Segovia
 

Hello,

I'd like introduce you into Segovia, the town where I live. I have my job in Madrid, but I live in Segovia, which is very near to the capital of Spain. There you are some links:

www.viasegovia.com
www.aytosegovia.com

We have the Roman "acueducto":

http://www.aytosegovia.com/fijos/ima...s/foto001p.gif

http://www.aytosegovia.com/fijos/ima...s/foto004p.gif

Also the "Alcazar":

http://www.aytosegovia.com/fijos/ima...s/foto063p.gif

The food here is pretty good! and, well... there isn't a McDonalds :D ;)

He was a fine guitarist but naming a whole town after him seems a bit over the top. ;)

You are fortunate to live in such a beautiful place.

It is quite beautiful, indeed.

(They may have roman remains, but WE have high speed internet! ;))

Who is we white girl?

Slangsylvania AND the Very Independent Republic of Wolfslovakia, of course. Who did you think I meant?? ;)

I feared people would think the Reactionary Republic of Griftopia had jumped on the broadbandwagon before the industry had sorted itself out. :)

btw-
Rucita- The Cellar has a long tradition of thread piracy. You can feel free to return us to the topic of your home if you wish. :)

Luddite!

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Re: Segovia
 

But you do have a Taco Bell, right?:D

Silly man, tacos are Mexican, not Spanish!

(They do have a Paella Hut, though.)

Sorry, I don't smoke, and you misspelled panetella.;)

The Constitutional Monarchy of Sycamoreland is willing to trade you broadband for your Yerba Mate. That way, we won't have to invade you for it anymore.

Actually, Andres Segovia was born in Linares, Spain. How far is that from Segovia, Rucita?

I wrote a great reply a few minutes ago about how, except for travelling to Israel, I have not been near anything built before the late 1400's. And how seeing an example of complex engineering that still stands after thousands of years is very impressive. Then I hit the wrong button and deleted it.

Anyway, please accept in exchange for the beautiful pictures from your town, this picture of the Rocky Statue which stands in front of the Spectrum arena, located next to Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, which is an example of how the Romans would have built the Colliseum if exposed to the modern concepts of poured concrete and lowest bid sub-contractors.:rolleyes:

If you can have your guy here between 12 and 3 monday, its a done deal.

You want I should pick it up on my way home? Might have to make some adjustments to the time ...

I never feel bad at all when Ronald McDonald is defiled in other countries. It's kind of cool to see James Dean and big tailfin cars popular in other cultures but not that damn clown and his grease factory.

Spain sounds like a nice place.

If you guys come to blows, I'm......nevermind.

Anyway...Alcazar is quite impresssive as a structure. It's history is also quite an amazing story. During the seige they had an early Harley Davidson that was used to power the water pump.
I was amazed to see 4 or 5 foot Pointsettea(sp) plants living outdoors in huge pots. On the downside, driving to Madrid, out on the plains, you could see a pall of coal and diesel smoke over the city. Looked like Pittsburgh 50 years ago.

Muchas Gracias
 

Muchas Gracias para (por?) la informacion. Espero que puedo visitar su cuidad hermosa. No tenga el dinero para visitar Europa, pero mi hijo quiere visitar Norway este Invierno. El hablo Espanol asi-asi, como yo. Su padre es Hispano, pero cuando el era hijo los profesores no permiteron los estudiantes hablar Espanol in la escuela. Yo estoy tratando poner informacion de Tucson, Arizona donde vivo, pero no puedo copiar by pastiar (copy and paste) images de un mision espanol cerca de aqui y un sunset (no se la palabra en Espanol). Tucson esta situada solamente una hora via coche a Mexico. The influencia de la cultura Mexicana is muy evidente. The comida is autentico y cerca de cincuenta por ciento de los nombres de camino son hispanica. Pero algunes veces los gringos hace nombre estupidos. Un ejempo is Camino de Oeste. Gracias un otro vez. Me llamo Margarita in Mexico porque los Mexicanos no puedan hablar Gretchen. Vd. puedo decir ambos. Espero que Vd. puedo compender mi Espanol. Necesito practicar.

Gretchen

Is she talkin' 'bout me?:confused: