This is the blog update for the second and final day spent and enjoyed within the walls of segovia.
I can find no other way of writing this blog efficiently other than just giving it in recount form. As editorials and feature article styles take far to long to compose and due to limitations on my phone I am unable to post pics at different parts in my paragraphs which means they all get randomly mashed at the end of the article, giving YOU the opportunity to use your imagination to find which I'm talking about.
So basically we arose early morning after receiving as delightful wake up call no doubt by the Spanish receptionist, who upon picking up the phone blasted my ear with some incoherent spanish greetings then slammed the phone down to move onto her next victim. You can just imagine the state of confusion I was left in first thing in the morning.
We all walked, ran, stumbled and fell down the stairs to breakfast and enjoyed an amazing euro brekky of croissants, muffins, twinky like cakes, toast, meats, tea ect ect. Point is we all ate like starved pigs. "food for the journey"
We than hopped on the bus and drove slowly to our destination. "Vera Cruz Church" which was no less than beautiful. Upon entering there it's an amazing artwork of gigantic proportions. Which seemed quite modern looking in comparison to some of the old paintings displayed in the room where Sunday mass was held by Bishop David.
The mass was amazing as it was held literally feet from the tomb of St John of the Cross, and thus dedicated to him.
Pictures of the church and tomb will end up mashed into the photo reel below.
Although this is a religious pilgrimage I have to say honestly that the highlight if my day was seeing in detail both the interiors and exteriors of the awesome 'Alcazar' castle... aka walt disney castle inspiration.
Due to my younger obsession with medieval books and stories to actually experience a full on, legitimate castle where kings and queens lived, ruled, ate, slept and fought was absolutely incredible. The disappointing thing was because if the incredible positioning of the castle and it's sheer awesomeness, no one ever tried to put the castle under siege. Devo.
Of course I'll include some photos below for you!
After Alcazar we went into Segovia for a tour in which we saw the aqueduct...again. We also were led around and shown a variety of other things in which I didn't absorb properly because I was still entranced by alcazar.
We then got back to our hotel rooms and given the opportunity to bathe, tend our travel wounds and pop blisters due to bad footwear. Upon completion we had free time in which we hit the town (mostly the pub) to chill a bit and wind down.
It was here that I experienced the taste and strength of the famous Sangria beverage.
We followed it shortly with sharing groups where we examined our consciences and shared our goals and aspirations with one another. Jake and I were complimented on our input which was really encouraging and reassuring.
After that and after dinner we went down to town to join the locals in some hardcore fiesta. Believe it or not the commencing time for the party was 12:30am... Insane.
We enjoyed the party all the while grinding the gears of our body to breaking point in terms if sleep deprivation, until morning.
Luckily I got a few hours rest... some others however practically walked in the door and sat down for breakfast.
~ Sam xx
Sorry about the sideways photos. Theres just no helping it.
Very good.
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