la granja

Just outside of segovia is the BEAUTIFUL palace of La Granja. We convinced our walk around segovia teacher to take us here one day instead of touring segovia. Needless to say, class was extra long (4 hours) but well worth it. I may be wrong because I wasn't taking notes that day, but I think king Phillip V had this palace built using the palace of versailles as a template. This is the entryway to the palace grounds

In the distance you can see the actual palace. All of the buildings between me and the palace were the houses for the various service people of La Granja Even the lamp posts are royal

I thought this was really cool. It says, "the books taught me how to think, and thinking made me free"

Everyone already exhausted from the heat listening to our teacher tell us about the tiny city we are in.