Segovia. Every time we see or here the word we cannot help but to break out into song. (It reminds us of the Genovia song from Princess Diaries). The views in this enchanting town were incredible. And following our rules from Madrid, we quickly found something to climb. The tower in the castle. It was as if Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and all our childhood dreams came to life.
One evening we set out to walk along the river after shopping and eating all day, but we made a wrong turn and ended up following dirt-biking path through a field. Little did we know that this would lead us to a field of poppies and a view of the castle. So very beautiful! After we finally made it to dinner around 10 and as we were finishing up we realized that the last bus was about to leave soon. So us being us, we practically sprinted through the streets as the locals enjoyed the circus show. (It probably didn't help that we were hysterically laughing and dropping things as we speed- walked). We got into view of the bus and decided we better run for it. "Run, run," a local girl shouted. It didn't matter we missed the last bus and had to walk back to our hostal.
We also discovered that Spanish food is not Mexican food. There are no enchiladas, nachos or burritos here; only half cooked pig cut straight off the leg hanging up in the restaurant, hard as a rock bread, and luke-warm cheese. Needless to say, we finally found an amazing Italian restaurant that we ate at three times in two days accompanied by chocolate desserts each time.
The day after, we had planned to go hiking in the next town over because it had been recommended to us. We were dropped off the bus in the middle of nowhere and had to ask 3 times were the hiking trail was. Each time we were given different directions and we set out on which we thought would lead us to the top of a mountain and give us incredible views of the local towns. We started out walking on a paved path that seemed to be winding up the mountain side. We were in the thick of the forest and so it was hard to tell how high up we actually were. We kept going although we probably discussed half a dozen times if we should just throw in the towel and turn back. We finally saw blue sky and assumed that we had reached a clearing to see below. To our amazement, it was a clearing in the middle of the peak... For logging purposes. We had climbed up a logging road and our grand view turned out to be a big pile of logs. Well we didn't get the magnificent view we were hoping for but I guess we got in a good work out to equal out all the Italian food we've been eating.
We managed our way back down and had to ask the locals were the bus stop was. We waited... And waited... Contemplated hitch-hiking.... Waited.... And finally the bus driver traveling in the opposite directions waved at us... Then after 20 more mins the bus finally picked us up and headed back to Segovia. And as you could probably guess, we went back to our favorite Italian restaurant for the third time.
We are off to Pisa today and are excited to eat some real Italian food :)
On another note:There is a little game we like to play called "most likely to...." Here is our list so far.
Most likely to:
Buy everything they see... Twyla
Never write in their journal... Jill
Pack Everything in a Baggie... Jill and Twyla
Fall off bike while taking a selfie... Twy
Get pick-pocketed... Twy
Ask for directions... Olivia
Scare strangers with her sneeze... O
Have strangers laugh at her because she stepped in a mud puddle... Twy
Dominate the game of nerts... Jill
Always know exactly where we are... Amanda
Always convince us to buy more ice cream... Amanda
Shatter a glass water bottle in a resturant... A
Pour water in her lap every time she drinks... Twyla
Run after the bus and never catch it... Everybody, everyday
Ride the bus for an hour in the wrong direction... Everybody
Most likely to order two cheesecakes, a brownie and a cake... O
Most likely to wake up early and wake up everybody else... Jill
Spill ice cream all over everyone else... Twy
So you girls had quite the adventure in the enchanting town of Segovai. When you mentioned it was like experiencing fairy tales...you missed one.....does anything come to mind? Here is a hint and it goes something like this "follow the yellow brick road"...remember it now? Well it was my favorite childhood movie with the leading lady named Dorothy and her three needy friends.... and when they got to to a field of poppies... (which made them sleepy).... they saw a castle. Twyla ask your mom... she knew the lines of about every character and acted them out very well.
ReplyDeleteAmanda as a kid you would say "what is the point of hiking" but Dad would lovingly and patiently coax you along by telling you stories. Well you turned into quite the hiker!!! Be honest - Who didn't plan on all the hiking? or is thinking "what is the point of this"? But you all probably felt that after you were expecting some grand view.... and you came to a pile of logs....that was quite funny.
So were you all caught off guard with the fine cuisine of Spain? Italian, 3 times in 2 day sounds like a good choice.
Well is all you hiking and chasing buses burning off all those delicious calories of gelato?
I love your "most likely to" list. Olivia and Twyla, it you sound like the two of are in the lead for the most ...... oh I don't know how to describe it but I think you know what I mean. Jill and Amanda what do you think?
I'm sad I don't know you Jill like I do the other 3.
Well by the time you read this you will have already consumed many Italian meals,enjoyed more gelato and hiked some mountain along the coast of Italy and now are enjoying Romantic Venice.
Keep well and keep laughing and smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!