Segovia

11 km away from our village of La Granja is the city of Segovia. This is where we go for major grocery shopping, Spanish class and evangelical church.

Segovia's big claim to fame is the Aqueduct. Braden will be the guest blogger for this topic (lovin' this part of homeschooling, where everything we do or see is "school").

The aqueduct was amazing. It was HUGE. It was made by the Romans in about 100 A.D. but no-one knows for sure. It is made of unmortared granite blocks (that means nothing is cementing the blocks together) and is still standing like it did 2000 years ago, though parts of it have been rebuilt. The aqueduct is made to carry water from a spring to a town (or city) so that the people could get “fresh” water from the water basin at the end of the aqueduct. There are a count of 167 arches in total holding the aqueduct up and at its highest point it is 28.5 meters (93.5 feet)  high.  

We also walked by a beautiful cathedral.

And ended our walk with churros con chocolate...a tasty Spanish treat.

Thanks for the perspective, Braden!

November 1st, All Saints Day, is a National Holiday in Spain. One thing Spaniards do on this day is honour their loved ones that have died by decorating their graves and tombs. Family and friends bring flowers, plants and candles, making the cemetery in Segovia a sight to behold.

The niches under the roof, on the wall, are like deep drawers that provide another option to placing the bodies in the ground. The fronts are sealed/cemented closed. This enables many more to be "buried" in a smaller space. Although we carefully and discreetly took pictures to avoid including people, there were many, many people wandering around the cemetery on November 1st, as is the custom.