A day in Segovia :)

Today did not start off very well considering I was going to get up at 6:15 since we had to meet with the rest of the Purdue students at 8:30am. I managed to oversleep and thank god Abby set an alarm at 7! I jumped out of bed and ran to the shower and we ended up leaving without breakfast because we didn't have time, and we couldn't even grab something to go because Puri has hardly any food in here.. Well any normal food, or any food we could have possibly taken for an on-the-go snack. Somehow we got to the Metro like a half hour early and decided to go searching for a store/restaurant for food. Let me just tell you that NO stores are open at 8:00am on a Saturday in Spain, not even Starbucks!!! I mean for realz? Anywho we had to buy water and crackers from the vending machine because we weren't sure if we were going to be eating right when we got to Segovia..

We had to split into two groups, and they told us all about the history of Segovia. It's such a beautiful city though!! Side note: I tripped minimum of 20 times to do because of all the cobblestone (i think that's what it is called) and uneveness hahah We went to a Medieval Castle which was so awesome!!!! It was just massive, but we couldn't sit on any chairs, or anything so naturally I wanted to! I didn't end up doing it, but it was very tempting! Here is the entire Purdue group and that's the castle in the background:

The bus ride was only like an hour to Segovia, and as soon as we got there we had like 20 minutes or so to grab a pastry and coffee if we wanted to, but there was a limited selection of places and by the time we got up to the counter all they had were prepackaged muffin things, but it was delicious so I can't complain :)


Here's a picture of a few of us:

For lunch we wanted something cheap, and ended up going to San Luis' Hamburgueseria.. so delicious!! I got this massive hot dog and it was a great choice :) After lunch we got to walk around for a bit, and look at some gypsy souvenir shops, which I bought a few little things :) There was a band playing there too and they were good! I just wanted to stay there and watch them while drinking some sangria, but unfortunately we had to be back to the buses by 4 :(

Once we got to the buses we all assumed we were going back so we were all getting comfy on the bus when after like 5 minutes of driving we pull into some parking lot.. We all piled out of the bus, and they gave us all a free magnet from Segovia :) We took group pictures and then went to another church. It was interesting inside, and Segovia's just so pretty that it made getting off the bus worthwhile! Apparently at this church when you're outside of it you're supposed to look for skeleton bones becuase of ... (spaced out and kinda missed why hahaha oppsiesssss!!)... But anywho, 3 people found little skeleton bones!!!!!!!! It was crazy!! That was the end of our day at Segovia! Unfortunately we didn't get to explore very much :( Wouldn't mind going back there again :)

The bus ride was quick and so was the Metro ride.. We ended up stopping at a supermarket on the way back from the Metro cuz we needed a food survival kit: water, coke-cola, Nutella, bread, chips, voldka, and orange juice.. Yeah that'll work!! Dinner was actually pretty tasty tonight :) Let's hope it stays that way!!!

Here's most of our group from Purdue in Segovia!! :)

Tomorrow: The whole group hanging out at Josh's (grad student who is helping with the trip) and then going to a soccer game to see Real Madrid!