Day 5 - Carreteras, catedrales y castillos

This morning started off very much like yesterday, except for the fact we needed to be packed up and ready to go by 8 am.

We made our way to Segovia, one of the ancient capitals of Spain. Segovia is famous for its 2,000 year old Roman aquaduct. It was completed without any mortar to hold the stones together. It is about 10 miles long and it carried water up until the 1950s.

Photo by: Meghan Keenen

Segovia also has the last gothic cathedral to be built in Spain.

And finally Segovia has an Alcazar, a castle. Queen Isabel grew up here with her younger brother as virtual prisoners of their older half brother who was paranoid about them overthrowing him.

So we arrived in Burgos and dropped our luggage off at the hotel, then began our walking tour of the sleepy little town, little in comparison to Madrid.

We visited the third largest cathedral in Spain. In this cathedral, Rodrigo Diáz de Vivar, also known as El Cid, the national hero of Spain for his heroics during the reconquest.

Rose window in the cathedral, similar to Notre Dame.

Dome inside of the cathedral.

Tonight we are heading out to watch a festival. Tomorrow we head to Bilbao and the Guggenheim!