The last day of trip was actually spent as a daytrip to visit the cities of Toledo and Segovia. We had a beautiful day to enjoy these two cities.
This is a great spot to see Toledo; I love the way it sits nestled into the river bend.
Mia by a statue of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, taken as we walked up into the city. This was something of a joke because this is one of the few books that Mia has read in school that she absolutely hated. She couldn't wait to get it finished!
Toledo is known for two items, and one of them is marzipan. Our guide bought us each a little sample from this bakery; it was a great treat!
Toledo is also known for its steel. It has produced steel swords for the army for centuries. Mia has been saving up her money for many months, and she couldn't wait to buy a real sword from here. We researched different stores and landed on Fabrica Zamorano as an authentic producer. Mia took her time finding just the right one before ordering. They told us they would start production on it likely in late December/early January, and then it would be completed likely in March and shipped to her. It'll be worth the wait!
Toledo has lots of interesting architecture in it too, so we enjoyed seeing that as our guide told us all about the history of this cool city.
After a few hours here we drove to the city of Segovia. We had to have a picture in front of the famous Roman aqueduct. This is quite an impressive structure.
We stopped for lunch and had to try the famous Segovia dessert called Ponche Segoviano. It's a light sponge cake with layers of syrup and egg cream topped with marzipan and decorated with its classic crisscross pattern. It was pretty tasty.
We enjoyed walking through this beautiful town as well.
We were excited to have entrance tickets to Ferdinand and Isabele's castle. The outside looks like it may have inspired a Disney castle.
It definitely has a more medieval feel inside of it than a more traditional palace which for some reason surprised me. It was really cool to tour this.
As we headed out of town we stopped at a little park which looks up at the castle. Doesn't it look beautiful?
After a full day of touring we headed back into Madrid. We ate dinner at an Italian restaurant which was close to the hotel, and it was super good (we'd enjoyed enough tapas at this point). Then it was time to pack up so we could head to the airport the next morning. This was a wonderful family trip where we made memory upon memory. I'm so thankful for this time with my favorite people!
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