Segovia: Those Romans! They'll get you every time!

Weeks and weeks and weeks ago we spent a Saturday in Segovia.  It is a City that has been home to Romans, and Kings and Queens of Spain.  It lost its importance due to a rebellion during one of Spain's many civil wars.

The roman aqueduct.  Nothing shy of impressive.  Built in the first century, at its tallest it is 16 meters and was fully functional until about 30 years ago.  Of course it is made just by stacking perfectly shaped rocks, no cement for the Romans!  This was my favorite part of the city.

The Cathedral.  Beautiful inside and out.  These really are sacred places.

 

The Castle on a hill.  So fairy tale like.

A whole room just for weapons.  Every boys dream.

Cuenca: these hills are alive! Well.... they're more like cliffs.

Cuenca!  Probably my favorite place.  It is a quaint little town a short trip outside of Madrid.  Its built up high, surrounded be beautiful country.  Everything was so incredibly beautiful that, despite the rain, I enjoyed every minute of my time there.

Looking out over the valley from the cliffs.

 Looking down on the river.  I hope you can see the color of the water.  Not exactly the most natural color, but definitely beautiful. 

 Some of those lovely Cuenca cliffs.

 Beautiful place, beautiful girls.

 From the lookout you have cliffs in one direction and the other.  So cool.

 Las casas colgadas, which means the hanging houses.  Litteraly hanging off the edge of a cliff.

I just saw this in a rock wall.  I found Cuenca to be enchanting,  I loved it.

Granada!

Granada.... such a cool city.  La Alhambra, you  know?  I had seen the pictures and had the desire to go.  Lets just say it didn't disappoint.

The gardens, incredible.  If I could choose anywhere to live it would be in an Arab palace.

El patio de los leones.  Interesting fact: the Koran counsels Muslims to not have images because it can lead to idolatry.  But its just a counsel.  Muslims have taken it as hard doctrine as a way to distance themselves from other religions.

 

Fun little pic post visit.

The view at night.  Pretty breathtaking.