July 26, 2010 - Segovia

At the top of the mountain pass (small child, not ours, obviously car sick barfing in the parking lot as the photo was being taken!).

The aqueducto with Tom's favorite restaurant on the right.

A feat of Roman engineering, the aqueducto was assembled without mortar or cement.  Originally there was a statue of Hercules where the Virgin Mary now resides. 

Delectable cochinillo!

Looking sharp for the big night out!

A great view of the Iglesia de San Miguel on the Plaza Mayor as the sun was setting.

Today we woke up and left right away. Not. We didn’t get out till about 11 o’clock (our usual departure time these days). We drove through the twisty, turny mountains with all three of us kids feeling sick. After we got out of the mountains, our stomachs relaxed finally. We had lunch at a rest stop that shouldn’t be considered a rest stop, because all it was only a parking lot and a few picnic tables. We drove on and on and on and on and then finally came to Segovia. There is this cool aqueduct that was used to carry water nine miles from a river to the other side of Segovia.  It was built in A.D. 50 and some of it is still standing (it is only half a mile long today). We wandered around town for a bit, then walked to a restaurant by the aqueduct (which Dad has been to before, twice) where Ryan and Dad ordered Cochinillo (roast suckling pig). We then walked to the top of the aqueduct (as high as you could go) and admired the view. After that we got some ice cream, then walked by the monastery. We walked through the square Plaza Mayor, then hung out at the hotel before going to bed.

Trevor