The Cinderella Castle

How many times have I stood in front of the Cinderella castle of Disneyland in LA and of Disney World in Florida and felt that strange draw toward fantasy stories of princesses in their beautiful castles? Well, today I went to see the real Cinderella Castle: El Alcazar.

My adventures today started with taking an early bullet train to the city of Segovia. This was my first time on a bullet train. It was super comfortable and fast. In about 30 minutes, my friends and I arrived at the beautiful city of Segovia. The day was perfect. In spite of weather reports, the sun showed its face and made the temperature just right for traveling.

After taking a bus to get to the middle of the city, we headed off toward the Aqueduct. The sight of this amazing architecture came completely by surprise as we turned a corner down a winding street. The Aqueduct was built from 50 B.C. until the 1st Century AD by Romans. It is huge structure that is composed of 2 tiers of archways. It stretches along for a total of 723 m (2400 ft). It was absolutely breath-taking.

After seeing the Aqueduct, we worked our way toward the other side of the city. After passing through many winding streets, we arrived at the main cathedral. I can honestly say that this building is the most beautiful structure that I've ever seen. It is hard to describe its beauty. Perhaps I'll just save my words now and let my pictures that I'll upload in a few days speak for themselves =)

Finally, we worked our way to the other side of the city and reached the Alcazar. This is the castle that Disney's Cinderella Castle is modeled after. It has pointy blue towers that are charcteristic of fairy tale castles. From certain angles, it really does seem like a princess would be living in it waiting for her prince to come rescue her. We spent a long time exploring the castle from the outside and the inside. It was a lot of fun ^^

Luckily, the rain started to fall only after we were done exploring these main sites of the city. We spent the last hour or so relaxing in a small bar. It was a good finish to a wonderful day =)