Escorial, La Granja and Segovia!

Hello again! I've been slacking big time with the blog updating so I am compensating by adding some more pictures this time. Read along and I'll take you through our day trip to Escorial, La Granja and Segovia!


After much encouragement I agreed to climb up here for a few statue pictures courtesy of Jose (Antonio's brother), my photographer for the day. Unfortunately we came to Escorial over a holiday weekend and did not get to go in the palace. However, I did manage to run inside the church and get a glimpse just as mas was letting out. You can get a good perspective of just how enormous this palace is by comparing the people in the left side of the photo. And I must say, it was no easy climb up!



Una fuente en La Granja! These fountains were truly incredible... no motors involved, they just opened the valves and let them go!

This was the last of four fountains we saw at La Granja. It is almost twice as high as the trees. The coolest part of this trip is that is was totally unplanned. The family knew that the fountains are only turned on once a week, one time and during the rainy season so we weren't planning on seeing them. We just so happened to arrive exactly at 5:30 when hundreds of tourists were making their way from fountain to fountain. I have to say this was my favorite part of the day, what a sight!


Above: Roman aqueduct in Segovia. Below: Castle...Alcazar in Segovia.

Hombre, no más! No more self portraits please! I love love loved Segovia and wished I had a little more time to spend there. It was quite the trip going to all three places in one day. We were 5 adults and 5 kids so there were definitely limits to what we could do. I may or may not have told the kids that was Rapunzels' Castle and she was in there. That gave us a lot to chat about on the way home. "Is there a dragon? Rapunzel lives in España? Where is the prince? Is Rapunzel dead?" ect ect...

I hope you've enjoyed the trip! Time has flown by and I've been have a great time here. I can't believe that it is coming to a close with only a month left. I will try to get a couple more posts up before I leave! I am looking forward to seeing all of you and chatting over some coffee at Panera. I miss Panera, the coffee...the bagels mmmm.... But I miss you all more! And dear Spanish meet-up group I have not forgoten about you, can't wait to see you all! Hasta pronto amigos :)