When I get to a new city, it seems to be my tradition to... buy a map, walk around and get lost, then gradually learn the layout of the city and stumble upon my hostel. Toledo was different though. I got lost about a hundred times and still have no idea what the layout is. It's a maze, with a ton of little narrow streets that wind aroung. Beautiful though. And, like many things here, it dates back to Roman times. It was the capitol of Visigothic Spain, and has a long religious history.
Segovia was much easier to navigate. It's my favorite historical city so far. It's an old walled city that has an aqueduct running to it, originally built by the Romans. It's on the right in this picture of the plaza mayor, looking down from inside the city walls.
There is also a very cool castle in Segovia. It's perched on a peak at the edge of town, right on the wall. You can climb a trecherous spiral staircase all the way to the top of the tower and look out over the land.
The other night, I went to an electronic music festival outside of Madrid. Most of the people there didn't speak very good English, which was kinda nice. I've gotten to the point where I occasionally run across people who know less English than I know Spanish. At this party, it was actually unusual to be a foreigner, unlike downtown Madrid. Also, there was a fog machine at the party that was malfunctioning and kept freezing people's heads.
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