On Saturday the group took a day excursion to the small city of Segovia Spain ( in between Salamanca and Madrid). After the two hour bus ride we were excited to be in the city. The first thing we noticed as we got off the bus was a very high rock arch sculpture. After we stopped in the tourist center for a quick bathroom break, we met up with our tour guide who informed us that the structure we were seeing is an ancient Roman Aqueduct that was ninety feet high that has one hundred sixty-six arches and that it was built two thousand years ago. Next, we made our way to a look out point where we saw a very important mountain range called Mujer Muerta. It is said to look like a corpse of a woman. When we walked further down the street we came to a small square with a church and a statue called the plaza de San Martín. The statue is of Juan bravo who is a local hero for the Segovians. Once we got to the center of the city we came to the Plaza mayor which is the main square, it has restaurants, arcades, balconies, little shops, and a cathedral. The Architect who built this cathedral, J. Gil de Hontañón, is the same man who designed the new cathedral in Salamanca. The cathedral was built in fifteen fifty-two. Our last and final stop in Segovia was to see an ancient castle. The rooms inside were set up how they would have looked back in the sixteenth century. This castle was used to house the old king and queen. At the end of our castle tour we got the opportunity to go up into one of the towers. It was a hike with a long spiral staircase, but once we reached the top the view was worth it! We made our way down and went outside the palace to a park where we ate lunch. We were told we had some free time to shop and look around the city. At 4:30, we got back on the bus to go home, we were all exhausted and ready to crash. About thirty minuets outside Segovia the bus stopped in front of a long drive way to a big house. No body knew where we were as we got off the bus and walked up towards the house. We were told that behind this house were huge gardens. After we entered the gardens Miran told us that we need to hurry. After basically running to an unknown location on the grounds, we see tons of people gathered around the huge fountain. As we are finding a good spot to look at the fountain closer, the fountain erupts. The water was now fanning out by the outside walls to the fountain where we were standing. We soon realized the water was not going to stop at the barrier to the fountain pool, and some some of us got soaked (Bri and Sra. Casco). After spontaneously erupting for about 5 minutes, the water went down and the people around the pool all went in the same direction so we followed. We found that there are three other fountains that do the same thing. It took us about an hour to see every fountain explode. After that great surprise we all loaded onto the bus and headed home to Salamanca for real this time. All in all, a great day!
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