Segovia Part Dos

First off, I want to say that blogger doesn't have spell check, and apparently I don't know how to spell a variety of words when I'm busy thinking and composing and typing. If you know me well, you already know that. So, mea culpa, please forgive me.  I could blame it on my circadian clock being off, jet lag, or museum overload, I guess.

So, back to beautiful Segovia.

When we left the cathedral, we continued our journey through town and decided we were starving.  The specialty in Segovia is suckling pig, and you can get it at many, many little eateries that line many streets and the main square.  When in Rome...

It was delicious!

Fortified, we carried on till we came to this lovely old church.  It was closed for renovations, so we couldn't go in, much to Matt's disappointment. 

The town of Segovia is shaped like a ship, and the town ends at the prow of the ship where there is a castle/fortress on top of the cliffs the town is built on. The building was begun more than 800 years ago, and it is so well situated that it has never been taken by an enemy force.  Like all such fortresses, it was enlarged and renovated over the years.  It was a fort, a palace, a prison, the Royal Artillery School, and now a museum. It is called Alcazar.

Many, many of the buildings in Segovia are decorated on the outside with Moorish motifs because of the Moorish history of the town. Plus I thought this picture was good for Mike as the sign says, Grandfather's House.

Then we came to the House of a Thousand Beaks or Casa de Los Picos.  It's Moorish design hides a beautiful inner courtyard that houses an art school today.

We wondered back through town, stopped for a snack, a little shopping from the artisans on the square by the aquiduct, and it was the fast train back to our home. A truly remarkable day!!