Segovia!

*October 17, 2009*

So the morning after the Diwali party (which was FREEZING), we had to be up early to get on the bus to Segovia... needless to say everyone slept on the bus. But WOW, what an impression Segovia made as we drove into the city... we drove right up to the aqueducts! They are sooo huge, and stretch to connect opposite sides of the city. So incredible!

We had Alfredo as our tour guide again, and I ended up relying on a few other people with the translations. Alfredo is so interesting and animated as a tour guide (and also my Spanish culture teacher), but I can't always understand everything he is saying, which can be frustrating since I am very eager to know what he is explaining about the city.

Anyway, so he took us around talking about the history of Segovia, and then we had free time for lunch, photo taking, and shopping. Since Natalie's dad was in town, I went around with some of the girls and Natalie and her dad. We asked him about his life as a missionary, and we all explained our majors and all that jazz. We walked around the city more (by now, it was warm outside, as opposed to the 2° C that it was that morning) and just enjoyed the view and taking tons of pictures.

When we met back up with the group, we took a tour of the Castle of Alcázar. It was fun recognizing the Moorish architecture and art that we had been learning about in Dr. H's class. We also climbed the many many stairs to the top of the tower, which had a beautiful view!

It was finally time to head back to Valladolid, so we all got some ice cream and boarded the bus (where we slept, again).

That night, we met with everyone again at a bar to watch the Valladolid vs. Madrid fútbol (soccer) game. We didn't stay for long, as Natalie's dad invited us out to dinner (Me, Tiffany, Kristen, Aubrea, Hanna and Rachel). We ended up at this cute (and fanccyyy) restaurant in Plaza Mayor, and had one of the most incredible conversations.

The eight of us were there for about 3+ hours, just deep in conversation, which I won't bore you with now... but I do want to pose a question for you to ponder which we did discuss:

If you had 15 minutes to speak to the entire world, what would you say?

I would love to hear your thoughts - please feel free to send me an email at dalia.feinholz@gmail.com :)