Saturday, January 17, 2009

To Segovia and beyond...






Hello everyone, I just got back from our first school trip, this one to Segovia, about 1 1/2 hours south of Valladolid. We didn't leave until 9:30ish, and when we got there the first thing we did was split up into two groups, one with Alfredo, and one with Agustin (two of our teachers). We walked around the city, and saw a bunch of things such as the Casa de los Picos, Iglesia de San Martin, the Catedral, a statue of Juan Bravo, and the Roman Aqueduct (very famous, I'll put a picture up here). After that we had some free time to eat lunch and look around the town, so a group of us went and ate on a ledge overlooking the Plaza Mayor. We were going to go to a contemporary art museum, but it was closed, and the other museum we were going to go to was closed as well. After that, we decided it would be really cool to go into the main cathedral, because it looked really cool from the outside, only to find out it cost 5 euros to get in; so much for that. We ended up just walking around the town, and some people bought a few things, scarves, glasses, etc. I had to go buy some batteries for my camera, because my last two died during free time. After free time was over, we went to Alcázar, a big castle in Segovia. It was a pretty interesting place (at least to me), and there was a tall tower on the front that we got to go up in. That was our last stop, so we headed back to Plaza Mayor, and then took the buses back home. I'm really looking forward to the other excursions now, if they are anything like this one. Other than that, I haven't been up to too much other than school. The only other adventure lately has been me trying to get a cheap cell phone for the past week. I've been trying to get a cheap phone from HappyMovil, and they have them at the Phone House, of which there are two of in Valladolid. I went to both of them, only to find out they were out of that phone, and wouldn't have more for a few days. A few days later I went back, only to find out they didn't have anymore yet. The lady then told me that there was another Phone House south of the city, and they had the phone there. The lady then went to give me a SIM card, only to find out that they were out, and not only in this store, but in all three, so the phone wouldn't do me any good anyways. I'm planning on going back this comming week, and hopefully I'll finally be able to get a phone. Without a phone it's really hard for me to get a hold of people when we aren't at school, so I haven't really been able to hang out with people during the week. Well, it's almost time for me to go eat supper now, so I will leave it at that. Have a great day everyone!

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you are fitting in very well. We are looking forward to more postings. Some of the travel pictures look a little familiar.
    ...Brian and viki

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