Saturday, January 15, 2011

Alcazar and Other New Experiences

Yesterday we had our first mini-excursion to Alcazar, a castle in Segovia which was Walt Disney's inspiration for the Cinderella Castle in Disney World! It was amazing! We toured all the rooms, including the royal dining room, bed-chambers, and climbing up the stairs from hell to reach the top of the castle and see the most beautiful view of Segovia. 

Some of the group on top of Alcazar
After that, some of us went to Valor (a Chocolate Place)--yes, I am Lorraine Cavanaugh's granddaughter (love you Grandma)--and had some churros with chocolate! We met Jesus, the owner, who is very good friends with one of my Spanish professors back at St. Ben's. 

After the chocolateria, we went to the art exhibition of Christian (the guy who matches us with our host family and is also the brother of my Art and Culture prof, Pilar). It was so cool and fancy schmancy.  Then, I came home and all my family members were getting ready to go out for the night! I had a tortilla espanola for dinner (eggs, potatos, and cheese all formed into a tortilla shape)..ahh it was delicious!

After that, we went to our favorite bar, Oso Blanco, to hang out with our favorite bartender, Jesus. We got to know the other group from the U.S. that is also studying here in Segovia!!

This morning I slept in, woke up and went to Dicano, a local cafe, to work on some homework..yes, I actually have to study while I am here. Came back and had lunch with my family! Now I am off to go explore some more! It has been nice and sunny here for the last three days, Minnesotans BE JEALOUS :)



Adios
View from the top of the castle! So beautiful
Alexa, John & Me

3 comments:

  1. We LOVE seeing your blog posts Katie!! Keep eating chocolate... :)
    Bill, Linda, Evie and Will

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  2. HI KATIE,
    SAVE ME SOME CHOCOLATE, PLEASE. I DON'T THINK I WOULD LIKE IT WITH CHURROS, WOULD I?
    THE TRIP TO THE CASTLE SOUNDS GREAT EXCEPT FOR THE STEPS TO HELL.
    OSO BLANCO????? A BAR ??????OH MERCY.
    I LIKED THE PHOTOS. WHEN I SAW YOU I CRIED. YOU LOOK SO GOOD. YOU SAID YOU HAD SUN. WHAT'S THAT. I AM GLAD YOU HAVE WARM WEATHER.
    LOVE AND HUGS.

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  3. Grammy,

    For some reason I don't think you would like Chocolate con churros, but there are this really good Chocolate bars called Milka here that I know you would like! I'll have you bring one home for ya :)

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