Food

Today was the day for a small day trip to Segovia, about an hour from Madrid. And also Dad’s 60th Birthday - Happy Birthday Dad!

Segovia has this awesome aquaduct built by the Romans between the 1st and middle 2nd Centuries, and built without mortar. So the blocks are all just wedged in there. It is pretty huge and pretty cool. There is also a walled in city which has a few things to see.

After checking out the aquaduct we headed up to the walled city and it was pretty hot. We decided to go have a look inside the Cathedral, which ended up being a great idea as it was nice and cool inside. Building startedin the 1500’s and took about 250 years to complete. Part of it was salvaged from the old cathedral which had been burned down.

It is huge inside, with about 18 little chapels around the inside, each one with different altars, paintings and styles.

After we finished looking around the Cathedral we headed to the Alcazar, or the Castle, at the other end of the walled city. We got the hugest audio guides ever - no-one would ever want to keep these!

This place was also pretty cool, and compared to the Disney castle we saw in Germany, a lot lighter and less ostentatious. It had pretty good views as well.

By this time it was late afternoon and we headed back to Madrid for our last dinner here. This time it was a last minute decision, at a place called Botin, which is famous for its suckling pig.

We shared some croquettas and the most awesome gazpacho I have ever had (I’ve had 2). It had a bit of a spicy tang, with them adding fresh capsicums, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions at the table.

Next up was our pork - it was pretty awesome too.

We skipped dessert as we were leaving room for our last churros tomorrow morning!