elise & Brad
The Alcázar
The Alcázar
Back Inside the Museum
Brad's Diggin' It
Inside the Alcázar
Another View From the Alcázar
And Looking the Other Way
Heading Back Into Town
Brad & Elise Relax
George & Joan Cruise Segovia
Dinner - The Infamous Platos de Muerto Pisces
The Cathedral at Night
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