Last excursion! 07/04

Today we went on an excursion to Duraton and two little pueblos.  We took about an hour bus ride to the first little medieval pueblo where we walked around and then ended up at a museum type thing that explained to us what Duraton was.  It is the equivalent of our national parks and this particular one, Duraton, is like our grand canyon.  We watched a movie on the vultures that live there and walked around learning about the flora and fauna we would see as well as the rules (such as no picking flowers, no throwing rocks, no being loud, be respectful).  After that we got back onto the bus and drove about 30 min into the middle of no where before getting off the bus.  We walked to the church of St. Francis where he used to live and where his grave is today. Along the way to the church were stunning views of cliffs and water. It was such a pretty place! We had a while to explore there and eat our sack lunches.  We saw a lot of vultures in the sky, circling around. They are so huge and very cool! They fly very elegantly and very smoothly for being a bird of death.  After that we went off to the bus again and went to another pueblo not too far away.  This pueblo had a very cool old castle (which you cannot tour but we saw from the outside) and old fashioned streets. I could see a medieval movie being filmed there.  We walked the whole town in about 15min and then killed time in all of the cool artesian shops that were around.  Finally it was time to get on the bus (thank goodness because by this time we were tired and cold due to wind and it was beginning to snow).  We headed back to Segovia where I proceeded to be lazy the rest of the night.  Yumi and I ate dinner because Puri was at a friends house.  Now everyone is fed, back home and it is time to sleep! It was a good last excursion, very beautiful but I must say I am happy that they are over. It takes a lot of energy and you spend a lot of the time trying to figure out how to kill time.  But that being said I have enjoyed every one and would not change them.