Segovia

	What a lovely city! When one first gets off the train, you don't see the full impact of this town. It's not until you get out of the more modern shopping district and into the older quarters that your eyes start to bulge with the amazing buildings and street scenes. Segovia is most famous for three features: its Roman aqueducts, its cathedral, and the castle Alcazar.

	The aqueducts are every bit as stupendous as you would expect. My surprise was that they were much larger (longer) than I realized, and much higher. I was also excited to be able to walk all the way to the top, where the views were lovely.
	The cathedral is a giant structure with amazing architecture (I'm not sure what to call this style). It was closed for services the day we were there.
Walking through town to the far side (on our way to Alcazar), we stopped to tour a neat little house museum and to browse the market. We ended up buying lots of souvenirs in the stores around the central market, including lots of very nice pottery and some bronze figurines.


The street scapes, lovely old buildings, quiet parks, and theatre of Segovia all heightened the historical sense of this grand city.