Anywho, while there we saw a neat river with a path of stones that crossed. Spencer and I, due to the “The Return of the King” on my iPod (and I mean the specific song, not the movie) decided to get into an intense sword fight.It was a lot of fun. Afterwards we got a “Team A” picture. It was my first official “Team A” picture. 
You see, the very last morning of the Andalucia trip a couple of people informed us that they had made plans to go to Africa in a few weeks to Tangier. Because it was slightly illegal we had to not speak openly about it and called ourselves Team A. 10 of us in total: (Left to Right) Amy, I, Andrew, Liz, Callie, Sarah, Garrett, Lauren, Alex and Kendal. So there we are. We went off to another scenic spot and all the guys took a cool picture. Even Trevor and Spencer joined in. 
After a few more scenic spots we finally entered the city and headed to the castle. We passed the Cathedral on the way. The Cathedral was the last Gothic Cathedral built in the world. It is called the Dame of the Cathedrals because it is a lighter color. 
I saw someone who was depressed so I decided to join him for comfort. 
One more Team A but no one was looking at mine.
We went into the castle. Some have called it the princess castle because it is the castle that Disney got inspiration for Cinderella’s castle. But many people have said that. The castle was pretty cool on the inside and there were supposedly many secret passages however, there was very little of the castle open for us so it wasn’t too cool. I just wish I were a knight. 
Here was a cool cannon.
I just wanted to feel the power between my legs. . There was a lot of cool armor and weaponry. There was a lot of stuff in it about all the arms manufacturing of Spain at the time the castle was being used. We sat and played hacky sack in the courtyard for a bit. From there we went to the Cathedral.
The inside was pretty cool and they had a neat courtyard and off to one side was a nifty museum type place that had some old tapestries and paintings. Aside from that it was pretty much just another cathedral. Not too great. Its prettier from the outside. 
After the Cathedral we wandered the city a bit and I bought the most delicious pastry of my life. 
It had strawberries and whipped topping and a delicious custard crème. It was really good and I ate it as we walked towards the famous aqueducts. I was once again reminded of the horror of the siesta. We were there in the middle of a tourist city at the most tourist spot in the area and everything was closed.
There were some pretty good views. 
Now, after the Sevilla fiasco I had my doubts about these aqueducts but they did not disappoint. Here was the first view. 
They were massive and perfectly preserved. Someone told me they were over a mile long in total. It was really very impressive. 
We took a lot of pictures and then just wandered the city. Amy, Andrew, Kyte, and I broke off and saw a little more of the city. 
There was some random guy who was roasting some pigs. 
mmmmmm… Our last view of the city was pretty cool. 
In the end I really liked it. From there we went to Pedraza. 
There was this really creepy guy following us and we tried getting a picture and Andrew nearly ruined it. 
But we got one later on. 
So we entered Pedraza. 
This was one of the best preserved medieval cities which, until the 70’s, still closed the city gate at sunset. But, when we were there on Friday night, it was dead. I think when our bus pulled in we doubled the city’s population. There was a really good dinner there but I didn’t get it. After we got bored of the city we went outside the walls and climbed a local hill and went stargazing. It was a lot of fun. While up there, we went stargazing while telling funny stories on each other’s tummies. 
Here was the city at night. 
I wasn’t too impressed with the day when we left but in hind sight I really liked it.
You see, the very last morning of the Andalucia trip a couple of people informed us that they had made plans to go to Africa in a few weeks to Tangier. Because it was slightly illegal we had to not speak openly about it and called ourselves Team A. 10 of us in total: (Left to Right) Amy, I, Andrew, Liz, Callie, Sarah, Garrett, Lauren, Alex and Kendal. So there we are. We went off to another scenic spot and all the guys took a cool picture. Even Trevor and Spencer joined in. After a few more scenic spots we finally entered the city and headed to the castle. We passed the Cathedral on the way. The Cathedral was the last Gothic Cathedral built in the world. It is called the Dame of the Cathedrals because it is a lighter color. I saw someone who was depressed so I decided to join him for comfort. One more Team A but no one was looking at mine.We went into the castle. Some have called it the princess castle because it is the castle that Disney got inspiration for Cinderella’s castle. But many people have said that. The castle was pretty cool on the inside and there were supposedly many secret passages however, there was very little of the castle open for us so it wasn’t too cool. I just wish I were a knight. Here was a cool cannon.I just wanted to feel the power between my legs. . There was a lot of cool armor and weaponry. There was a lot of stuff in it about all the arms manufacturing of Spain at the time the castle was being used. We sat and played hacky sack in the courtyard for a bit. From there we went to the Cathedral.The inside was pretty cool and they had a neat courtyard and off to one side was a nifty museum type place that had some old tapestries and paintings. Aside from that it was pretty much just another cathedral. Not too great. Its prettier from the outside. After the Cathedral we wandered the city a bit and I bought the most delicious pastry of my life. It had strawberries and whipped topping and a delicious custard crème. It was really good and I ate it as we walked towards the famous aqueducts. I was once again reminded of the horror of the siesta. We were there in the middle of a tourist city at the most tourist spot in the area and everything was closed.There were some pretty good views. Now, after the Sevilla fiasco I had my doubts about these aqueducts but they did not disappoint. Here was the first view. They were massive and perfectly preserved. Someone told me they were over a mile long in total. It was really very impressive. We took a lot of pictures and then just wandered the city. Amy, Andrew, Kyte, and I broke off and saw a little more of the city. There was some random guy who was roasting some pigs. mmmmmm… Our last view of the city was pretty cool. In the end I really liked it. From there we went to Pedraza. There was this really creepy guy following us and we tried getting a picture and Andrew nearly ruined it. But we got one later on. So we entered Pedraza. This was one of the best preserved medieval cities which, until the 70’s, still closed the city gate at sunset. But, when we were there on Friday night, it was dead. I think when our bus pulled in we doubled the city’s population. There was a really good dinner there but I didn’t get it. After we got bored of the city we went outside the walls and climbed a local hill and went stargazing. It was a lot of fun. While up there, we went stargazing while telling funny stories on each other’s tummies. Here was the city at night. I wasn’t too impressed with the day when we left but in hind sight I really liked it.
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