Día Tres

Toledo

25.05.2009 73 °F

Today we rode a bus out to see the old capital of Spain called Toledo. It has buildings dating back 200 years before Christ and still looks like a medieval city. With winding roads and a calm peaceful atmosphere, the city seems to be something out of a movie.

We had a tour guide, who's name I unfortunately forgot, who took us all over the city telling us information in Spanish and the occasional spurt of English to help with comprehension. Speaking of languages, I find it harder to type things correctly because of my constant attempts at speaking Spainish. For instance when I try to type I think..." Toledo está muy bonita porque es histórico a España. Es muy tranquilo y pequeño." See? So if I ever type a spanish word in the middle of an english sentance, I ask that you forgive me and take it as a chance to learn a bit of the language yourself!

There is a cathedral in Toledo that is huge and has a gothic (or gótico) style architecture. I wish so much I could have taken photos inside to show you the amazing estatuas y craftsmenship of the interior. There was such attention to detail when construting the mammoth Catedral (spanish spelling) that it is almost a sensory overload. We stopped near the alter and the tour guide began spouting out facts about what it was we were seeing etc. I looked around to see if anyone was watching and slipped my foot out of my sandle. I touched it to he worn marble floor of the catedral and felt the cold stone send a chill up my leg.

We all went to a restaurante where we were served some delicious (and in my case vegetarian) dishes.

My favorite part of the meal was the postre (dessert) which was a wonderfully mousse de chacolate.

The rest of my afternoon in Toledo was spent with various groups of girls shopping for souvenirs and exploring the city. Toledo is famous for two things, sword making and gold gilding. (They are responisble for almost every sword in all of your favorie hollywood movies, including Lord of the Rings, Zorro, and Harry Potter)