Day trip to Toledo

Hola!

Today the international students went to Toledo, an adorable medieval city about an hour south of the Madrid city center. It was the capital of Spain over 300 years ago and so we saw the castle where the king and queen once lived. Toledo was conquered by Muslims a long time ago and some of the mosques still stand which offered a unique taste to the scenery. It was very picturesque, somewhat like Segovia in that all the streets were cobblestones and windy (and hilly!). All the cars there are stick-shift and I can't even imagine trying to drive - especially through the masses of tourists! But they managed. Anyway it was a beautiful little town with a lot of history and all in all a great 5 euro day trip! I think the best part - well there were two. One was the cathedral. It's the biggest one in Spain and pretty famous. I was taken away by how beautiful it was inside. We weren't allowed to take photos so I tried to sneak one, I'll post the only one what wasn't blurry! But the detail was amazing. A HUGE organ in the middle and this section adorned in gold where the choir sings. There was a room inside that had on display all the old traditional clothing of the bishops. Some of them were older than our country! It was mind boggling.
There was also a building that was being rennovated. It used to be the old look out tower, and the front wall is adorned with little chips out of the stone - bullet holes from invaders. Very cool.

I'll post a picture of the view of the town, one part of the inside of the cathedral, and the building with the bullet holes! Hope you enjoy.

Hasta luego, ciao!
~Alex