Scovone Star Magazine 2013-2014 | Page 16

Spain TRIPS TO/FROM Trips to/from DC/Spain are around 9-10 hrs. long and somewhere around 1,000$, and some planes have free TV/movies and computer games. TRANSPORTATION IN SPAIN In Spain, most people walk, take the subway, or drive places. There aren’t really any buses. Still, all that walking is healthy! PLACES TO VISIT Some places to visit around Spain are the Museo Sorolla (A museum full of a person’s paintings and relics that used to be his home. It also has a FABULOUS garden with fountains, tiles, and small statues), The Alcazar of Segovia (the Spanish royal palace), and Segovia, (a city with a completely stable ancient Roman aqueduct, and an amazing resteraunt selling cochinillo). A place there that is completely remote but completely amazing is a tiny village called Navas Del Pinar that has a yearly baking competition different people judge each year, where the road getting resurfaced is a big deal, they have a special summer festival, and they have an actual TOWN WATER FOUNTAIN THINGY. Navas is also very near to a mountain called Pico De Navas. One other place you can visit (in Madrid, not Navas)is the "Marvelous Market", a market selling literally EVERYTHING. Spain is an amazing, fun place to visit, and is an easy to enjoy sort of place. Spain is a fun, amazing, beautiful, and interesting place. Especially since the cost of visiting is high, you might not want to visit and that’s fine, you just might want to learn more about it because this article just told you some basics. Linnea Weiss, who lives in Spain, says, “ I generally do like living in Spain. I think people there take more time to appreciate things like free time, family, and most importantly, food! A painting in the Museo de Sorolla The Alcazar of Segovia 16 Places