Avila and Segovia

snowy palms trees!

Correction from yesterday thanks to the news accounts. Yesterday was the first time in snowed in 7 years in Madrid and the first time it stuck on the ground in 10 years. The airport shut down thousands of flights were delayed and the main roads had traffic backups of 5 hours or more.


Last day of touring in the area. We went to two cities a bit out of the city. Avila which is an old walled city from the crusades. It has a high altitude and snow on the ground so not feeling our toes seemed to be a normal thing today. We saw an old church while we were there and the location of where St. Teresa was born. We then headed to Segovia and ate a suckling pig for lunch, yes it was a baby pig, kinda weird but very yummy. We then toured a cathedral in Segovia and also the castle that is said to inspired Walt Disney for Disney World! We then headed back to Madrid for our last night here. We are leaving at 8am tomorrow morning to go to Oviedo it is a 5 hour bus trip and then we meet our families we will be living with. Most of us have yet to hear back from our families so that is a little nerve racking.

It is really difficult to upload pictures so I will add more once I get to Oviedo!

Adios!