Segovia Spain with Ingy

 Ingy arrived in Madrid on Sunday afternoon. She was supposed to make it in the day before but due to the strike her plane was diverted to Rome and she made it in a day late. I met her at the arrival gate at the airport and we took the metro from the airport to the train station where we bought tickets for Segovia Spain. Segovia is about 60 miles north of madrid and has a population of around 55,000 people. The two main attractions of the city is the Aqueduct and the Alcazar. 

The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the main tourist sights of the city. The date of its construction goes back to the end 1st century or early 2nd century. It is the roman civil engineering work most important in Spain. The aqueduct was constructed of 25,000 granite blocks together without any mortar, has a length of 760 meters, consists of more than 166 arches and its tallest point is almost 100 feet tall.

The other attraction of the city that is really impressive is the the Alcazar of Segovia. This royal palace is built on a high point at the far end of the city and is protected my a gorge on one side and a large moat on the other. Walt Disney modeled the castle in Sleeping Beauty from the design of this castle. The Alcazar dates back from the early days of the 12th century. 

The town was very pretty, we also went to the cathedral which was very interesting. Below are some photos from our trip. 

Aqueduct at night

Aqueduct and plaza at night

Ingy with aqueduct in background

Inside the Cathedral of Segovia

Between streets with mountains in background

Segovia

Kitty eating some food

Alcazar of Segovia

Shot from the Alcazar 

Ingy 

Crazy drop - moat in front of Alcazar

haha

Crarzy trees in courtyard of Alcazar

Walking up the tower of the alcazar

Top of tower with Cathedral and city in background

View of city from Top of Alcazar

Another shot of the HUGE moat

Passed a workshop where men were chiseling decorative tiles

Ingy getting her sugar fix on

city streets with aqueduct in background

We spent 2 nights in Segovia. I really enjoyed the city. We made our way back to Sevilla on Tuesday. It was SUCH a long trip. we took the slow train from Segovia to Madrid because it was cheaper. It took 2 hours. Then we boarded a bus from Madrid to Sevilla that took nearly 6.5 hours. We made it back around 10 at night. It was a long day of travel but we had a lot of fun visiting Segovia.