Toledo , Spain

Buenos días Travelers!!

Well we disembarked our ship on Friday Sept 18 in Barcelona. We didn't stay there, no time to dawdle. We took the train to Madrid and then to beautiful Toledo, no not Ohio, SPAIN!!!! Sadly it was raining and late afternoon but we did manage to get a lot in. First we practically slid down from our hotel to the Holy Church Cathedral of Toledo.





The outside, although beautiful as cathedral's go, the inside is amazing. Our guide book said the interior "is so lofty, rich, and vast that it'll have you wandering around like a Pez dispenser stuck open, whispering WOW", and indeed it did, I couldn't stop making the sign of the cross and genuflecting. There was also a wedding going on in one of the side chapels. Security wouldn't let us take inside pictures but I found some on the internet for you to see. This is called the "transparente" and is nothing I've ever seen. It's an actual whole in the ceiling. This cathedral is probably the origin of the phrase "Holy Toledo"....







Some of the wooden carvings on the choir chairs in this cathedral are so detailed and accurate that historians have studied them to learn the evolution of weaponry.




Next we wandered thru some of the maze like streets and got lost several times. This well preserved medieval town that sits atop a circular hill is a MUST SEE if you ever go to Spain. Toledo is just a 30 minute train ride from Madrid.





We found a cute little family run bar with the best tapas yet. Have some, there are delicious, along with some wine. She also makes the best Mojotos.













The next day we went back to Madrid to start our journey to the south of Spain to Malaga and Sally's time share. Some of the train stations in Spain are just a beautiful as the surroundings. This one in Toledo is especialy beautiful.



The one in Madrid has a hugh garden with these guys in it, they were fun to watch while waiting.






Adiós!

Nancy

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