Today I'm hitting the archives from my trip to Spain again. More specifically, I'm revisiting our afternoon in Segovia. The photo above is a view from one of the walls of the castle below.
Of course, as intimidating as the exterior of a castle was to would-be intruders, the lavish appointments of the interior were calculated to bring visiting diplomats to their knees (as the seat of the Castilian . As such, mere windows would not suffice and so most of the rooms for visitors had huge stained glass windows like the ones below.
All in all, the whole experience is calculated to be overwhelming and in the modern day, walking through the halls of a thousand year old castle adds its own flavor of awe to be contended with as well.
