Aqueduct of Segovia

Segovia, Spain - Aqueduct of Segovia (11/1)

Today we walked from our apartment to the Aqueduct of Segovia. What a structure! Built in about the first century AD (estimated) it brought water to the city of Segovia until mid nineteenth century; a life span of use of 1800 years! On our way there we passed through a section of the city that we'd not visited before, Calle Cervantes and Don Juan, the center of visitor shopping, which we passed through as quickly as possible.

There's a large plaza for viewing the aqueduct and wide streets leading away from it so one gets a much better sense of its scale and of the engineering and construction skills that went into building it.

After a great lunch we took a round-about walking route back to our apartment, avoiding a sudden downpour by sheltering under a bridge. Just in the few days that we've been here we've noticed a lot more color in the trees' leaves; fall is coming.

Our efforts to shop for some breakfast food were stymied, however, as this is a holiday today and all of the grocery stores were closed. I guess if you live in Spain then you learn how to plan around holidays.

Tomorrow is our last day in Segovia, then back to Madrid, and finally home to Seattle.

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